2017 January
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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Workers at the Franklin Street Bakery in Minneapolis have struggled for years with poverty wages, unaffordable health insurance, lack of time off to care for family members, little opportunity for advancement and raises, favoritism, and unfairly applied work policies. When the bakers decided to exercise their legal right to form a union and improve their conditions, management launched an aggressive anti-union, anti-worker campaign against the workers. The owner of Franklin Street Bakery,  Wayne Kostroski,  is also the...

BCTGM Director of Organization John Price joined with officers and organizers from BCTGM Local Union 22 (Minneapolis) in a series of meetings with employees of Franklin Street Bakery who are in the midst of an organizing drive to join the BCTGM. The campaign, which began in 2016, has received tremendous support from the Minneapolis/St. Paul community including the Minnesota State AFL-CIO, local community groups, town council members, and even the NFL Players Association. The owners of Franklin...

by Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We’re coming off of an election that reminded us we still have considerable work ahead in the struggle for freedom and civil rights, and on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. remembrance day, Dr. King’s quote is deeply relevant. I...

Yesterday, working people who have been employed by fast-food CEO Andrew Puzder shared their stories with Senate Democrats. They made it clear why Puzder is being called the #AntiLaborSecretary. Gathered by the AFL-CIO, here are some of the key tweets that captured the hearings. Meanwhile, read about Puzder's Record Defined by Fighting Against Working People ...

Jobs With Justice and the Economic Policy Institute have launched AntiLaborSecretary.org, a new clearinghouse for articles, statements and shareable content about Trump’s anti-worker, anti-union and all-together terrible pick for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder. Instead of standing up for working people, President-elect Trump selected the fast-food tycoon as his pick for Secretary of Labor. Puzder is a CEO with a record of breaking labor laws, yet Trump wants him in charge of protecting working Americans and enforcing...

During the 2015 election, Prime Minister Trudeau's Liberals campaigned to close a $750 million tax loophole used by CEOs and other "high-income Canadians” as a way to target wealthy tax dodgers and balance the budget. However, six months after taking office, the Liberals have broken their promise. Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently announced the Liberal government would not move forward on a key campaign promise to close the loophole claiming his reversal was in response to feedback from small...

At the 99th session of the General Executive Board in Washington D.C. on September 17, 2016,  Shad Clark, BCTGM International Representative, was elected to fill the position of BCTGM Western Region International Vice President. Effective January 1, Clark replaces Randy Roark who retired December 31. Clark was appointed to serve as a Western Region International Representative by International David Durkee on June 1, 2015. Prior to his International staff appointment, Clark served as Business Agent of BCTGM Local...