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Millions of union members and activists around the globe joined together yesterday to mark the one year anniversary of the 600 layoffs of BCTGM Local 300 members from the Mondelฤ“z/Nabisco Chicago bakery. The BCTGM's Digital Day of Action received the full support of the AFL-CIO and its 55 affiliated Unions. From teachers (AFT), Nurses (NNU), Seafarers (SIU and MTD), Office Professionals (OPEIU) and Postal Workers (APWU), to Communications Workers (CWA), Auto Workers (UAW), Machinists (IAM), Electrical...

24 March, 2017

โ€œTodayโ€™s layoff of the first 277 employees from the Nabisco Chicago Bakery should not be seen as the end of the Unionโ€™s fight to save these American jobs, but rather the launch of an intensified effort to educate the American consumer on the transfer of this work from the hard working employees of Chicago to low wage jobs at Nabiscoโ€™s production facility in Salinas, Mexico.โ€ - BCTGM International President David Durkee; March 23, 2016 Today,ย March 23rd, marks...

23 March, 2017

The AFL-CIO Executive Councilย has approved a new National Good Jobs campaign that will expose and challenge the corporate outsourcingย of jobs by American companies, choosing Mondelฤ“z International as its first example of greed over good. The AFL-CIO has issued the following press release: March 14, 2017 Mondelฤ“z (Nabisco/Oreo)Will Be the First Solidarity Campaign (San Antonio, March 14, 2017) โ€“ The AFL-CIO Executive Council came out of its annual winter meeting reinvigorated and reorganized around the principle that every worker...

15 March, 2017

March 23rd marks one year since Mondelฤ“z/Nabisco began laying off Local 300 members from the Chicago bakery and sending their jobs to Salinas, Mexico. Now, workers toiling under exploitive conditions in Mexico produce the formerly made-in-the U.S. Nabisco products that are shipped back to American consumers. The Nabisco 600 and the Check the Label campaign has gained tremendous support from activists coast to coast. In a collective act of solidarity, we are asking BCTGM members, their...

10 March, 2017

Women around the world markedย International Women's Day on Wednesday, with many wearing red to work and others taking the day off from work toย join rallies, demonstrations, marches and other special events. The global message was one of unity callingย for an end to workplace violence and harassment, pay equity, one fair living wage and labor rights at work. In Washington D.C., more than a thousand protesters gathered for theย Women Workers Rising rallyย held outside the Department of Labor....

09 March, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5831" align="alignright" width="300"] Intl. Rep. Jason Davis, Sen. Bernie Sanders, L. 149 Pres. Letitia Malone.[/caption] "If Mississippi Nissan workers succeed, it will send a powerful message in the south and across this country that working people are prepared to fight for justice." โ€“ Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told the Nissan factory workers. On March 4, BCTGM International Representative Jason Davis and Local 149 (Memphis) President and GEB member Letitia Malone traveled to Canton, Miss. to join in...

06 March, 2017

The Congressional and White House attacks on worker rights and health and safety continue. On Wednesday March 1, 2017, the House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 83, a Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval, that would repeal an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule that clarifies an employerโ€™s responsibility to maintain accurate records of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. The Resolution passed 231-191, largely along party lines with the Republicans in support of doing away...

02 March, 2017

"Organizing MUST be a priority of every member of the BCTGM in order to grow and build our strength," BCTGM International President David Durkee saidย during a recent one-day meeting on the BCTGM's organizing program. "Organizing is hard work. But it is something that each and every local union needs to embrace and expand," Director of Organization John Price explained in his opening remarks. The meeting included all International Vice Presidents, International Representatives, BCTGM Organizers and International staff....

27 February, 2017

The withdrawal of Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder is being hailed as a victory for America's workers. From coast to coast, workers made thousands of calls, attended mass rallies and demonstrations and met with their Senators to expose Puzder's record of driving down wages, harassment and worker intimidation. Puzderโ€™s anti-worker views are no secret. He railed against a meaningful increase in the minimum wage, opposed expanding overtime pay and advocated replacing working people with machines. Of...

16 February, 2017

Workers at theย Franklin Street Bakery in Minneapolis have struggled for years with poverty wages, unaffordable health insurance, lack of time off to care for family members, little opportunity for advancement and raises, favoritism, and unfairly applied work policies. When the bakers decided to exercise their legal right to form a union and improve their conditions, management launched an aggressive anti-union, anti-worker campaign against the workers. The owner of Franklin Street Bakery, ย Wayne Kostroski, ย is also the...

20 January, 2017

BCTGM Director of Organization John Price joined with officers and organizers from BCTGM Local Union 22 (Minneapolis) in a series of meetings with employees of Franklin Street Bakery who are in the midst of an organizing drive to join the BCTGM. The campaign, which began in 2016, has received tremendous support from the Minneapolis/St. Paul community including the Minnesota State AFL-CIO, local community groups, town council members, and even the NFL Players Association. The owners of Franklin...

19 January, 2017

byย Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President โ€œThe ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.โ€ โ€”โ€ŠDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Weโ€™re coming off of an election that reminded us we still have considerable work ahead in the struggle for freedom and civil rights, and on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. remembrance day, Dr. Kingโ€™s quote is deeply relevant. I...

13 January, 2017

Yesterday, working people who have been employed by fast-food CEO Andrew Puzder shared their stories with Senate Democrats. They made it clear why Puzder is being called the #AntiLaborSecretary. Gathered by the AFL-CIO, here are some of the key tweets that captured the hearings. Meanwhile, read aboutย Puzder's Record Defined by Fighting Against Working People ...

12 January, 2017

Jobs With Justice and the Economic Policy Institute have launchedย AntiLaborSecretary.org, a new clearinghouse for articles, statements and shareable content about Trumpโ€™s anti-worker, anti-union and all-together terrible pick for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder. Instead of standing up for working people, President-elect Trump selected the fast-food tycoon as his pick for Secretary of Labor. Puzder is a CEO with a record of breaking labor laws, yet Trump wants him in charge of protecting working Americans and enforcing...

09 January, 2017

During the 2015 election, Prime Minister Trudeau's Liberalsย campaigned to close a $750 million tax loophole used by CEOs and other "high-income Canadiansโ€ as a way to target wealthy tax dodgers and balance the budget. However, six months after taking office,ย the Liberals have broken their promise. Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently announced the Liberal government would not move forward on a key campaign promise to close the loophole claiming his reversal was in response toย feedback from small...

06 January, 2017