National Labor Relations
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Union members gathered to protest outside the Panera Bread location on West Main in Kalamazooย Friday. Many Panera workers in Michigan voted over a year ago to form a collective bargaining unit as a part of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, but Battle Creek Panera baker Kathleen Von Eitzen says the franchise owner is refusing to recognize them. Former employee Kyle Schilling says he was fired after refusing to...

21 June, 2013

The Panera bakerโ€™s story affects everyone in America who cares about their right to stand up for themselves at work: More than a year since they voted to form a union, Panera workers in Michigan are still waiting. The franchisee that owns the Panera Bread stores in the region refused to recognize the BCTGM as the official representative of the bakers and refused to meet to bargain a first contract.ย  The NLRB found that Panera broke...

19 June, 2013

Prime Example of Why the Senate Must Confirm Obamaโ€™s Board Nominees ย This is how hope turns into despair.ย More than a year since they voted to form a union, Panera workers in Michigan are still waiting. The franchisee that owns the Panera Bread stores in the region refused to recognize theย BCTGMย as the official representative of the bakers and refused to meet to bargain a first contract.ย  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that Panera broke the...

13 June, 2013

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), crippled by a January court ruling against two recess appointees, has the potential to get back to full strength if the Senate confirms nominations President Barack Obama made April 9. Previous attempts to fill the NLRB have failed over congressional opposition to Board actions and Obama's nominees. The President's move to nominate a full five members to the Board comes on the heels of a possible vote in the House...

01 May, 2013

November 21, 2012 โ€“ The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a Summary Judgment against Bread of Life d/b/a Panera Bread in South Western Michigan.ย  The Judgment states the company violated Sections 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act (ACT) by refusing to recognize and bargain with the BCTGM Local 70 (Grand Rapids, Mich.).ย  On February 24, 2012, after a full and complete hearing on a petition filed by the BCTGM Local 70...

04 December, 2012

Kalamazoo, MI. โ€“ On June 28, three months after the majority of bakers employed at Panera Bread Cafรฉโ€™s in the I-94 corridor division of Michigan voted to become union members, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Federal Complaint against the company for violating worker rights. The Panera bakers voted on March 23 to be represented by Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) Local 70. Following the union representation election, both...

07 September, 2012

Kalamazoo, MI. โ€“ On June 28, 2012, three months after the majority of Bakers employed at Panera Bread Cafรฉs in the I-94 Corridor Division voted Union yes, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a federal complaint against the company.ย  After Panera Bakers voted yes to be represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union Local 70, both the company and the union filed unfair labor practice charges against one...

16 July, 2012

AFL-CIO-- The House Republican budget, crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R- Wis.) and unveiled today, provides a blueprint of what America would like look under Republican control, โ€œa government of, by and for the 1%,โ€ says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. House Republicans have dropped all pretenses and laid out their plan to destroy Medicare and Social Securityโ€ฆ.The Republican plan would not only keep Bush tax cuts for the wealthy from expiring,...

20 March, 2012

[caption id="attachment_2068" align="alignleft" width="243" caption="Photo credit: Lauren Casey, The Statehouse File"][/caption] On February 1, Indiana became the 23rd stateโ€”and the first manufacturing stateโ€”to institute a โ€œright to work-for-lessโ€ law. Across the United States, these laws have depressed wages for union and non-union workers alike, and have contributed to unsafe working conditions. And the attacks on workers and their unions that began in full force in 2011 continue with several other states attempting to follow Indianaโ€™s lead. In Ohio On...

13 March, 2012

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved new union representation rules to ensure workers can freely exercise one basic right we hold dear in this countryโ€”the right to vote. The new rules make union representation elections fairer by simplifying procedures, deferring litigation and setting shorter deadlines for hearings and filings. Currently when workers petition the NLRB for an election, it can take months and even years before they can cast a vote. Companies often use...

21 January, 2012

AFL-CIO - The national Republican party has selected Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels to respond to President Obamaโ€™s State of the Union address next weekโ€“sending a clear signal the party is making attacks on working people a top priority in the 2012 elections. Daniels is a key backer of right to work for less (RTW) legislation which state Republican lawmakers, in a stunning display of arrogance,ย have repeatedly tried to ram through, whileย thumbing their noses at...

19 January, 2012

President Obama utilized recess appointments to name three new members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the White House announced. Since January 1, the board has just two members and cannot carry out most business. Republican Senate leaders have said they will block any NLRB nominations in a move most regard as an attempt to shut down the NLRB. That is part of an overall strategy that has bottled up hundreds of Obama administration nominations....

05 January, 2012

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved new union representation rules to ensure workers can freely exercise one basic right we hold dear in this country โ€“ the right to vote. The new rules make union representation elections fairer by simplifying procedures, deferring litigation and setting shorter deadlines for hearings and filings. Currently when workers petition the NLRB for an election, it can take months and even years before they can cast a vote. Companies...

03 January, 2012