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Just a year after Local 70 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) organized Roskam Baking Company's new cereal plant in Grand Rapids, the company has voluntarily recognized the local union at its new candy manufacturing facility. In 2008, representatives from Local 70--which has had a decades-long relationship with the company at facilities throughout Michigan--approached Roskam management about voluntarily recognizing the union at the new facility. Initially the company refused, however it allowed...

08 October, 2009

BCTGM Local 24 (San Francisco, CA) has organized the Safeway in-store bakeries in Santa Clara (store #763) and Navato (store #2828), California. The organizing campaigns were lead by Local 24 Financial Secretary Joe Biringer and his staff, according to Region 6 International Vice President Randy Roark. The BCTGM welcomes the new Safeway retail bakers into our Union!...

08 March, 2009

BCTGM Local 55 (Laval, Quebec) has organized the warehouse and in-store bakery workers employed at Saputo Boulangerie in Gatineau, Quebec. According to Region Five Vice President Sean Kelly, the successful organizing effort was led by Local 55 Financial Secretary & Business Agent Martin Cayer. Kelly also reported that Local 406 (Moncton, New Brunswick) organized the thrift store workers employed by the Canada Bread Thrift Store (#491) in Moncton. This...

08 February, 2009

BCTGM Local 351 (Albuquerque, NM) has remained busy organizing, according to Region Six Vice President Randy Roark. The local union has organized two new in-store retail bakeries at Smiths Food & Drugs, located in Los Lunas and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Los Lunas location is a new Tortillaria or Mexican in-store bakery. Local 351 President & Business Agent Earl Reed, who headed up both...

08 January, 2009

Fired workers Bill Lawhorn and Russ Teegardin were met by co-workers when they returned to work on December 4 at the Consolidated Biscuit Company plant in McComb, Ohio. A rally was held outside the plant when Lawhorn and Teegardin reported to work for the first time since they were fired and led out of the facility for their support of the BCTGM ...

08 December, 2008

On September 26, 2008, BCTGM Local 163 (Houston, Texas) won the organizing election at the Bimbo Baking Company Warehouse in Houston. The election was won by a 3:1 margin. This organizing campaign was lead by Local 163 Financial Secretary Donald Pierce, according to BCTGM Region Four Vice President Tony Johnson. Region Six Vice President Randy Roark reports that effective October 5, BCTGM Local 114...

08 November, 2008

BCTGM Local 270T (Wilson, N.C.) was forced into a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing after employer Alliance One Tobacco filed a petition to clarify the bargaining unit of our BCTGM members employed at the Stantonsburg Road and South Tarboro Street (Cut Rag) facilities in Wilson, excluding the newly created Baldree Road facility, also in Wilson. In this federal hearing, the BCTGM's ...

08 October, 2008

On September 26, 2008, BCTGM Local 163 (Houston, Texas) won the organizing election at the Bimbo Baking Company Warehouse in Houston. The election was won by a 3:1 margin. This organizing campaign was lead by Local 163 Financial Secretary Donald Pierce, according to BCTGM Region Four Vice President Tony Johnson....

27 September, 2008

Despite a relentless anti-union campaign initiated by Weston Bakeries, including firing workers for union activity, a majority of workers at the new Interbake/Weston plant in Front Royal, Va. voted to become members of BCTGM Local 68 (Baltimore). Unfortunately, the vote is in limbo because the company is not recognizing the "yes" votes of five workers that were fired for their...

08 May, 2008

Avid readers may recall that this past December, we ran a story about an aggressive organizing approach being conducted by Local 358 (Richmond, Va.). The local's goal is to add more than 350 new members to the local by organizing members at new locations. We are pleased to report that the local has now organized their third new location! Local 358 now represents the new Altria/Philip Morris smokeless tobacco plant in Richmond. ...

08 March, 2008

How long does it take for a local union to add organizing to their local union philosophy and how long does it take to become successful?ย  Just ask Local 358 (Richmond, Virginia) Financial Secretary Ted Constable and President Ray Daniels, because they have been there!ย  After getting being elected as officers of the local, Constable and Daniels were convinced that if their local union was to survive, they would have to organize.ย They also believed they would...

09 December, 2007

BCTGM Local 6 (Philadelphia) organized Weston's new cake bakery in Hazelton, Pa., according to International Vice President Bob Oakley.ย  The bakery is the site of the former Boboli Pizza Crust & Waffle plant (also formerly owned by Weston's), which was organized by Local 6 and the International Union on October 3, 2001.ย Boboli closed October 25, 2005. The plant remained vacant until Weston's recently moved portions of its cake lines to the Hazelton location from their facility in...

09 November, 2007

BCTGM Local 3 (Long Island City, New York City, N.Y.) successfully organized Essential Wholesale Cheesecake in Brooklyn, N.Y. Local 3 President Narciso Martas stated that it was the bread and butter issues (wages, medical coverage and pension) that lead to the successful organizing campaign which ended in recognition. Essential produces wholesale cheesecakes for the New York City Metropolitan area....

09 September, 2007

International Vice President Sean Kelly reports that Local 261T ( Quebec City, QC) has successfully organized the warehouse workers employed by Rothman, Benson & Hedges Tobacco in Montreal. These warehouse workers fill salesperson orders. The organizing campaign concluded with certification and no election, after a majority of the authorization for representation cards were provided to the Quebec Labour Board. Workers in Quebec enjoy labor laws that are very similar to provisions in the Employee Free Choice Act...

09 April, 2007

International Vice President Bob Oakley reports that the International Union and BCTGM Local 70 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) has successfully organized Roskam Baking (of Rothbury Farms). This plant is located on 44th Street in Grand Rapids. Vice President Oakley worked on the campaign and credits International Representative Jimmy Condran and Local 70 Business Agent/Financial Secretary Orin Holder with the organizing effort, which resulted in recognition. We welcome our new members from Roskam Baking into our Union!...

09 January, 2007