Today at 3 p.m. EST, 40,000 CWA workers at AT&T went on strike in 36 states and Washington D.C. Workers have been at the bargaining table for months fighting for good jobs against a company dead set on lining its pockets at the expense of the workers who make them billions. This will be the biggest strike in the United States since 40,000 Verizon workers walked out last year, and may be the biggest strike of...
Yale University wonโt negotiate with its workers. Graduate teachers at Yale voted to form a union with Local 33โUNITE HERE in February. Instead of coming to the negotiating table, Yale is trying to run out the clock until President Trump appoints his own anti-worker picks to the National Labor Relations Board who can take back the teachers' rights to organize and crush the union. The graduate teachers are fighting back and participating in an indefinite fast in protest...
Last year, Nabisco/Mondelฤz eliminated 600 good, middle-class jobs in Chicago in order to outsource Nabisco production to Mexico. And while workers in Mexico are paid only $1 per hour, Mondelฤz CEO Irene Rosenfeld averages nearly $20 million per year. So on May 17, when company decision makers gather for the annual Mondelฤz Shareholders Meeting in Lincolnshire, Ill., BCTGM Nabisco/Mondelฤz workers, BCTGM local unions, supporters and activists will be there to protest the companyโs failed business model...
Guest Post by J. David Cox, Sr., National President, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO Over the last several years, anti-union lawmakers and their corporate allies have waged a relentless battle against working people. Now, the campaign to dismantle collective bargaining rights has arrived squarely at the steps of the federal government and the public workers who keep our country healthy, safe, and strong. On March 16, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that...
[caption id="attachment_5831" align="alignright" width="300"] Intl. Rep. Jason Davis, Sen. Bernie Sanders, L. 149 Pres. Letitia Malone.[/caption] "If Mississippi Nissan workers succeed, it will send a powerful message in the south and across this country that working people are prepared to fight for justice." โ Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told the Nissan factory workers. On March 4, BCTGM International Representative Jason Davis and Local 149 (Memphis) President and GEB member Letitia Malone traveled to Canton, Miss. to join in...
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...
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: โThe 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 โoff the chartsโ, according to the companyโs CEO.ย The companyโs refusal to negotiate...
The Verizon fight, the biggest strike in recent history, proved that when working people stand together and fight back, we can win. Communications Workers of America (CWA) issued the following statement in response to the agreement reached between striking workers and Verizon last week: Nearly 40,000 Verizon workers who have been on strike since April 13 are celebrating big gains after reaching a tentative agreement with the company. After 45 days of the largest strike in...
Workers at Carrier Corp.โs manufacturing facility in Indianapolis areย fighting to save their jobs from being outsourced to a plant in Mexico. Many of these people have worked at the Indianapolis plant for years, and their work has made Carrier, a subsidiary of United Technologies, a hugely profitable company. Last year, Carrier made $7 billion in profits and paid $10 million to United Technologies CEO Gregory Hayes. But that isnโt enough for Hayes and other greedy executives. Now...
As nearly 40,000 striking Verizon workers prepare to enter their third cycle without a paycheck to feed their families, communities throughout the East Coast are showing their support for the largest strike in recent history. The BCTGM International will be participating in the May 21 National Family Action Day in support of 40,000 families still on strike at Verizon. That is 40,000 American families without health insurance and a paycheck. BCTGM International President David Durkee urges union...
The BCTGM stands in solidarity with the entire labor movement in opposing the package of Detroit Public School related bills passed by the Michigan House of Representatives. The fact that these bills target only Detroit with unpopular and untested education experiments and anti-union measures shows this is not about whatโs best for the children of Detroitโitโs about how the Michigan House can exert power over the people of Detroit. These bills include some of the most despicable...
At 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a package of right-wing bills to punish teachers and students in Detroit. Gov. Rick Snyder must veto it. Make no mistake: These bills discriminate against Detroitโs childrenโwho are overwhelmingly economically disadvantaged children and children of colorโand are designed explicitly to punish teachers who speak up on behalf of their students and themselves. Many of the so-called teacher-related provisions have failed and been rejected...
Deception seems to be the name of the game at Volkswagen. As if the diesel emissions scandal wasnโt enough, Volkswagen is now deceiving working people at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Workers in the skilled trades division of the plant last year voted overwhelmingly to join the UAW to create a better workplace. Volkswagen executives promised to respect the workersโ vote, but now the company is going back on its word. Volkswagen is refusing to negotiate with...
"We are sick and tired of the war against working families," Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders told BCTGM Local 100G members and supporters outside the Penford Products plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sanders joined BCTGM Local 100G workers in an informational picket line, set up to highlight the workersโ struggle for a fair contract. The new owner of the plant, mult-national Ingredion Inc., is proposing more than 100 concessions, which would essentially gut the union contract. Sanders decried...
In a sign of solidarity, Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders will join BCTGM Local 100G members and supporters in an informational picket outside the Penford Products factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, September 4th. Union members at the plant have been fighting for a fair new contract with Ingredion, Inc. which purchased the facility this spring. Sanders is expected to join Local 100G members, labor supporters and community leaders outside the Penford plant at approximately...