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As BCTGM members and their families welcome a New Year, we can look back at 2014 as a source of great pride and optimism for our Union. ย While the BCTGM and our members certainly faced serious and difficult challenges on many fronts, we are heading into the New Year as a stronger, battle-tested Union, fully prepared to take whatever action is necessary to improve the lives of our members and bring the benefits of BCTGM...

06 January, 2015

Delight your friends and loved ones with holiday treats made by hard-working BCTGM members! Listed here is a small sampling of holiday sweets made by BCTGM members in the U.S. and Canada. Allan Candy Company Allan Traditional Candy Canes (Peppermint, Cherry and Mini Peppermint), Allan Holiday Collection Candy Canes (French Vanilla & Gingerbread, Butterscotch & Cappucino, Mini Canes), Allan Fruit Buddies Candy Canes, Allan Chewy Candy Canes. BCTGM Local 350T (Granby, Quebec) Brown & Haley Holiday gift boxes, baskets, tins...

09 December, 2014

After 34 years with the International Union, Ray Scannell, the Director of the BCTGM International Union Research & Education Department, will retire on November 1. Scannell came to the BCTGM not long after graduating with a Masterโ€™s degree in organizational behavior from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. His first position at the Union was staff assistant in the Department of Research & Education. [caption id="attachment_4686" align="alignright"...

01 November, 2014

Today, workers at the Bimbo Bakeries USA high performance facility in Elkhart, Indiana voted to become members of BCTGM Local 1 (Chicago). This is the fourth Bimbo high performance workplace the Union has organized in the last 22 months. In 2010, Bimbo Bakeries USA announced it would invest one billion dollars into upgrading and building new high performance bakeries in the United States.ย  Bimbo built four brand new high performance bakeries in Rockwall, Texas; Lehigh Valley,...

29 October, 2014

In 2006, organizers at Local 358 (Richmond, Va.) were extremely disappointed after workers at the Supervalu distribution center in Richmond Virginia, voted narrowly against joining the BCTGM. โ€œItโ€™s a punch in the gut when you lose a campaign,โ€ says International Representative Jim Condran who assisted the local during the organizing drive.ย  โ€œBut we never lost contact with those workers and the organizing committee continued to work doggedly to garner more support.โ€ Fast forward eight years, and those...

23 October, 2014

FACT:ย In January 2014, 13 states raised their minimum wage;ย since thenย these states added more jobs and have lower unemployment rates than the 36 states that did not raise the minimum wage. FACT:ย The U.S.ย Government could save $7 billion dollars if companies just paid employees a higher minimum wage.* FACT:ย Federal minimum wage is $7.25ย โ€“ย and some states actually have a lower state wage of $6.25 an hour. How can anyone, alone or with a family, survive on minimum wage? FACT:ย Theyย canโ€™t. But together we are...

21 October, 2014

In an action taken to strengthen the BCTGM, enhance membership service and utilize resources more effectively and efficiently, Delegates to the 39th BCTGM Constitutional Convention overwhelmingly passed Resolution Number 28, which Amends Article IV, Sections 1 and 5 of the BCTGM International Constitution to Consolidate Regions One and Two and to rename the Regions. ย Click HERE to zoom in or print a PDFย of the image below. ...

01 October, 2014

Check out the latest AFL-CIO Labor 2014 video that prominently features many union members out canvassing, phone banking, at rallies, and political events in states all over the country. From Alaska to Kentucky, working people are getting out the VOTE and making a difference!ย ย Let's get out and VOTE!    ...

01 October, 2014

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) honors the contributions made and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrates their heritage and culture. The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) isย tweeting dailyย on milestones for Hispanic workers and Latino labor leaders. You alsoย can find out more on itsย Facebook page. According to the 2010 Census, 50.5 million people or 16% of the population are of Hispanic or Latino...

29 September, 2014

Californiaโ€™s Governor Jerry Brown has signed landmark legislation that will provide significant new protections for subcontracted employees. Under the new law, host employers and their staffing firms will have to jointly take responsibility for the health, safety, and basic workersโ€™ rights of temporary employees. This is a huge victory for California's most vulnerable workers, including immigrant workers who make up a large segment of the subcontracted workforce. It's a big win for the labor organizations, community...

28 September, 2014

MONTREAL โ€” Tens of thousands of workers from across Quebec marched through the streets of downtown Montreal on September 20 in the cityโ€™s largest demonstration since the student protests of 2012. Since June, firefighters, police officers and other municipal employees have been protesting against Bill 3, which would see municipal employees shoulder part ofย an estimated $4 billion pensionย deficit. โ€œMr. Couillard, your social dialogue is nothing but an anti-social monologue, a bossโ€™s discourse,โ€ Daniel Boyer, president of the...

20 September, 2014

On September 13, the Federal NDP announced that, if elected, an NDP government would reinstate the federal minimum wage, lay out a path to reaching $15 per hour, and index the federal minimum wage to inflation. Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan said that a $15 per hour federal minimum wage would send an important signal. โ€œThis would set the standard that all provincial and territorial governments should be striving to achieve,โ€ said Ryan. โ€œThe $15...

13 September, 2014

According to a recently published study, as many as 90 percent of the employers participating in the annual U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) do not comply with OSHA recordkeeping regulations, resulting in underreporting of work-related injuries and illnesses by 38 percent of the surveyed employers Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for theย LexisNexis Workersโ€™ Compensation eNewsletter, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of...

30 August, 2014

PONTIAC, Mich.ย โ€“ Asphalt Specialists Inc. has been found in violation of theย Surface Transportation Assistance Actย by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for wrongfully terminating a foreman and two truck drivers. They had raised safety concerns after being directed to violate U.S. Department of Transportationย mandated hours of service for commercial truck drivers. Headquartered in Pontiac, the asphalt paving company was ordered to reinstate the three employees to their former positions with all pay,...

18 August, 2014