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(Pictured above with the BCTGM group is U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Bimbo Bakeries USA Senior VP Organizational Development Lou Minella.) Following the massive "Protect Our Pensions" rally outside the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio last week, BCTGM International President is on Capitol Hill this week meeting with House and Senate members and key staff on the Pension funding issue. BCTGM Local 6 (Philadelphia) President/Business Agent Hank McKay and union member Danny Melendez accompanied President...

26 July, 2018

BCTGM retirees and members were among an estimated crowd of 15,000 unionized coal miners, teamsters, steelworkers and others who descended on the Ohio Statehouse July 12-13 to rally ahead of a congressional field hearing on Americaโ€™s pension crisis. BCTGM members brandished signs saying โ€œSave Our Pensionsโ€ and wore neon-green t-shirts reminding politicians, โ€œWe Earned It. We Deserve It.โ€ Hundreds of BCTGM members and retirees traveled to Columbus to participate in the two-day event including Locals 1...

13 July, 2018

Whether you are in the market to purchase a home or refinance an existing mortgage, Union Plus Mortgage Company provides services designed specifically to help union families. Every mortgage provides special hardship assistance in case of disability, lay off, lock out, or strike. Union Plus Mortgage Company is owned by the AFL-CIO, Union Privilege, and a group of unions. โ€ข Convenient online application and unionized loan officers to assist you on the phone โ€ข Competitive rates on a...

12 July, 2018

Thousands of pensioners and their families expected July 12 to call on Congress to fix Americaโ€™s Pension Crisis COLUMBUS โ€“ย Thousands of retirees fighting to preserve their pensions will rally on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, Thursday, July 12. BCTGM members from throughout the U.S. will join together with coal miners, truck drivers, steel workers and other pensioners who stand to their promised retirement income if the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans...

11 July, 2018

The following is the President Durkee's Message from the May/June BCTGM NEWS: From teachers and public service workers fighting for great public schools and quality services, to fast food workers demanding $15 an hour and a union, American workers are standing up and speaking out. Most recently, in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, we witnessed grassroots worker action at its most powerful as tens of thousands of teachers stood their ground to win changes for themselves...

22 June, 2018

BCTGM International President David Durkee met with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to discuss the funding crisis facing multiemployer pension plans. Brown, who is a Co-Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, thanked President Durkee for his leadership in supporting a legislative solution to the crisis and the grassroots campaign being led by the BCTGM. In early February, Congress established the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension...

01 June, 2018

The imbalance in our economy between the pay of CEOs and working people is worsening. In 2017, CEO pay at S&P 500 Index companies increased 6.4% to a total of $13.94 million. In contrast, production and nonsupervisory workers received a paltry 2.6% raise, earning on average just $38,613โ€”a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 361 to 1. Among the top 20 highest paid CEO's:ย  #17: Mondelez CEO Dirk Van De Put who made a shockingย $42,442,924 in 2017....

22 May, 2018

BCTGM union members from around the country descended on Lincolnshire, Ill. for the 2018 Nabisco/Mondelฤ“z shareholder meeting. Outside the meeting venue, union members, retirees and supporters held a rally and demonstration protesting the company'sย pension proposal that would strip current employees of their defined benefit pension plan. Among those joining Local 300 Nabisco workers in Lincolnshire were members of Locals 1 (Chicago), 6 (Philadelphia), 42 (Atlanta), 57 (Columbus, Ohio), 70 (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 81 (Traverse City, Mich.),...

16 May, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court will make a decision in the coming weeks whether or not to undermine the freedom of millions of teachers, nurses and other public workers to have strong unions. Today, the AFL-CIO launched a new website, FreedomToJoin.org, that provides critical information about the Janus v. AFSCME case, counters misinformation, explains the value of union membership and draws attention to the wave of collective action in America. Big-moneyed corporate interests have brought Janus v. AFSCME...

15 May, 2018

Today, Sen.ย Bernie Sandersย (I-Vt.) announced new legislation,ย The Workplace Democracy Act. What would this legislation do? END Right-to-Work-for-Less ALLOW unions to be formed through majority sign-up STOP companies from denying a first contract for new union workers EXPOSE third-party firms hired to run anti-union campaigns. Senator Sanders on the Workplace Democracy Act: "Under our legislation when a majority of workers sign cards to join a union they will have that union, end of discussion. We are sick and tired of...

09 May, 2018

Click here to download this in French. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union 10401 Connecticut Avenue Kensington, Maryland 20895โ€‘3961 CONVENTION CALL   May 1, 2018   TO ALL AFFILIATED LOCAL UNIONS: GREETINGS: The International Constitution provides, in Article III, Section 2: "The regular Convention shall be held every four years.ย  It shall convene on such date and in such place as the International President, with the approval of the General Executive Board, shall designate.โ€ โ€œThe International Secretaryโ€‘Treasurer shall issue a Convention Call to...

01 May, 2018

When the quality assurance workers at the Nestle Purina PetCare plant in Edmond, Oklahoma realized the benefits production workers enjoyed thanks to a BCTGM collective bargaining agreement, they set out to become members of Local 366G (Oklahoma City). Local 366G represents the 235 workers in production, processing, sanitation, maintenance, and the warehouse. And on April 19, the workers of the Nestle Purina Pet Care quality assurance department joined the ranks of the unionized plant by voting...

20 April, 2018

In Memphis 50 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing in solidarity with working people. King stood beside striking sanitation workers who proudly proclaimed, โ€œI Am a Man.โ€ This week, the BCTGM was among thousands who marched through the streets of Memphis in solidarity with the thousands who marched for justice and dignity 50 years ago. Pictured here is the proud BCTGM delegation in front ofย AFSCMEย Local 1733, on Beale Street which was renamed...

04 April, 2018

"Activist, unionist, educator and hell raiser, we give thanks for the spirit, intelligence and passion Carolyn brought to everything she put her hand to. Like our foremothers Mother Jones, Olga Madar and Sojourner Truth, Her spirit marches on!โ€ - Elise Bryant, President, Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) Carolyn Jacobson, longtime director of the International Union's Public Relations Department and a lifelong activist, died on March 23 after a courageous, two-year fight with cancer. She was 67...

27 March, 2018

As a result of the federal tax cut, Disney promised that its employees would get $1,000 bonuses. Disney offered the bonuses to most of its employees with no conditions. But for 41,000 union members in Anaheim, California and Orlando, Florida, Disney is requiring them to agree to the company's contract proposals in order to get the bonus. More than 100 BCTGM Local 83 (Buena Park, Calif.) members are candy production workers at the Disneyland park in...

25 March, 2018