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Get to Know Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO’s Affiliates: Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM)

on June 16, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, bakers, Bakery Confectionery Tobacco Workers Grain Millers, BCTGM, bctgm 22, candy makers, trade union, union, wwaflcio

Name of Union: Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. Mission: The primary goal of the BCTGM has not changed in more than 130 years—to bring economic justice in the workplace to all workers in our jurisdiction and social justice to workers throughout the United States and Canada. Current Leadership of Union: Anthony Shelton has […]

U.S. Labor Unions Are Having a Moment

on November 12, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, Bakery, Battle Creek, BCTGM, collective bargaining, Confectionery, Deere, economic, employees, employers, fair workplace, jobs, Kellogg, labor shortages, labor union, Michigan, political, President Joe Biden, safe workplace, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, union

U.S. organized labor is having a moment after decades of erosion in both influence and power, giving workers their best chance in recent memory to claw back lost ground. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, unions are finding they suddenly have the upper hand—or at least, more solid footing—when it comes to negotiating wages […]

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