2018 May
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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The imbalance in our economy between the pay of CEOs and working people is worsening. In 2017, CEO pay at S&P 500 Index companies increased 6.4% to a total of $13.94 million. In contrast, production and nonsupervisory workers received a paltry 2.6% raise, earning on average just $38,613—a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 361 to 1. Among the top 20 highest paid CEO's:  #17: Mondelez CEO Dirk Van De Put who made a shocking $42,442,924 in 2017....

22 May, 2018

BCTGM union members from around the country descended on Lincolnshire, Ill. for the 2018 Nabisco/Mondelēz shareholder meeting. Outside the meeting venue, union members, retirees and supporters held a rally and demonstration protesting the company's pension proposal that would strip current employees of their defined benefit pension plan. Among those joining Local 300 Nabisco workers in Lincolnshire were members of Locals 1 (Chicago), 6 (Philadelphia), 42 (Atlanta), 57 (Columbus, Ohio), 70 (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 81 (Traverse City, Mich.),...

16 May, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court will make a decision in the coming weeks whether or not to undermine the freedom of millions of teachers, nurses and other public workers to have strong unions. Today, the AFL-CIO launched a new website, FreedomToJoin.org, that provides critical information about the Janus v. AFSCME case, counters misinformation, explains the value of union membership and draws attention to the wave of collective action in America. Big-moneyed corporate interests have brought Janus v. AFSCME...

15 May, 2018

Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced new legislation, The Workplace Democracy Act. What would this legislation do? END Right-to-Work-for-Less ALLOW unions to be formed through majority sign-up STOP companies from denying a first contract for new union workers EXPOSE third-party firms hired to run anti-union campaigns. Senator Sanders on the Workplace Democracy Act: "Under our legislation when a majority of workers sign cards to join a union they will have that union, end of discussion. We are sick and tired of...

09 May, 2018

Click here to download this in French. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union 10401 Connecticut Avenue Kensington, Maryland 20895‑3961 CONVENTION CALL   May 1, 2018   TO ALL AFFILIATED LOCAL UNIONS: GREETINGS: The International Constitution provides, in Article III, Section 2: "The regular Convention shall be held every four years.  It shall convene on such date and in such place as the International President, with the approval of the General Executive Board, shall designate.” “The International Secretary‑Treasurer shall issue a Convention Call to...

01 May, 2018