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06.11.2024
Members of BCTGM Local 264 (Toronto) employed at two Concord Confections locations in Vaughan, Ont. have voted to overwhelmingly accept an historic 5-year contract. Negotiations were led by Canadian Region International Vice President Ron Piercey and included Negotiating Committee members International Representative Karl Walker, Local 264 Business Agent Bill Hegedus and Members Muniruddin Ahmed, Quan Hoc Duong, Bing Zhong Lin, Earl Lucier, Alex Melkonian, Navaneethan Navaratnam, Eslyn Smith and...
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Local Union News
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06.07.2024
Three terminated BCTGM Local 85 (Fresno, Calif.) members have returned to work following a Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) hearing related to a grievance they filed late last year. Mathew Galicia, Hector Lopez and Luis Herrera are import sales delivery drivers at the Bimbo Sales Center in Fresno, Calif. Their division makes import snacks such as Takis and Marinela Pastries. The Local 85 members were fired last October for logbook procedures they had been......
Local Union News
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05.09.2024
Due to a relentless anti-union campaign waged by Hearthside Foods, 600 workers at the London, Kentucky bakery have lost their Union election. The 304-222 loss coincided with eleven more unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed on Sunday, May 5th, adding to the nine already documented during the campaign. โThese newest charges are all related to the constant surveillance and intimidation the workers faced. The company issued really outrageous threats of losing their jobsโeven deportationโand ย se...
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04.09.2024
On Friday April 5, 2024, workers employed at the Hearthside Food Solutions (โHearthsideโ) bakery in London, Kentucky filed for an election to be represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM). The bakery in London, which produces baked goods for Kelloggโs, Nabisco and General Mills, employs approximately five hundred people. The BCTGM international Union has also filed federal charges against Hearthside for multiple labor law violati...
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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.
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