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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

BCTGM Local 22 (Minneapolis) Organizer Edgar Gomez together with communications staff at the Minnesota AFL-CIO worked with a City Pages journalist to tell the story of Franklin Street Bakery workers who have been fighting for the right to join a union for more than two years. The Baker Uprising: Minnesota's king of hunger relief faces mutiny in his bread factoryย ...

22 March, 2018

There can be no fair and equal workplaces if there is violence. Yet there is still no law at the international level that sets a baseline for taking action to eradicate violence and harassment in the workplace.ย  According to the International Labour Conference (ILC), gender-based violence remains one of the most common and tolerated human rights abuses. ย According to statistics, 35% of women - 818 million women globally - over the age of 15 have experienced...

08 March, 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

Repost from our Brothers and Sisters at the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)- the largest federal employee union representing 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.ย  The richest 1 % of American households now own 40% of the country's wealth, and theyโ€™re fighting tooth and nail to keep it that way. Thatโ€™s why we see corporate-backed politicians doing everything they can to take away our voice, our rights, our freedom to join in...

05 March, 2018

Throughout the BCTGM International Unionโ€™s 132-year history, each generation has fought hard to build a stronger Union upon the solid foundation forged by previous generations. In fact, the International Union has flourished for nearly a century and a half because of our โ€œnever give upโ€ attitude and our willingness to โ€œthink outside the boxโ€ when tackling challenges. Throughout our proud history, we have held strong to our unwavering committment to defending the quality of life...

28 February, 2018