Working Families
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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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

The AFL-CIO yesterday launched a nationwideย television ad campaignย highlighting the wave of collective action sweeping the country. From surging organizing victories to the defeat of Prop. A, working people are on the rise. As AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka puts it: โ€œBrothers and sisters, it's time...

20 August, 2018

Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report on union membership, which found that the number of union members rose by 260,000 in 2017. This reflects critical organizing victories across a range of industries, which have reaped higher wages, better benefits, and a more secure future for working people around the country. โ€œIn the face of a challenging year, the power of working people is on the rise,โ€ said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. โ€œTogether,...

19 January, 2018

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

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

Approximatelyย 87 percent of workersย receive no paid family leave, a problem that BCTGM and other advocates for working families have been pushing elected officials to address for years. The issue finally emerged as a policy focus in last yearโ€™s presidential elections. In a July 10ย letter to the president, more than 100 congressional Democrats urged President Donald Trump to supportย legislationย providing working families with 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave โ€œthat is sustainable, affordable, and inclusive.โ€ They...

18 July, 2017

Read this Daily Comment column in The New Yorker by writer William Finnegan: Donald Trump has chosen a fast-food executive, Andy Puzder, to be his Labor Secretary. Puzder, the C.E.O. of the parent company of the Carlโ€™s Jr. and Hardeeโ€™s burger chains, was a heavy donor to the Trump campaign. He is a prominent opponent of raising the minimum wage, of paid sick leave, of efforts to raise the salary threshold for overtime pay, and of...

14 December, 2016

"In the United States, our child care system is failing and this has hidden costs for working families. The typical annual cost for child care for a family with two children (an infant and a four-year-old) is nearly $18,000. That averages to about 30% of the typical working family's paycheck. This cost is so high that many can't afford it and leave the workforce altogether, with 75% of mothers and 50% of fathers in a...

27 June, 2016