The BCTGM Voices Project
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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LATEST EPISODE

039: BCTGM Sugar Locals on Milling, Refining and Having a Voice at the Table

Most people believe the sugar they use and consume everyday comes from sugarcane, but in the United States about 60% of it is Union-made from sugar beets in the cooler climates of the northern Midwest and Western regions of the country.

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BCTGM members in Michigan, North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Idaho and Wyoming process nearly 100% of the sugar from sugar beets โ€“ for companies like Michigan Sugar, Amalgamated Sugar, Wyoming Sugar, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, American Crystal and Sidney Sugar. Much of it ends up in bags on your grocery shelves, but a lot also goes into other food products, such as BCTGM-made Kelloggโ€™s and General Mills cereals and other sweet snacks.

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In this episode, two BCTGM Local Union leaders at Amalgamated Sugar in Idaho discuss their unique jobs and the importance of their Union contracts.

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Guests:

  • Shawn Fowler,ย President, BCTGM Local 282G
  • Brendan Van Sickle,ย President, BCTGM Local 283G

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Supporting:

  • David Woods,ย BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer/Dir. of Organization
  • Shad Clark,ย BCTGM International Vice President, Western Region

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