12 Nov A letter from the Memphis Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to Kellogg CEO John Bryant
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...08 Nov Memphis Kellogg’s Workers Hold Community Prayer Vigil
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....05 Nov BCTGM Statement on Hiring of Kellogg Global Labor Relations VP
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 Kelloggโs Center for Excellence and its initiatives, which is ย โโฆto further improve our labor and employee relationships around the world,โ the company states. โIt is our hope that the treatment of the Memphis locked out employees is one of Thompsonโs first priorities,โ said BCTGM International President David B. Durkee....28 Oct BCTGM Calls on Kellogg to Unlock the Gates, Let the Workers Go to Work
On Monday, October 28, BCTGM International Union President David B. Durkee issued the following statement regarding the lockout of BCTGM Local 252G members by Kellogg in Memphis, Tenn.: โThe work stoppage at Kelloggโs Memphis plant is not a strike by workers who are demanding more from the company.ย Kelloggโs employees, most of whom have given decades of dedicated service to the company, want to work but have been locked out of their jobs by a...25 Oct Kellogg Locks Out BCTGM-Represented Workers
On Tuesday October 22, 2013 global cereal and snack giant Kellogg Company locked out workers represented by BCTGM Local Union 252G at the companyโs Memphis cereal facility. The $14 billion dollar company wants to replace steady, middle-class, full-time jobs with casual, part-time employees who would make significantly lower wages and substandard benefits. This will hurt these working families, the Memphis community, and ultimately, the company. CLICK HERE to download a full Fact Sheet on the...11 Jun Kellogg Workers in Rome, Ga. Vote to Become Members of Local 25
On June 3 Kellogg workers in Rome, Ga. voted to become BCTGMย Local 25 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) members. According to International BCTGM President Frank Hurt, Workers at the Kellogg plant will now enjoy the dignity, justice and respect that come with a BCTGM contract. “These men and women take pride in their work and will now have the power to negotiate a contract that includes wages and benefits that are fair and satisfactory to them. “This is...
09 Apr Workers at Hearthside Food Solutions File for Election to join BCTGM
On Friday April 5, 2024, workers employed at the Hearthside Food Solutions (โHearthsideโ) bakery in London, Kentucky filed for an election to be represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM). The bakery in London, which produces baked goods for Kelloggโs, Nabisco and General Mills, employs approximately five hundred people. The BCTGM international Union has also filed federal charges against Hearthside for multiple labor law violations committed during the organizing...
24 Aug Kaiser Retires; Clark Named Executive Assistant to the International President
After 20 years with the International Union, Harry Kaiser, Executive Assistant to the International President, retired on July 14. He served under three International Union Presidents. Kaiser was hired by International President Frank Hurt in 2003 after serving as a political and legislative consultant to the International Union. After Hurtโs retirement in 2012, Kaiser served as Executive Assistant to International President David Durkee until his death in 2020. He continued to serve as Executive Assistant...
14 Jun Solidarity is a Two-Way Picket Line
BCTGM members have first-hand experience with the power of solidarity. The long days, nights and seasons outside your workplace fighting for a fair contract are made tolerable with the support of a larger community. Visits from other union workers who have stood shoulder to shoulder with striking BCTGM members helped bring strength and labor unity to all of our strikes. Four hundred UAW Local 12 members have been on strike against Clarios in Holland, Ohio...
07 Oct Committed to Our 2022 Convention Agenda
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in 2022 BCTGM International Convention, President Anthony L. Shelton, President's Report
Two months ago, delegates to the 41st Constitutional Convention of the BCTGM came together in solidarity and unity to set this Unionโs agenda for the next four years.Since that time, I have been working tirelessly with Secretary-Treasurer David Woods, our Regional International Vice Presidents and International staff to bring that Convention agenda to life. ORGANIZING: The BCTGM is organizing all around the country and hitting the streets to talk to workers in non-union workplaces about...
22 Apr BCTGM Member Elected President of the Memphis and West Tennessee Central Labor Council
BCTGM Local 252G (Memphis, Tenn.) Vice President Kevin Bradshaw has been elected to serve as President of the Memphis and West Tennessee Central Labor Council. Bradshaw, a 21-year union member, is a Case Handling Operator at the Kelloggโs Memphis plant. During his tenure with Local 252G, he has also served as President, Trustee and Steward. Most recently, Bradshaw served as a spokesperson for his union brothers and sisters at the Kelloggโs Memphis plant during the...
15 Mar BCTGM and BIMBO Bakeries Team Up to Donate Union Made Goods to Striking AFM San Antonio Symphony Workers
Labor solidarity was vital to the success of the strikes by BCTGM members at Frito Lay, Nabisco, Kelloggโs and Jon Donaire. This is why when the BCTGM learned that musicians at the San Antonio Symphony were on strike for a fair contract, we teamed with BIMBO Bakeries U.S.A. to provide the workers and their families with union-made bread and snacks. For months, the 72 members of American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 23 in San...
11 Mar President Shelton Thanks President Biden for his Unwavering Support of BCTGM Members
On March 5, BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton attended a labor roundtable with President Biden, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and more than 30 AFL-CIO affiliated union officers in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden thanked the labor leaders for their support and outlined the actions his Administration has taken to help union members in his first year in office. Walsh spoke of the need to work collectively to empower American workers and underscored the presidentโs support for...