Bakery Workers Local 37: Union stands tall against Rich
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.—The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 37 has been on strike for over two months, since Nov. 3.
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SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.—The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 37 has been on strike for over two months, since Nov. 3.
By Don McIntosh Workers at Grand Central Baking’s Northwest Portland wholesale bakery ratified their first ever union contract March 1 after more than a year of negotiations and 14 months after they voted to join Bakers Local 114. The agreement includes an immediate 1.25% raise plus three annual raises of 2.25% on July 1 of 2021, 2022, and 2023. It also mandates overtime pay for any hours over 8.5 worked in a day. [A state law requires time-and-a-half pay in manufacturing jobs after 10 hours in a day, and Local 114’s contract with Franz Bakery provides it after 7.5 hours.] The contract al...