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BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton’s response to President Joe Biden’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 Kellogg’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. That’s why I am deeply troubled by reports of Kellogg’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 Kellogg’s: Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) on strike against Kellogg’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 Kellogg’s: β€œLate last night, BCTGM negotiators reached a tentative agreement with Kellogg’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 nation’s breakfasts has refused the company’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 Kellogg’s Local 252G members and the Memphis labor community outside the massive brewery for a rally to call attention to the worker’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 company’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, "SΓ­, 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 – 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 company’s factories in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Tennessee. β€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 Kellogg’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 theΒ first union memberΒ 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

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, β€œThe bakery workers of Local in Richmond, Virginia who took on Nabisco and won! β€œMore 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