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U.S. Department of Labor | October 26, 2021 Secretary of Labor Walsh to visit Kellogg workers’ Pennsylvania picket line Will meet with union leadership; hear concerns of workers WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Oct. 27, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will meet with leaders and workers of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers’ International Union on a picket line at The Kellogg Company’s cereal manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  On Oct. 5, the one-year extension of a five-year master...

26 October, 2021

On October 7th, BCTGM Local 264 (Toronto) held a day of union generosity to provide members formerly employed by Del’s Pastry with union foods to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. Del’s Pastry was destroyed by a fire on June 15th. According to BCTGM Canadian Vice President Ron Piercey, the party lasted more than six hours. Union members dropped in and out of the event throughout the day as some members are working at other places while they wait...

23 October, 2021

BCTGM Local 358 President Keith Bragg and Financial Secretary/Business Agent Darlene Carpenter joined AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, October 13. As she began her address, Shuler introduced her invited guests, who included the Local 358 officers. She commended Nabisco workers for their victory as she introduced Carpenter and Bragg she said, “The bakery workers of Local in Richmond, Virginia who took on Nabisco and won! “More than a...

14 October, 2021

On October 5, 1,400 BCTGM members at Kellogg’s cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G) took a stand on the future of their workforce by going on STRIKE. Here are FIVE ways you can support them: 1) Sign Their Petition. Let the workers know you're with them! Add your name to their online pledge. 2) Join a picket line or drop off food/drinks/supplies. Here are the...

08 October, 2021

American Prospect writer Harold Meyerson wrote this piece about the BCTGM on October 7 for his column, Meyerson on TAP. The roll call of unions that have actually changed the trajectory of American labor is relatively short: the United Auto Workers, the Mine Workers, and other CIO unions in the 1930s and ’40s, as factory workers organized; AFSCME and the American Federation of Teachers in the 1960s and ’70s, as unions took hold in the...

08 October, 2021

On October 5, 1,400 BCTGM members at Kellogg’s cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G), Omaha, Neb. (Local 50G), Lancaster, Pa. (Local 374G) and Memphis, Tenn. (Local 252G) went on strike. Kellogg Proposes TAKING AWAY: Premium health care benefitsRetirement benefitsHoliday and vacation payCost-of-living wage increasesJOBS: move production lines to MexicoThe UNION LABEL from all cereal boxes Kellogg Proposes Two-Tiers of Employment: Two-Tier System: New hires will make less money, have higher health insurance payments and will not...

06 October, 2021

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) President Anthony Shelton 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 BCTGM International Union stands in unwavering Solidarity with our courageous Brothers and Sisters who are on strike against the Kellogg Company.  “For more than a year...

05 October, 2021

From healthcare to Hollywood, workers are demanding higher wages, fighting cuts and seeking better safety and conditions (October 1/The Guardian by Michael Sainato published here.) Tens of thousands of workers around the US could go on strike in the coming weeks in what would be the largest wave of labor unrest since a series of teacher strikes in 2018 and 2019, which won major victories and gave the American labor movement a significant boost. The unrest spans a...

01 October, 2021

VICTORY ACHIEVED THROUGH COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND SOLIDARITY Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) working for Nabisco/Mondelez in Portland, Ore., Aurora, Colo., Richmond, Va., Chicago, Ill. and Norcross, Ga. have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new collective bargaining agreement. Approval of the contract ends the BCTGM’s strike against Nabisco which began on August 10, 2021. In commenting on the membership vote to ratify the new contract, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton...

18 September, 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 Nabisco/Mondelez: “Very late last night, BCTGM negotiators reached a tentative agreement with Nabisco/Mondelez 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.I want to thank and commend all of...

15 September, 2021

BCTGM Canadian Region International Vice President Ron Piercey and International Representative/Organizer Karl Walker accompanied members of Local 264 (Toronto, Ontario) for an informational picket outside the Mondelez facility in Toronto. The group distributed fliers on how to follow and support the Nabisco strike. Piercey said they also answered questions from the workers and explained how the union was helping workers in the United States fight for a fair union contract. ...

15 September, 2021

Dozens of striking Local 364 Nabisco workers joined together with members of the Portland Thorns soccer team today outside the Portland Nabisco bakery. “As you can see, we don’t have a thought of giving up at all,” said BCTGM Local 364 President Jesus Martinez to the crowd and soccer players. “We will win just like you win.” The players are members of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA) and came to offer support...

15 September, 2021

Solidarity on Nabisco picket lines across the country has been incredible. Last week, BCTGM Local 358 members on strike in Richmond, Va. were visited by the first woman President of the AFL-CIO, Liz Shuler. Shuler visited spent the afternoon marching the picket line outside the Nabisco bakery and talking with union members. She reminded the striking Nabisco workers that their sacrifice and courage is on display for every American worker across the nation. "The 56 unions and...

14 September, 2021

Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wrote to Dirk Van de Put, Chief Executive Officer of Mondelez International, urging him to oversee good-faith negotiations for a fair contract between the BCTGM and Nabisco (owned by Mondelez). Despite reports that Mondelez has generated over $1.1 billion in net earnings in Quarter 2 of 2021 – and chosen to repurchase $1.5 billion worth of its shares over the last six months – the company has elected to...

13 September, 2021

Tefere Gebre, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO, rallied with striking members of BCTGM Local 1 outside the Chicago Nabisco bakery today. "My heart is filled with joy to see all of the solidarity here!," Gebre told workers. In addition to Gebre, the Local 1 rally included families and friends of the striking Nabisco workers, as well as Bob Reiter, President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and other labor and community supporters. Local 1 President Donald...

04 September, 2021