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  • The BCTGM International Union announced that it is endorsing Dan Osborn for election to the U.S. Senate representing Nebraska in the 2026 elections. β€œThe BCTGM is proud to support brother Osborn in his effort to bring a worker’s perspective to the U.S. Senate,” BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton said. Osborn is a former member of BCTGM Local 50G in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a long-time mechanic at the Kellogg Company facility in Omaha. In 2021,......

  • In the fall of 2024, ten workers in the only remaining non-union department at Bay State Milling in Tolleson, Ariz.β€”the milling departmentβ€”voted to join BCTGM Local 232 (Phoenix). β€œLocal 232 had already represented the packing, loading, warehouse, maintenance and sanitation workers in this plant,” explained Western Region International Representative Andrew Gutierrez at the time. β€œWe had heard from the group in the milling department through the online bctgm.org organizing form before, but it ne...

  • AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler sent a pointed letter to the lead Director of the private equity company Apollo Global Management about β€œa 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 Prideβ€”formerly Hearthside Food Solutionsβ€”a giant co-manufacturing company that makes brands for Kellogg, Hershey’s, General Mills and MondelΔ“z/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......

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.