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Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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After 232 years, the first Black woman has been nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Judge Jackson is eminently qualified for this critical lifetime position. Her distinguished legal career includes: Her term on the U.S. District Court in Washington, where she ruled on more than 550 cases;Her tenure as an assistant federal public defender; andHer experience serving as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The Senate must confirm her immediately. Click here...

04 March, 2022

*Reposted from sanders.senate.gov WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday, along with six of his Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Kellogg CEO Steve Cahillane in support of the workers striking for better wages and working conditions across the company’s factories in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Tennessee. “Over the past several weeks, we have been closely following the efforts of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers (BCTGM) workers who have gone on strike...

28 October, 2021

Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wrote to Dirk Van de Put, Chief Executive Officer of Mondelez International, urging him to oversee good-faith negotiations for a fair contract between the BCTGM and Nabisco (owned by Mondelez). Despite reports that Mondelez has generated over $1.1 billion in net earnings in Quarter 2 of 2021 – and chosen to repurchase $1.5 billion worth of its shares over the last six months – the company has elected to...

13 September, 2021

Today, we recognize the historic election in Georgia and thank the union activists and organizers – including scores of BCTGM members who helped make the victories of these two pro-union champions possible. With the election of Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, working people in Georgia and across the United States have ensured that their voices will be heard on Capitol Hill in 2021 and beyond. Now, we will have a pro-labor majority in the U.S....

08 January, 2021

The BCTGM, together with the AFL-CIO and its other affiliates, condemn Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his body’s failure to pass the HEROES Act, deepening economic hardship for millions, especially those who will lose the additional $600 in unemployment insurance benefits expiring at the end of the month. For months, millions of laid-off American workers have relied on these increased weekly supplemental benefits to pay the bills and stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

23 July, 2020

In Cincinnati, BCTGM Local 253 leaders and International Representative Lisa Gregory joined with Cincinnati Federation of Teachers outside the home office of Ohio’s Senator Rob Portman (R) to urge his support for critical pieces of the House-passed HEROES Act in the next COVID-19 relief bill. Click Here to Call Your Senator In the coming days, union members across the country will be attending events designed to hold all senators accountable for passing the strong, comprehensive legislation in...

10 July, 2020

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote this week on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and end Medicaid as we know it. This mean-spirited bill, sponsored by Republican Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, would radically change our health care system, leading to unaffordable care for millions of Americans. This bill would drastically cut coverage for seniors, children, veterans, and people with disabilities. Medicaid, the largest...

25 September, 2017