Solidarity
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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On the 20th day of the shutdown of the Federal Government by President Trump and the Congressional Republicans, the BCTGM International officers and staff joined thousands of government workers and labor activists outside AFL-CIO headquarters to demand an end to the lockout of 800,000 civil servants. About a dozen union workers spoke during the rally held outside AFL-CIO headquarters. The workers were employed at numerous government agencies, including the Justice Department, the Federal Aviation Administration, the...

11 January, 2019

As wildfires keep raging across California, the labor movement is taking action. Whether battling the fires directly, contributing resources or volunteering on the ground, union members are showing solidarity and demonstrating the tangible power of collective action. The fires are devastating Northern and Southern California, claiming at least 80 lives. Nearly 1,000 people still are unaccounted for, and thousands have lost their homes. More than 240,000 acres have burned, and full containment of the fires isnโ€™t...

17 November, 2018

Marriott is the largest and richest hotel company in the world and can set the standard for the global hotel industry. Marriottโ€™s 13 billion dollar acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts in 2016 made it even larger, with 6,500 properties worldwide. Marriott is more than big enough to provide jobs that are safe and enough for workers to live on. 7,700 UNITE HERE Marriott Workers are on strike across the nation at 23 locations in Boston, San...

12 October, 2018

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed legislation Tuesday giving all state employees a 5% pay raise, the direct result of the heroic teacher strike that lasted nearly two weeks and highlighted the plight of low pay and rising health care costs in the Mountain State. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called the strength and resolve of the West Virginia teachers "heroic" proving that working people will not back down from attacks on labor. โ€œMake no...

07 March, 2018

A coalition of 11 Disneyland unions is calling on the Anaheim, Calif. resort to raise its base wage to $20 an hour after a survey of 5,000 workers found many were hard-pressed to pay for food and medical expenses and 11 percent said they experienced homelessness in the past two years. According to a 125-page report “Working for the Mouse,” , federal census and economic data show the average hourly wage for Disneyland resort workers dropped to...

28 February, 2018

On Saturday, February 3, BCTGM Local 22 joined forces with the Minnesota AFL-CIO and the greater Twin Cities labor community in support of Franklin Street Bakery workers at A Taste of Justice. The event represented the bakery workersโ€™ response to the Taste of the NFL party hosted on the same day by their part-owner, Wayne Kostroski. BCTGM Local 22 President Bruce Peglow reported tremendous support from the labor/progressive community in the Twin City area, with an...

05 February, 2018

The Executive Director of the NFL Players Association, DeMaurice Smith, has sent a letter to the CEO of the Super Bowl Host Committee, condemning the actions of "Taste of the NFL"ย  director and Franklin Street Bakery owner Wayne Kostroski. "For more than a year, Franklin Street Bakery workers have been exploring whether to exercise their freedom to form a union so they can have a voice in the workplace and negotiate for a better life for...

12 January, 2018

In less than two months, Superbowl 52 will be held in Minnesota. As part of the festivities, a charity called โ€œTaste of the NFLโ€ will hold a party with the rich and famous to raise money for food shelves to help โ€œKick Hunger.โ€ Raising money for food shelves is a great cause, but โ€œTaste of the NFLโ€ Executive Director Wayne Kostroskiย  reportedly pays workers at his Franklin Street Bakery so little that they must use these...

19 December, 2017

Days after Congressman John Lewis stood with Nabisco workers and faith leaders in Washington to release the IWJ report on Mondelez/Nabisco outsourcing, Representatives Donald McEachin (D-Va.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) have sent a joint letter to U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer urging a dramatic NAFTA rewrite. McEachin and Lewis are asking for strong, enforceable labor standards that raise wages in Mexico, reduce incentives for outsourcing to companies such as Mondelez/Nabisco, encourage domestic investment and support American...

15 December, 2017

In Edina, Minn. today, BCTGM Local 22 members,ย Minneapolis Regional Labor Federationย and union supporters demonstrated outside of Interlachen Country Club where Franklin Street Bakery part-owner Wayne Kostroski was speaking on/raising money for hisย Taste of the NFLย charity. The activists demonstrated in solidarity with the workers who have been trying to organize a union at Franklin Street Bakery for more than 18 months. Listen to Local 22 President Bruce Peglow explain the other side of bakery owner Wayne Kostroski's...

29 November, 2017

Above:ย At the IUF World Congress in August, Intl. Pres. David Durkee (center) and Asst. to the Intl. Pres. Harry Kaiser (right) greet the officers and delegates from the Bakers, Food and Allied Workersโ€™ Union (BFAWU) of the U.K.When Oreo maker Mondelฤ“z International began moving production from BCTGM-represented American and Canadian plants to a new $450 million plant in Mexico, it was taking advantage of a rigged economic system that rewards multi-national corporations for exploiting workers...

20 November, 2017

35,000 pounds of relief supplies also delivered on flight;ย evacuees to fill seats on return flight to Newark, New Jersey Today, theย AFL-CIO, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and United Airlines teamed up to fly more than 300 first responders and skilled volunteersโ€”including nurses, doctors, electricians, engineers, carpenters and truck driversโ€”to Puerto Rico to help with relief and rebuilding efforts. [caption id="attachment_6510" align="alignright"...

04 October, 2017

Twenty years ago, Nikeโ€™s name was synonymous with sweatshop abuses. Reports abounded ofย Indonesian workers earning 14 cents an hour โ€“ less than minimum wage โ€“ and Vietnameseย workers who were hit with shoe parts, sexually assaulted, and forced to run outside until theyย collapsed. By 1998, iconic Nike CEO Phil Knight had acknowledged that, โ€œtheย Nike product has become synonymous with slave wages, forced overtime, and arbitrary abuse.โ€ย While Nike has trumpeted its corporate socialย responsibility operation for the past fifteen...

24 July, 2017

BCTGM International staff joined hundreds of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and AFSCME members and Democratic members of Congress outside the U.S. Capitol to rally in opposition to Republicansโ€™ Trumpcare bill and budget proposal which would strip funding from students, teachers, nurses and health workers. The rally was organized by the AFT and led by AFT President Randiย Weingarten.ย  Congressional speakers denounced the proposed budget cuts, which would fall heavily on schools and other vital social services....

20 July, 2017

As a candidate, President Donald Trump railed against the outsourcing of American jobs, using Carrier in Indianapolis as his prime example. The company has announced it will fire 632 workers by midsummer at the companyโ€™s Indianapolis factory and outsource the work to Mexico. The BCTGM joins with the AFL-CIO and the entire labor movement to demand that the president use renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement to level the playing field for American...

24 May, 2017