15 May The President’s Report: Forceful Labor Board Action the Result of Powerful 2013 Union Mobilization
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โU.S. Government Charges Kellogg with Serious Violations of Federal Lawโย โ BCTGM News Release, March 27, 2014 โFederal Government Seeks Immediate Court Action to End Illegal Memphis Lockoutโ โ BCTGM News Release, April 5, 2014 What a difference a year can make! At this time last year, the labor movement was confronting one of its greatest challenges since the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act, the โWorkersโ Bill of Rightsโ, nearly 80 years earlier....
05 Apr Federal Government Seeks Immediate Court Action to End Memphis Lockout
Kensington, MD, April 5, 2014 โย In yet another major development regarding the Kellogg Companyโs illegal lockout of its Memphis, Tenn. workforce, the five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) headquartered in Washington, D.C. unanimously authorized on April 4th its lawyers to seek an immediate injunction in U.S. Federal Court against the company for its part in the long-running lockout. Workers at the facility are represented by Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 252G....13 Mar The President’s Report: Fighting Today to Protect our Future
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โThe opposition from employers and their strong political representatives seems sharp and constant, and in the face of these, it is our declared purpose to maintain our unity and solidarity.โ ย โ From the Declaration of Principles, BCTGM Constitution Looking at these words from the BCTGMโs Declaration of Principles, it is as if those leaders who wrote our Constitution knew exactly what our Union has been up against for the past four years and...
04 Feb PRESS RELEASE: New Community Action Coalition formed in Memphis
After weeks of discussion and preparation, a community wide social justice organization comprised of a wide cross section of area and national organizations has been formally announced in Memphis. The community coalition known as The Coalition for the Organizational Protection of People and Equal Rights (COPPER) was formally launched at a meeting last week in Memphis.ย Bishop E. Lynn Brown, a spokesperson for the organization, said that the lockout of workers at the Memphis Kellogg...17 Jan SCLC (Memphis Chapter) President Rev. Dwight Montgomery writes to Elected Officials
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. โThis 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...17 Jan Press Advisory: Durkee to Speak at MLK Celebration in Memphis, Tenn.
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. Kingโs...20 Dec Holiday Angels from Battle Creek, Mich. Deliver Joy to Locked out Families in Memphis
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 from throughout North America sending you solidarity, love and care. On December 18, BCTGM Local 3G members from the Kellogg plant in Battle Creek, Mich. personally...18 Dec SLIDESHOW: Wishing for a Memphis Miracle
“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...02 Dec A letter of Solidarity from Valls, Spain
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...04 Nov Memphis Community Prayer Vigil
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)08 Mar President Hurt: “2012: A Year of Immense Challenge”
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ย As we begin the new year, the immediate challenges that lie ahead for the BCTGM are as daunting as any this Union has faced in its long and proud history. Many employers in our industries are pursuing a destructive strategy of “my way or the highway” in their relationship with our Union. Tragically, the 1,300 BCTGM members at American Crystal Sugar remain locked out of the jobs they want to return to; jobs they...