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Dwight Montgomery, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), Memphis Chapter, has written letters to three elected officials asking them to assist in ending the lockout of Memphis area Kellogg workers once and for all. โ€œThis community is outraged by this lockout and as every day passes more and more of our Memphis area citizens begin to realize and understand that this community deserves as much respect for what they have done for the company...

17 January, 2014

Press Advisory January 17, 2014 Kensington, MD International President of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union to speak at January 20th Martin Luther King event in Memphis David B. Durkee, International President of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) headquartered in Kensington, Md., is the invited Special Guest at a Dr. Martin Luther King celebration in Memphis, Tenn. on January 20. The service commemorating Dr. Kingโ€™s legacy will begin at 2:00...

17 January, 2014

Please join us on MONDAY, JANUARY 20th in supporting Locked-Out Kellogg Workers at the annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration in Memphis Tennessee. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 10:00 A.M. The 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King National Holiday Parade, sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Racism (CORR) BCTGM International President David Durkee will march in the parade with a large group of locked out BCTGM Kellogg workers from Memphis. WHERE? Parade begins at the slave auction...

14 January, 2014

On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D- 9th District, Memphis) cited the lockout of Kellogg workers saying, "I see them on holidays, weekends, you name it. Fighting for their rights. Standing up for themselves. It is time to end this lockout and put those people back to work. Letโ€™s produce our cereal with good, Memphis employees." Watch his one minute statement on the lockout of BCTGM members:  ...

10 January, 2014

โ€œContinuing the Memphis lockout is not in the best interests of Kellogg or its shareholders. Accordingly, I urge the Board of Directors to intervene with management to end the Memphis lockout and return to the bargaining table to negotiate a fair contract.โ€ On January 8th, ย President David Durkee wrote a letter to Kellogg Co. Lead Director Gordon Gund and the entire Kellogg Co. Board of Directors. ย Click here or on the image below to read the...

10 January, 2014

[caption id="attachment_3926" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Local 3G Pres. Trevor Bidelman (right) and member Bryon Leche (left) helped distribute the holiday hams and gifts to the Memphis Kellogg families."] [/caption] The holiday season embodies the spirit of giving and is a time to reflect andย celebrate on all of which we are thankful. But what if you are the child or family member of a locked out Kellogg worker in Memphis, Tenn.? Well, then you have union brothers and sisters...

20 December, 2013

"There are some upon this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all out kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us." ย ย -- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol As the children of locked out members of...

18 December, 2013

In the true holiday spirit of giving, Kellogg workers from Locals 50G in Omaha, Neb. and 3G in Battle Creek, Mich. are in Memphis this week delivering holiday cheer to the children and families of locked out Local 252G members. Yesterday, after an 11 hour drive from Omaha, Local 50G members personally distributed gift cards to more than 100 children of Local 252G members. Today, union members from Battle Creek arrive prepared to give out additional...

18 December, 2013

In its first hour online, the IUF's petition to Kellogg CEO John Bryant demanding an end to the lockout of BCTGM members at the Kellogg cereal plant in Memphis, Tenn. was signed by more than 3,500 members and activists from 125 countries. The IUF is an global federation of trade unions that represents workers employed in the agriculture, food and beverage and tobacco industries. The BCTGM is one ofย  336 trade unions from 120 countries that...

17 December, 2013

The holiday baking season is in full swing for BCTGM Local 114 members at the Fred Meyers bakery in Clackamas, Oregon where the union bakers produce hundreds of thousands of loaves, rolls, muffins and bagels daily to prepare for the holiday season. The bakery fills the shelves of more than 500 Fred Meyer stores, QFCs and other Kroger stores in five states. The bread line alone produces 30 different varieties, with most of the ingredients are sourced locally. Check...

05 December, 2013

The following letter was sent from Kellogg Company in Valls (Spain), in a show of solidarity with the locked-out workers in Memphis. [quote] Hello everyone. From the Kellogg Company in Valls (Spain), we want to give maximum support and encouragement to continue with your struggle, which is also ours. Certainly, and unfortunately, Kellogg is losing that much of what has been bragged about for many years. A company with these benefits cannot take this kind of attitude, deceiving the...

02 December, 2013

Last week, Reverend Dwight Montgomery, President of the Memphis Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), sent a letter to Kellogg CEOย John Bryant asking him to change his approach with the locked out workers of Local 252G: "This lockout is an unacceptable tactic designed to deprive families of income and medical coverage in an effort to force the changes you seek through the imposition of unwarranted economic duress on those who have served your company...

12 November, 2013

Last night at dusk, outside the Memphis, Tenn. Kellogg cereal plant, hundreds of locked out BCTGM Local 252G members were joined by members of the community in a prayer vigil Led in prayer by Minister Rev. Keith Norman of First Baptist Church, workers reiterated the message to Kellogg: we want to get back to work. More than 200ย BCTGM workers have been locked out since October 22 when the contract expired and management locked the doors. "We just...

08 November, 2013

In an October 30th Kellogg Company communication, the company reports the hiring of Edward Thompson as its new Vice President, Global Labor Relations. ย Thompson will oversee Kelloggโ€™s Center for Excellence and its initiatives, which is ย โ€œโ€ฆto further improve our labor and employee relationships around the world,โ€ the company states. โ€œIt is our hope that the treatment of the Memphis locked out employees is one of Thompsonโ€™s first priorities,โ€ said BCTGM International President David B. Durkee. ย BCTGM...

05 November, 2013

Join Memphis community groups as we pray for locked out Kellogg's workers and the economic well-being of our community. When? ย Thursday, November 7thย at 6 p.m. Where? ย Corner of N. Airways and Dunn Avenue (in front of Kellogg plant) Click here to download the flier (PDF) ...

04 November, 2013