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A series of videos were launched today to tell the story of the actions Kellogg is taking against its workers around the globe. While the CEO of The Kellogg Company, John Bryant, gets a pay raise of $8 million and investors get rich with increasing dividend payments and share buybacks, thousands of Kellogg employees and the communities they live in are left devastated and angry.ย  And while the $14 billion global snack food giant prides itself...

18 March, 2014

โ€œThe opposition from employers and their strong political representatives seems sharp and constant, and in the face of these, it is our declared purpose to maintain our unity and solidarity.โ€ ย  โ€“ From the Declaration of Principles, BCTGM Constitution   Looking at these words from the BCTGMโ€™s Declaration of Principles, it is as if those leaders who wrote our Constitution knew exactly what our Union has been up against for the past four years and how we have...

13 March, 2014

Five powerful and highly-respected United States Senators have asked the Kellogg Company to “act swiftly to find a fair agreement” and end its nearly five-month lockout of more than 220 workers at its Memphis, Tenn. cereal production facility. In a March 6 letter to Kellogg CEO John Bryant, Senators Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Robert Casey, Jr. (Pa.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Robert Menendez (N.J.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.), reflected on the dedication of Kellogg workers. “Many of these hardworking...

07 March, 2014

For Immediate Release: March 5, 2014 The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has joined the growing number of national and international organizations urging the Kellogg Company to end its nearly five-month old lockout of more than 220 workers at its Memphis, Tenn. cereal plant. In a February 27 letter to Kellogg CEO John Bryant, CBC Chair Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio), writes: โ€œMany of the affected workers are second and third generation employees from predominately minority communities, averaging more...

05 March, 2014

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has joined the growing number of national and international organizations urging the Kellogg Company to end its four-month old lockout of more than 220 BCTGM Local 252G members at its Memphis, Tenn. plant. In the letter to Kelloggโ€™s CEO John Bryant, CBC Chair Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio), writes: โ€œMany of the affected workers are second and third generation employees from predominately minority communities, averaging more than 20 years of service to...

04 March, 2014

The NFL PLayers Association today sent a letter to Kellogg CEO John Bryant backing up the locked out workers in Memphis. "The NFLPA is well aware of the impact on workers and their families when an employer locks out its workers," writes DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director of the NFLPA (NFL Players Association). "The NFLPA calls on you to immediately end the Memphis lockout and allow these hard-working men and women to resume their jobs so that...

20 February, 2014

Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum wrote to Kellogg's CEO John Bryant on February 19 asking him to "please honor the legacy of the company by ending this lockout and seeking a mutually agreeable resolution of this dispute that respects the hard work of employees." "The Kellogg plan to convert full-time jobs to a casual or part-time workforce will likely reduce pay and benefits drastically for most workers, which will have a negative impact on families as well...

19 February, 2014

SOUTH MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) - Standing up for future employees, a labor dispute between hundreds of Kellogg's workers in Memphis drags on into its fourth month. There are two sticking points on their contract and workers say they refuse to back down. Even though, at the low end workers make around $28 an hour, they say it's not about the salaries. It's about the company trying to break a contract, which they say will significantly affect future workers...

18 February, 2014

The continued inaction by the Kellogg Company on the lockout of more than 220 workers at its Memphis, Tenn. cereal plant has drawn the attention of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC).ย  The Congressional Progressive Caucus consists of 75 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from around the country, and is the largest caucus within the House Democratic Caucus. In a letter on behalf of the CPCย  to Kellogg Company CEO John Bryant, the Co-Chairs of...

06 February, 2014

After weeks of discussion and preparation, a community wide social justice organization comprised of a wide cross section of area and national organizations has been formally announced in Memphis. The community coalition known as The Coalition for the Organizational Protection of People and Equal Rights (COPPER) was formally launched at a meeting last week in Memphis.ย  Bishop E. Lynn Brown, a spokesperson for the organization, said that the lockout of workers at the Memphis Kellogg...

04 February, 2014

For Immediate Release: January 28 BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, Kensington, Md. National Civil Rights Organization Calls on Kellogg to End Memphis Lockout The fight to return locked out Kelloggโ€™s workers to their jobs in Memphis, Tenn. continues to escalate with increased support from national politicians, religious leaders and civil rights organizations. In a January 23 letter to Kellogg CEO John Bryant, the Memphis Chapter President of the National Action Network (NAN), Gregory Grant, advised, โ€œโ€ฆif by February...

28 January, 2014

The BCTGM is part of a network of organizations joining together in opposition of the Camp-Baucus Fast Track legislation, โ€œThe Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Actโ€ (HR 3830/S 1900). This legislation would revive the outdated and unsound 2002 โ€œFast Trackโ€ Trade Promotion Authority mechanism. The BCTGM International Union is among the 564 organizations to sign a letter delivered to Congress yesterday. January 31 is the TPP DAY OF ACTION with rallies planned in more than 40 cities across...

28 January, 2014

Last week, Gregory Grant, President of the Memphis Chapter National Action Network (NAN) sent a strong message to Kellogg's CEO John Brant with the letter below. "To that end, we along with other social justice groups strongly urge the City of Memphis to revisit and recall any and all tax incentives, rebates, pilots and provide no further corporate assistance until this lock-out has ended and all affected 226 employees are restored and made whole...

26 January, 2014

Memphis is historically a city that strongly embraces its workers. ย Part of that history is the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who came to support Memphis sanitation workers on strike in 1968 when he was assassinated. On January 20, 2014, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Memphis community once again displayed support and solidarity with Memphis workers. Specifically, the 220 BCTGM Local 252G members locked out by Kellogg. Hundreds of community and religious activists joined...

22 January, 2014