2016 March
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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The Chicago Tribune published this joint commentary by BCTGM International President David B. Durkee and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on March 29.ย  Oreos are incredibly popular, one of America's top guilty pleasures. But we soon might not be able to stomach them, if the iconic cookies don't sustain good jobs in the United States. As part of the relentless killing of American manufacturing, Nabisco plans to cut in half the workforce at its largest domestic bakery, in Chicago,...

March 23/Erin Johansson If an entire industry existed with the sole purpose of interfering with a federally protected right, isnโ€™t it common sense that our federal government should want to keep tabs on it? Thankfully, the Obama administration just released a rule that will step up federal monitoring of employers who hire unionbusting consultants. Unionbusters profit from telling companies how to stop working people from coming together in union to improve their workplaces. When faced with an...

Some safety incentive programs are โ€œespecially problematic with ergonomic issues,โ€ according to OSHAโ€™s deputy director. Jordan Barab told attendeesย at the 19th annual Applied Ergonomics Conference in Orlando that itโ€™s difficult to hide an injury like a broken leg, but itโ€™s not as hardย to hide a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD). Barab continued a dialog on safety incentive programs that resurfaced when OSHA proposed revisions to its guidelines for Safety Management Systems. In those guidelines, OSHA said companies shouldnโ€™t use safety...

KENSINGTON, Md. - Today, the BCTGMย - which represents nearly 4,000 members at Mondelฤ“z International, maker of Nabisco snack products - announced in response to the layoff of the first 277 workers at the Southside Nabisco Chicago Bakery, an escalation in its efforts to promote its โ€œCheck the Labelโ€ campaign, encouraging American consumers to reject Nabisco products made in Mexico and instead, buy those that are produced in America in support of American jobs. BCTGM will...

Workers at Lifeway Foods Inc. facilities in Chicago voted to join BCTGM Local 1 (Chicago) a year and a half ago but remain without a union contract as the company refuses to negotiate with the union. And despite a 2015 order by theย the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the company will notย bargain in good faith. Taking matters into their own hands, Local 1, with assistance from the International Union, has launched a ย campaign to bring this...

BCTGM members working at Nabisco plants throughout the U.S. take great pride in producing the iconic products that have been a part of millions of Americans' lives for more than 50 years. Today the BCTGM has launched a public education campaign encouraging Americans to "Check the Label" to support American jobs by ensuring their favorite Nabisco products are produced in America before purchasing. Through a simple label check, together we can send a powerful message in support...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled thatย Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)ย is guilty of violating federal labor laws. The NLRB adopted the findings and conclusions of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Melissa M. Olivero. In a thirty-three page Decision, Judge Olivero wrote, โ€œADM has committed numerous violations of Section 8(a)(1) of the Act by interrogating and threatening its employees. During their 2015 effort to become members of BCTGM Local 103G, workers at ADM's Bio-products facility in Decatur, Ill....

Read the Report (Washington, DC, March 3, 2016) โ€“ A new report released today from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) offers further data that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is fatally flawed. โ€œEPIโ€™s new report quantifies what a mistake it was to leave currency rules out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The trade deficit with TPP countries โ€“ attributable in large part to misaligned currency โ€“ cost Americaโ€™s working families 2 million jobs in 2015, more than half in...