Today in Washington, D.C., the 2016 Democratic Platform Drafting Committee held its second session of the Mid-Atlantic Democratic Platform Forum, the first in a series of regional events designed to engage every voice in the Democratic Party. The Platform Drafting Chair Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Democratic National Convention Committee CEO, Rev. Leah D. Daughtry […]
Read MoreAlliance for Retired Americans members have joined the AFL-CIO in a boycott of Mexican-made Oreos and other Mexican-made Nabisco products. The boycott is a result of Nabisco’s announcement last July that it would invest an additional $130 million in a Mexican plant rather than its American factory in Chicago. As a result 600 workers in […]
Read MoreThe following piece by Don McIntosh is cross posted from NW Labor Press Nabisco and its principal union have reached a standoff. The union contract covering 2,000 American workers in five states expired Feb. 29, but the two sides haven’t reached a new agreement, and no further contract talks are scheduled. At any time, the workers could strike, […]
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Have you heard the new CHECK THE LABEL radio spots? These are being played on both English and Spanish language radio channels near you…. English – Spanish –
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Campaign encourages Americans to “Check the Label” in support of American jobs by purchasing only those Nabisco products made in America KENSINGTON, Md., April 27, 2016 – Today, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) – which represents nearly 4,000 members at Mondelēz International, maker of Nabisco snack products – announced […]
Read MoreOn April 6, the BCTGM filed a submission to the United States Department of Labor asking for an investigation into the use of company unions, protection contracts and a lack of union transparency in Mexico. With an increasing number of U.S.-based corporations moving production to Mexico, the country’s lax labor standards and worker protections have […]
Read More[Triangle, VA] United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts said today that the union fully supports the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) in its boycott of Mexican-made Nabisco products. Nabisco recently announced that it is moving more than 600 American jobs in Chicago to a production […]
Read MoreKansas City, Kan. — Boilermakers International President Newton B. Jones today condemned Nabisco and its parent company, Mondelez, for announcing recently that they will ship more than 600 American jobs from the Nabisco production facility in Chicago to Salinas, Mexico, calling the decision “symptomatic of bad trade deals and multinationals who place profit ahead of […]
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Our friends at Progress Illinois published the below excellent video and news piece concerning Local 300 layoffs at the Nabisco plant on March 23.
Read MoreToday, the BCTGM – which represents nearly 4,000 members at Mondelēz International, maker of Nabisco snack products – announced in response to the layoff of the first 277 workers at the Southside Nabisco Chicago Bakery, an escalation in its efforts to promote its “Check the Label” campaign, encouraging American consumers to reject Nabisco products made […]
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