NLRB to Issue Harsher Penalties for Unfair Labor Practices
Unlawful Firings, Interference in Union Activity Subject to Penalties The new general counsel of...
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Author: Union Label Department, AFL-CIO
Latest Strike – Kellogg’s Workers Fighting Against Forced Overtime, Erosion of Wages, Benefits
On October 5, 1,400 BCTGM members at Kellogg’s cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich. (Local 3G),...
Read MoreOld Dutch Employees Prepare for Negotiations
The Union Advocate reports that workers at Old Dutch are preparing for contract talks this fall, in which they “intend to push the company to ease increasingly taxing workloads.” The members of Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco,...
Read MorePandemic and Labor Shortages Spur Workers to Seek Union at Starbucks
Starbucks has successfully beaten back numerous union challenges over the years and it has gone to great lengths to discourage unionizing. The company was even cited in June by an administrative law judge for unlawfully firing...
Read MoreNabisco Strike Ends: BCTGM Members Overwhelmingly Accept New Contract
VICTORY ACHIEVED THROUGH COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND SOLIDARITY Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) working for Nabisco/Mondelez in Portland, Ore., Aurora, Colo.,...
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