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In a scathing letter to Rich Products Chairman Robert E. Rich Jr., seven United States Senators condemned the company's refusal to negotiate a fair contract for the 100 BCTGM Local 37 members at Jon Donaire Desserts plant in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Workers at the factory have been on strike since November 3, 2021. "Letโ€™s be clear. Rich Products is not a poor company. It is not going broke. Last year, your company made over...

12 January, 2022

The below article about Local 37 members on strike against Jon Donaire (Rich Products) in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. was written by Caitlin Hernรกndez and published on LA List on Jan 5. Workers at Jon Donaire Desserts in Santa Fe Springs have been on strike to get a fair contract for nine weeks, missing vital paychecks during the peak of the holiday season. While parent company Richโ€™s hasnโ€™t returned to the bargaining table since union members voted...

07 January, 2022

Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) who work at Kelloggโ€™s ready to eat cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich., Lancaster, Pa., Omaha, Neb. and Memphis, Tenn. have voted to accept the recommended collective bargaining agreement. Approval of the contract ends the BCTGMโ€™s strike against Kelloggโ€™s, which began on October 5, 2021. In commenting on the ratification, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton stated, โ€œOur striking members at Kelloggโ€™s ready-to-eat cereal...

21 December, 2021

On December 17, members of the BCTGM Local 37 (Los Angeles, Calif.) on strike against Rich Products-owned Jon Donaire Desserts plant in Sante Fe, Calif. voted overwhelmingly to reject the companyโ€™s proposal on a new collective bargaining agreement. The strike, which began on November 3, 2021, continues.Reflecting on the vote, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton stated, โ€œThe members have spoken. The strike continues. The International Union will continue to provide full support to our striking...

18 December, 2021

BCTGM International President Anthony Sheltonโ€™s response to President Joe Bidenโ€™s statement in support of 1,400 BCTGM members on strike against the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G): The BCTGM is profoundly grateful to the President of the United States for his support for working people and their right to engage in meaningful collective bargaining. We whole-heartedly agree with President Biden that Kelloggโ€™s...

10 December, 2021

The following statement was issued by U.S. President Joe Biden today: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2021 Statement by President Joe Biden On Kellogg Collective Bargaining Negotiations Collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers. Thatโ€™s why I am deeply troubled by reports of Kelloggโ€™s plans to permanently replace striking workers from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International during their ongoing collective...

10 December, 2021

The statement by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) following the December 5 vote on the tentative agreement between the BCTGM and Kelloggโ€™s: Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) on strike against Kelloggโ€™s in Battle Creek, Mich., Lancaster, Pa., Omaha, Neb. and Memphis, Tenn. have overwhelmingly voted to reject the tentative agreement. The strike, which began on October 5, 2021, continues. Reflecting on the vote,...

07 December, 2021

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) International President Anthony Shelton issued the following statement following negotiations between the BCTGM and Kelloggโ€™s: โ€œLate last night, BCTGM negotiators reached a tentative agreement with Kelloggโ€™s on a new contract. In the coming days, the Local Union officers on the bargaining committee will present the tentative agreement to their respective memberships who will then vote on the agreement on Sunday, December 5 at destinations determined by...

02 December, 2021

BY HAROLD MEYERSON The American Prospect NOVEMBER 8, 2021 The Great Recession is long gone, but some employers insist that their employees work under recession-era constraints. Striketober is over but strikes still persist. At tractor manufacturer John Deere, 10,000 workers have rejected two successive offers from the company and still walk the picket lines. At Kellogg, the union representing the 1,400 workers who turn out the nationโ€™s breakfasts has refused the companyโ€™s offers, which have addressed none of the...

09 November, 2021

On Friday, BCTGM Local 149 and Blues City Brewery workers were joined by striking Kelloggโ€™s Local 252G members and the Memphis labor community outside the massive brewery for a rally to call attention to the workerโ€™s fight for a first contract. Local 149 has been working hard to achieve a first contract to help protect the workers of Blues City Brewery and address the issues they face at the massive 1.3 million-square-foot plant. Workers at the...

08 November, 2021

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) issued the following statement in support of 1,400 BCTGM members in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G) who are on strike against the Kellogg Company: The companyโ€™s last, best and final offer does not achieve what our members are asking for; a predictable pathway to fully vested, fully benefitted employment for all employees with...

04 November, 2021

Fed up with a company that refuses to bargain in good faith, Local 37 members in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. went on strike in the early morning hours of November 3. Chanting, "Sรญ, se puede!" outside the bakery, 140 Local 37 members say they are fed up with Jon Donaire for the company's refusal to bargain over improved wages. The union members make ice cream cakes, desserts and pastry products under the Jon Donaire Desserts...

03 November, 2021

by Corrina Christensen, BCTGM International Director of Communications The time between two hours and two days on a strike line is immeasurable. And after 25 days holding the line, Kellogg workers know their moment will eventually come to an end and if I were to predict, it will be a limitless victory. They have fought hard and united together, defining what it means to be a union family. Dedicated to a purpose. Driven by principle. Motivated...

29 October, 2021

*Reposted from sanders.senate.gov WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday, along with six of his Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Kellogg CEO Steve Cahillane in support of the workers striking for better wages and working conditions across the companyโ€™s factories in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Tennessee. โ€œOver the past several weeks, we have been closely following the efforts of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers (BCTGM) workers who have gone on strike...

28 October, 2021

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met with Local 374G Kelloggโ€™s workers and BCTGM International President outside the Lancaster, Pa. cereal plant. Walsh, who is a longtime union member, spent hours on the line with workers in a solid show of solidarity. Walsh is theย first union memberย to lead the Department of Labor in more than four decades, and is the first sitting labor secretary to visit striking workers on a picket line. Ahead of the...

27 October, 2021