Just Born Strike
Representing manufacturing, production, maintenance and sanitation workers in the baking, confectionery, tobacco and grain milling industries.
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A Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Just Born against BCTGM Local 6 (Philadelphia) workers who went on strike in 2016. In a 15-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl ruled on December 29 that the company failed to prove that the Local 6 members violated a no-strike clause in the collective bargaining agreement. About 400 Local 6 members went on strike on September 7, 2016.ย Workers returned to work in late October 2016, although...

04 January, 2018

This morning about 250 trade unionists and supportersย joined striking Local 6 members for a spirited rally across from the Just Born candy plant in Bethlehem, Pa. Participants of theย solidarity event included theย Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 13000, Steelworkers (USW) Local 2559, CWA District 2-13, Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 375, Teamsters (IBT) Local 773, ย as well as members of AFSCME and SEIU. Also present was the Northhampton County Democrats and the Democratic City Chair...

27 September, 2016

BCTGM Local Union Officers attending the annual BCTGM International Union's โ€œNew Officers Trainingโ€ program in Linthicum, Md. ย challenged their union membership working back in their respective plants to support the 400 striking members of BCTGM Local 6 at the Just Born plant in Bethlehem, Pa. The officers sent electronic copies of a DO NOT BUY flier urging union members and families to avoid buying Just Born candy products like Hot Tamales, Mike & Ike, and...

23 September, 2016

As 400 BCTGM Local 6 workers go on strike at Just Born in Bethlehem, Pa., the officers of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO made the following statements: โ€œThe Pennsylvania AFL-CIO stands in solidarity with the 400 workers on strike at Just Born.ย  These workers deserve to be recognized for their hard work and treated with dignity and respect, especially as Just Born has seen profits โ€˜off the chartsโ€™, according to the companyโ€™s CEO.ย  The companyโ€™s refusal to negotiate...

08 September, 2016