On October 28th, 165 members of BCTGM Local 36G went on strike against Milk-Bone (owned by J.M. Smucker) in Buffalo, New York. The workers are fighting against an increased cost to their health care, low wages and the companyโs blatant disrespect for the law and its employees. You can download a Fact Sheet on their strike here. Here are THREE ways you can help BCTGM Local 36G HOLD THE LINE: 1) Join the picket line or drop off...
Approximately 50 allies from Labor and other advocacy organizations rallied in New York City yesterday in support of BCTGM Local 390G workers on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tenn. The rally called attention to the strike, now in its fifth month, and urged the companyโs negotiators to return to the bargaining table. Among the crowd, which gathered in front of the companyโs headquarters at 521 W. 57th Street, were BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer...
BCTGM members have first-hand experience with the power of solidarity. The long days, nights and seasons outside your workplace fighting for a fair contract are made tolerable with the support of a larger community. Visits from other union workers who have stood shoulder to shoulder with striking BCTGM members helped bring strength and labor unity to all of our strikes. Four hundred UAW Local 12 members have been on strike against Clarios in Holland, Ohio since...
Local 390G members at IFF have been working under the terms of an expired contract since last year. Negotiations halted after the company's last, best, final proposal included major health care and retirement takeaways and changes to overtime. Workers voted down the offer and hit the picket line โ forgoing pay to fight for a fair collective bargaining agreement that rewards them for their hard work. Here is what Local 390G members have to say: Iโm...
On June 4th, nearly 200 members of BCTGM Local 390G went on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tenn. The workers produce soy protein products which are used by companies including Nestle, Nestle Purina and Abbott Nutrition to manufacture baby formula, pet foods, soy-based nutritional powders and other food and beverage products. They are on strike because the company refuses to bargain in good faith for a fair contract. It is demanding to...
Local 100G members are on strike against Ingredion Corporation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. What they are asking for in a new collective bargaining agreement is simple: dignity and respect on the job that comes from a union contract negotiated in good faith and without take-aways. Help us call on Ingredion CEO and company representatives. Send an email and tell Ingredion to get back to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith. Workers deserve nothing less...
Forty BCTGM members of Local 85 have gone on STRIKE at Corn Nuts in Fresno, Calif. (owned by Hormel) โWe are on strike at Corn Nuts because company is not bargaining in good faith. The company is reluctant to reach an agreement, is surface bargaining and changing the terms and conditions of the workersโ medical plan without notifying the employees or bargaining with the union before making these drastic changes.โ โ Local 85 Financial Secretary Jerry Gil This...
On August 1, BCTGM members of Local 100G in Cedar Rapids, Iowa went on STRIKE against Ingredion, Inc. Strike issues include: the outsourcing of the bargaining unit jobs,diminished seniority rightsthe elimination of guaranteed days off,an expanded management rights clause, anda wage scale that will move many membersโ wages backwards. Like our BCTGM strikes of 2021, Local 100G is fighting to end a 2-tier wage system and to provide significant wage increases for all employees (not bonuses). Here are...
More than 800 coal miners in Alabama have been on strike against Warrior Met Coal for more than one year fighting for better pay and benefits after making concessions to help the company survive. It is believed to be the longest strike in Alabama history. The strike, the first for the Alabama Mine Workers in four decades, began on April 1, 2021. On April 6, to mark the one-year anniversary of the strike, the United Mine Workers...
On October 5, 1,400 BCTGM members at Kelloggโs cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G) took a stand on the future of their workforce by going on STRIKE. Here are FIVE ways you can support them: 1) Sign Their Petition. Let the workers know you're with them! Add your name to their online pledge. 2) Join a picket line or drop off food/drinks/supplies. Here are the...
Puerto Rico is suffering from a recent wave of high-magnitude earthquakes and hundreds of tremors that have rattled the island over the past month, leaving the people and infrastructure devastated once again. On February 10, BCTGM Local 6 (Philadelphia) officers and members delivered 14,000 pounds of baked goods and snacks donated by union contracted companies Bimbo Bakeries USA and Keystone Foods to the Seafarers International Union (SIU) hall in Philadelphia. The union-made products were put into...
BCTGM International staff gathered outside the U.S. Capitol with Federal and DC government employees to protest the Trump administration's war on federal workers. AFGE, NFFE, NTEU, and IFPTE hosted the Day of Action to protest the Trump Administrationโs efforts to undermine federal employee unions. "We're taking to the streets because we're fed up with baseless attacks on the American worker, fed up with retaliation against whistleblowers, fed up with bad-faith bargaining at the negotiating table, and...
For the 27th year in a row, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will be conducting its "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive. Every year on the second Saturday in May, postal carriers, in addition to their regular workload, collect food from people in more than 10,000 cities across the country. Each year, it is the largest one-day food drive in the world. Doing your part in the food drive is super easy. Before regular mail...
The BCTGM was among a delegation representing the IUF to deliver letters of protest to the Myanamar Embassy in Washington D.C. demanding the release of six hotel workers jailed for union activity in Myanamar. On March 1, the chairman and five other leaders and members of the union of workers at the Hotel Tharabar Gate in Myanamar's Bagan Archeological Zone were convicted of attempting to hold a peaceful protest march after police brutally destroyed the union's...
Today, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) launched a national education investment campaign called Fund Our Future . Educators, parents, students and their communities understand the importance of public education and public post-secondary education. Their frustration over the lack of sufficient investment has sparked the activism sweeping the nation. The walkouts and funding fights in states such as West Virginia, Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma, and cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, have been inspirational. AFT members...