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Because we spend so much of our public lives at work, all workers need guidance on assessing their risk of exposure. Those who work in front line healthcare and transportation may be at the highest risk, while others will be at lower risk. (Click here to download this flier from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health) HEALTH RIGHTS AT WORKYour employer is responsible for providing proper training, relevant personal protective equipment, and record-keeping of possible...

13 March, 2020

The world is on the verge of a deadly coronavirus pandemic due to COVID-19 and the disease is now spreading quickly throughout the United States. The impact of the outbreak already has been far reaching and the threat is growing. Current estimates demonstrate that more than 19 million workers in the United States would have an elevated risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus in the event of a widespread outbreak, a significant portion of...

13 March, 2020

About the Coronavirus Outbreak โ€œCOVID-19,โ€ a new coronavirus, has been identified as the cause of a cluster of severe pneumonia cases that emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. Thousands of contacts are under observation and hundreds of cases have been confirmed in Wuhan. Additional cases have been identified in Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the United States.  About โ€œCOVID-19โ€ The virus is a coronavirus, which is a large family of viruses that can infect animals and/or...

13 March, 2020

The United States and the world are facing the very real threat of the widespread transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). Federal health officials have said the spread of the virus is likely and may cause severe disruptions to everyday life. Health care workers, firefighters, police, airline workers, emergency service workers and other first responders will be on the front lines of responding to an outbreak. But as we have seen with the initial response to the...

06 March, 2020

In late February, more than 150 workers at Danone North Americaโ€™s yogurt and plant-based powder facility in DuBois, Pa. voted overwhelmingly to join BCTGM Local 19 (Cleveland, Ohio). France-based Danone is one of the largest food & beverage companies in the world. Danoneโ€™s largest subsidiary in the United States is Dannon Yogurt, producer of Dannon, Oikos, Danimals, Activia, and YoCream. The BCTGM represents workers at Dannon facilities in Minster, Ohio and West Jordan, Utah. ...

03 March, 2020

BY WILMA B. LIEBMAN February 19, 2020 Wilma B. Liebman served as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, appointed by Presidents Clinton and Bush, and named chairman by President Obama (1997-2011). In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump declared that โ€œour agenda is relentlessly pro-worker.โ€  Relentless, yes. Pro-worker, no. Look no further than the National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency where workersโ€™ rights are being rolled back radically by the...

20 February, 2020

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...

11 February, 2020

The BCTGM joins with the AFL-CIO and the entire labor movement in commending the Democrat-controlled U.S. House for taking the most significant step toward strengthening labor laws in the United States in more than 85 years. Americaโ€™s labor laws are no longer an effective means for working people to have our voices heard. The long overdue PRO Act will provide significant protections for workers exercising their legal right to form a union, a...

07 February, 2020

Working-class and middle-class families in the United States deserve income security and should be able to organize their co-workers to demand living wages and healthy working conditions. In a time when the richest Americansโ€™ wealth growth has increased by more than 200% while wages remain stagnant for the rest of us, we need our lawmakers to protect workersโ€™ rights. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor advanced the Protecting the Right to...

03 February, 2020

Shop stewards from the Quaker Oats facility in Danville, Ill. met for a one-day educational conference on January 28. The group of 30 Local 347G (Danville, Ill.) members were a mix of seasoned and newly-elected stewards all eager to learn more about the duties and responsibilities of the job. The training was led by BCTGM Midwest Region Vice President Brad Schmidt and BCTGM Director of Research and Education Matthew Clark. The conference began with a segment on the history and...

30 January, 2020

At the 107th session of the BCTGM International General Executive Board on September 21, 2019 in Washington, D.C., the Board approved increasing the BCTGM International Scholarship awards from five $2,000 awards to five $5,000 awards. โ€œCollege tuition is getting further and further out of reach for working families. This is something we can do to help our membersโ€™ kids want go to school, or learn a trade.โ€ -David B. Durkee The BCTGM International...

16 January, 2020

Trade unions are key to making workplaces safer and healthier for all workers - however, often women's occupational health and safety is not given enough attention. The IUF has now publishedย a resourceย on integrating gender into workplace health and safety. This resource includes a brief outline of the problem, specific concerns raised by IUF affiliates, and proposals for action. It includes a briefing on do it yourself research including body and hazard mapping, and a...

14 January, 2020

(Below article is excerpted from a Dec. 18 article by NW Labor Press) Workers who make bread for Grand Central Bakery in Portland, Ore. voted to join BCTGM Local 114 on December 12 in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board. The 29-to-9 vote affirmed what the workers had told management three weeks earlier: Local 114 has the support of a majority of the workers at the companyโ€™s wholesale bakery. Workers who make bread...

19 December, 2019