On April 16, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) General Executive Board unanimously elected Anthony Shelton as International President, to fulfil the term of International President David B. Durkee who passed away on March 30. 

Shelton served as BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer since December 6, 2019 when he was elected to that position by the BCTGM General Executive Board. 

Shelton has been a member of the Union since 1973 when he became a member of Local 25 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and later became a shop steward at Holsum Bakery in Chattanooga. He also worked at Colonial Bakery where he served as both a steward and chief shop steward.

Shelton was a Local 25 Trustee and member of the Local 25 Executive Board between 1986 and 1992.

In March 1992, President John DeConcini appointed Shelton as a Southern Region International Representative, a position he held for 23 years.

In September 2015, Shelton was elected by the BCTGM General Executive Board to serve as International Vice President of the Southern Region. 

At the 2018 BCTGM Constitutional Convention, delegates elected Shelton to a full four-year term as the Southern Region International Vice President.

Shelton is a second generation BCTGM member; his father, Walter Shelton, was a 62-year member of the BCTGM who served as Business Agent of Local 25 for 25 years and held a position as a member of the International’s General Executive Board.