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Local 390G members at IFF have been working under the terms of an expired contract since last year. Negotiations halted after the company's last, best, final proposal included major health care and retirement takeaways and changes to overtime. Workers voted down the offer and hit the picket line โ€” forgoing pay to fight for a fair collective bargaining agreement that rewards them for their hard work. Here is what Local 390G members have to say: Iโ€™m...

09 June, 2023

Each day, we'll feature members of Local 390G on strike against IFF in Memphis, Tenn. who will explain why they made the courageous decision to go out on strike. Their demands, including overtime pay after eight and no dramatic changes to their health insurance, boil down to a call for respect that theyโ€™re not getting. Going out on strike places a tremendous burden on workers and their families but workers in Memphis are fighting for their future....

07 June, 2023

On June 4th, nearly 200 members of BCTGM Local 390G went on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tenn. The workers produce soy protein products which are used by companies including Nestle, Nestle Purina and Abbott Nutrition to manufacture baby formula, pet foods, soy-based nutritional powders and other food and beverage products. They are on strike because the company refuses to bargain in good faith for a fair contract. It is demanding to...

07 June, 2023

On June 4, after working under the terms of their expired contract for more than a year while the company refused to negotiate a fair contract protecting their health insurance and overtime, Local 390G members went on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tenn. The Local 390G members produce soy protein products which are used by companies including Nestle, Nestle Purina and Abbott Nutrition to manufacture baby formula, pet foods, soy-based nutritional...

06 June, 2023

Company is a Major Producer of Soy Protein Used in Pet Food, Infant Formula June 4, 2023 โ€” Nearly 200 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) Local 390G went on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tenn. The Local 390G BCTGM members produce soy protein products which are used by companies including Nestle, Nestle Purina and Abbott Nutrition to manufacture baby formula, pet foods, soy-based nutritional powders...

05 June, 2023

The BCTGM commends the work of the Biden Administration for standing up to Republicans in Congress and ONCE AGAIN protecting the pensions of Americaโ€™s workers. For months, Republicans have held Americaโ€™s economy hostage in a manufactured debt ceiling crisis, threatening working people with economic catastrophe. Under President Bidenโ€™s leadership and bipartisan approach, workers will avoid the loss of funding for pension security that was already approved and signed into law. โ€œThe funding necessary for long-term solvency of...

01 June, 2023

More than 50 years ago on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, the Occupational Safety and Health Act went into effect, promising every worker the right to a safe jobโ€”a fundamental right. The law was won because of the tireless efforts of the labor movement, which organized for safer working conditions and demanded action from the government to protect working people. Since then, unions and our allies have fought hard to make that promise a realityโ€”winning...

28 April, 2023

The AFL-CIOโ€™s 2023 edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect uncovered some startling newsโ€”the rate of death on the job for Black workers grew to the highest number in nearly two decades. Latino workers have the greatest risk of dying on the job, and their fatality rate has grown by 13% over the past decade. These increases in worker fatalities are not even attributable to COVID-19. There were 343 workers who died on...

27 April, 2023

Julie Su is the most qualified candidate to be Secretary of Labor and best choice to advance President Joe Bidenโ€™s agenda for an inclusive economy. Su is a nationally recognized expert on workersโ€™ rights and civil rights who has dedicated her distinguished legal career to advancing justice on behalf of poor and disenfranchised communities.In her 17 years as a civil rights lawyer, Su brought landmark lawsuits in coalitions representing African American, Latino, Asian American, and...

20 April, 2023

Lindsay-Goldberg Owned Company Charged with Violating Federal Labor Law BCTGM Local 37 (Los Angeles), has filed federal charges against Aspire Bakeries, for multiple labor law violations committed during an organizing campaign at the companyโ€™s Ontario, California bakery.Aspire Bakeries, producer of Otis Spunkmeyer, La Brea Bakery and Oakrun Farm Bakery brands, is owned by the $17 billion private-equity firm Lindsay-Goldberg, which acquired Aspire in 2021 for $850 million.Soon after workers at the Ontario bakery approached BCTGM Local...

17 April, 2023

This year, for Black History Month, the AFL-CIO is highlighting union leaders who are currently active making Black history across the labor movement. This week the AFL-CIO highlighted the BCTGMโ€™s very own Veronica Hopkins. Veronica became a member of the BCTGM 23 years ago, when she went to work at the Post cereal plant in Naperville, Illinois. The plant, now owned by Mondelฤ“z International, was part of the nationwide Nabisco strike in 2021. As an...

08 February, 2023

More than 120 members of BCTGM 100G (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) on strike against Ingredion Corporation in Cedar Rapids voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement, bringing an end to the nearly six-month strike that began on August 1. Reflecting on the vote to accept the new agreement, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton stated, โ€œThis has been a long and difficult fight for our striking members and their families. With each new day on that picket line,...

22 January, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today showed union membership in the United States grew by more than 273,000 in 2022, despite fierce and often illegal corporate union-busting. While the data also showed a slight dip in nationwide union density, the real story is that hundreds of thousands of workers overcame the odds to join a union last year in a system rigged against them. Corporate giants such as Amazon and Starbucks are spending millions of...

19 January, 2023

In a scathing letter to Ingredion CEO James Zallie, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) called the company's treatment of its workers "absolutely unacceptable." BCTGM Local 100G (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) members at Ingredion have been on strike since August 1, 2022 - more than 23 weeks. The January 13 letter by Senator Sanders outlines the outrageous proposals by Ingredion that would cut vacation, force 12-hour shifts without overtime pay and diminish seniority. "The time has come...

13 January, 2023

Local 11 of the International Association of Fire Fighters based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa released a statement supporting BCTGM Local 100G members on strike at Ingredion and warning of a public safety emergency should the company continue to operate using unskilled (SCAB) labor: "We are urging Ingredion to bargain a fair and equitable contract for all of the BCTGM members employed in Cedar Rapids. As public safety professionals, the IAFF knows well the dangers that...

04 January, 2023