14 Nov American Crystal Boycott Continues for Locked-Out Workers
Below are photos of Locked-Out American Crystal Sugar workers handing out boycott information in the Red River Valley last week. ย Read more aboutย their struggle here, and click here toย sign the pledge to boycottย American Crystal Sugar! ย31 May Locked Out Workers Launch 7-Day Caravan for Cooperation and Negotiation
Workers and Supporters Call on Crystal Sugar to Engage in Real Negotiations to Reach Fair Contract Drayton, NDโThis morning, two-dozen workers who have been locked out of their jobs at American Crystal Sugar Co. (ACS) for ten months walked out of Drayton on their way to Grafton, ND. Over the next seven days, the workersโmembers of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millersโ International Union (BCTGM)โwill walk or ride in a hay wagon approximately...09 Apr US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. in Steeleville,
STEELEVILLE, Ill. โ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. for six safety violations โ including three willful โ after two maintenance employees conducting welding operations sustained serious burns to their upper bodies as the result of an explosion within a dust collector at the company’s Steeleville pasta manufacturing plant on Oct. 6, 2011. “Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. has a responsibility to protect workers conducting welding operations from...20 Mar The Rise of the Lockout
From the Roquette corn milling facility in Keokuk, Iowa, to American Crystal Sugar in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota and Cooper Tires in Findlay, Ohio, employers are turning to lockouts as a tactic to force union workers to accept major concessions when contract negotiations deadlock. For the BCTGM, the lockout of 1,300 workers at American Crystal Sugar is the most glaring example of the lengths to which employers will go to...12 Mar The Pride of Philadelphia: Tasty Baking
BCTGM Local 492 (Philadelphia) members take tremendous pride in Tasty Baking Companyโs rich heritage and bright future. Tasty Baking products have been well known throughout the companyโs nearly 100 year history for consistent taste, quality, and freshness. And in 2010, the BCTGM Union Label brought added quality to every product made at the companyโs Philadelphia bakery. ย ย ย In 1914, a Pittsburgh baker, Philip J. Baur, and a Boston egg salesman, Herbert T. Morris, went into...08 Mar President Hurt: “2012: A Year of Immense Challenge”
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ย As we begin the new year, the immediate challenges that lie ahead for the BCTGM are as daunting as any this Union has faced in its long and proud history. Many employers in our industries are pursuing a destructive strategy of “my way or the highway” in their relationship with our Union. Tragically, the 1,300 BCTGM members at American Crystal Sugar remain locked out of the jobs they want to return to; jobs they...
06 Mar Happy 100th Birthday to the Oreo Cookie!
The Best Selling Cookie of the 20th Century In 1898, several baking companies merged to form the National Biscuit Company (NaBisCo), and opened a large industrial bakery in New York City on Ninth Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets at the Chelsea Market Building. By 1902, the company had its first nationwide success in Barnumโs Animal crackers, which were sold in boxes painted as animal cages. In 1912, Nabisco had an idea for a new...05 Mar Full Steam Ahead
Twin Cities Business magazine examines the lockout of 1,300 BCTGM members at American Crystal Sugar and the fate of the Farm Bill. “Despite escalating costs for all concerned, American Crystal Sugar is operating without 1,300 unionized factory workers locked out six months ago.ย Upping the ante, the union threatens to pull support for the Farm Bill, which in turn could hurt the entire sugar industry.” Click here to read/print the entire article.21 Feb A Journey for Justice
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Locked out BCTGM members from American Crystal Sugar are taking their message on the road, joining locked out USW workers from Ohio-based Cooper Tire and Rubber in โFrom Fargo to Findlay: A Journey for Justice.โย The six-day, six-state solidarity tour willย focus attention on the two examples of the recent wave of greed-motivated corporate attacks on workers and their unions. Together, four BCTGM members from Crystal Sugar and four USW workers from Cooper Tire will travel...