2016 July
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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Today at the Democratic National Convention, BCTGM Local 300 member and laid off Nabisco worker Michael Smith was invited to address the DNC Labor Council on Organizing. In addition to Smith, the Council heard from Alicia Hamiel, a representative of the Fight For Fifteen movement; Ernesto Salazar, a car wash worker, and numerous political leaders united in the call for higher wages and workers' rights. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered powerful remarks to the gathering as she reminded everyone: "you...

Today at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, BCTGM Local 300 member and laid-off Nabisco worker Michael Smith spoke before the National Democratic Seniors Coordinating Council.  Part of the meeting included addresses from Members of Congress, national senior citizen leaders and top officials from the DNC about Social Security, Medicare and the importance of the senior vote in 2016. Smith was invited to address the group concerning the importance of retiree involvement in helping to change the nation's trade laws....

This is re-posted from the AFL-CIO NOW Blog. Working people recognize the high stakes in the 2016 presidential election. On one side, you have Donald Trump, who supports "right to work," which takes away power from working people, and thinks your wages are too high. On the other side, you have Hillary Clinton, who has a long history of advocating for families and working people. She believes that paid family leave, earned sick days, fair schedules, equal pay...

Today as the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Philadelphia, BCTGM Local 300 member and laid off Nabisco worker Michael Smith was meeting labor delegates,union leaders and political activists to give voice to the nation's working families negatively impacted by unfair U.S. trade laws. Smith met briefly this afternoon with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D. Minn.). Ellison, who is a strong supporter of America's working families. The Congressman first met Smith following his testimony to the Democratic Platform Committee on June 9. Stay...

“Irene has made over $20 million dollars a year, for the last nine years. That is roughly 300 times that of the average Mondelez employee.” “For a CEO to make that much and refuse to leave our jobs in Chicago, to send them to Mexico, that’s a slap in our face. Irene Rosenfeld – you should be ashamed!” In the second video in the BCTGM’s “Nabisco 600” series, Chicago Mondelez bakery workers highlight the exorbitant corporate greed...

Re-Posted from the AFL-CIO BLOG It's Made in America week and we'll be spotlighting a different product area every day so that working families can show their solidarity for their sisters and brothers. First up, we know many of you will be planning barbecues for the Fourth of July. Our lists are courtesy of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor's website Labor 411; Union Plus; the BCTGM; and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Beer  Budweiser  Coors  Miller  Pabst  Sam Adams See more beers...