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  • AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler sent a pointed letter to the lead Director of the private equity company Apollo Global Management about “a growing list of unaddressed workers’ rights violations alleged at various Apollo-owned portfolio companies”. Apollo, one of the largest private equity companies in the world, is one of the owners of Maker’s Pride—formerly Hearthside Food Solutions—a giant co-manufacturing company that makes brands for Kellogg, Hershey’s, General Mills and Mondelēz/Nabisco. The B...

  • The 42nd Constitutional Convention of the BCTGM International Union will be held July 28-30, 2026 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla. Delegates to the Convention, per Article III, Section 5 of the Constitution, must have been a continuously good-standing, dues-paying member of the International Union and local union the delegate represents for at least two (2) continuous years next prior to election. Per the official Convention Call, which will be posted online by......

  • Last Friday, President Liz Shuler convened State Federation and Central Labor Council leaders from locations targeted by the Trump Administration to strengthen Labor’s frontline solidarity in the face of escalating militarization and ICE abuse. “It was great to join state federation and central labor council organizers for our Frontline Solidarity Convening,” Shuler said. “America’s Unions are continuing to organize and mobilize so we are ready to defend all of our union siblings,...

  • Over one hundred delegates from BCTGM local unions in the midwestern U.S. met in Bloomington, Ill. for the annual BCTGM Midwest Region Conference. Local 342 (Bloomington, Ill.) hosted the two-day event, where delegates listened to speeches and presentations, gave local union reports and discussed issues like organizing, servicing and political action. International President Anthony Shelton, Secretary-Treasurer David Woods, Executive Assistant to the President Matthew Clark, Midwest Region Vice ...

IS IT TIME FOR A UNION?

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union has fought to secure hazard pay, bonuses, additional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), paid time off and enforcement of social distancing guidelines for our members. Click here to learn how to secure representation for yourself and coworkers as members of the BCTGM.