News of the BCTGM’s boycott of Made-in-Mexico Nabisco spread throughout the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia last week. Armed with Check the Label fliers, laid off Nabisco worker Michael Smith was invited to speak to numerous gatherings and Democratic Caucus groups throughout the week including: -Smith addressed about 300 AFL-CIO Labor Delegates during a special […]
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“Irene has made over $20 million dollars a year, for the last nine years. That is roughly 300 times that of the average Mondelez employee.” “For a CEO to make that much and refuse to leave our jobs in Chicago, to send them to Mexico, that’s a slap in our face. Irene Rosenfeld – you […]
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Representatives for the Nabisco Tour will be educating consumers outside major retailers throughout the country and addressing labor functions. This is where they will be THIS WEEK: Monday, June 27: Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, Gary, Indiana Wednesday, June 29: Maricopa Area Labor Federation, Phoenix, Arizona
Read MoreIn the second full week of the National Tour of the Nabisco 600, hundreds of thousands of additional workers, families, and consumers in hundreds of communities learned about the BCTGM’s National Boycott of Made-in-Mexico Nabisco products. In Atlantic City, N.J., the Tour addressed more than 600 union delegates to the N.J. AFL-CIO Convention. The labor […]
Read MoreThe Nabisco 600 team, composed of laid off Local 300 members from the Nabisco bakery in Chicago, set out on a national tour last week to spread the word that the Mondelez offshoring of Nabisco jobs to Mexico will not stand. With appearances on Union Edge Radio in Pittsburgh, the Rick Smith Radio Show in […]
Read MoreThe Nabisco 600 tour traveled to Portland, Oregon last week for the first of numerous West Coast stops on the National Consumer Education Tour. The tour has also addressed crowds up and down the Eastern U.S. bringing news of how workers and their allies can help boycott made-in-Mexico Nabisco products. At the New York Central […]
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Following the BCTGM’s formal endorsement, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. “Members of the BCTGM don’t just help feed America—they helped build the greatest middle class in history. “Members of the BCTGM know, as I do, that […]
Read MoreThe Union Edge Show talks to BCTGM Strategic Campaign Adviser Ron Baker, BCTGM Organizer Nate Zeff and laid-off Nabisco worker Anthony Jackson to talk about the plight of Nabisco workers in Chicago, the national boycott of Mexican-produced Nabisco products, and how consumers can support American union jobs.
Read MoreWatch Michael Smith’s full address before the Democratic Platform Drafting Committee:
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