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Bakers Local 364

Workers Rights

Nabisco defies overtime law

Feb 15, 2023

Senate Bill 1513 was written specifically to target overtime abuse at Nabisco’s Portland plant, but the company hasn’t changed its actions.

In Memoriam

Victor Weekes 1945-2022

May 18, 2022

Victor T. Weekes Sr., a Nabisco worker and longtime officer of Bakers Local 364, died May 7 of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.

Oregon

Oregon bill would end last-minute overtime in bakeries

Feb 16, 2022

Workers at the Nabisco Portland bakery currently face discipline for refusing to work extra shifts, even when notified at the last minute.

Union Democracy

New number two officer elected at Bakers Local 364

Jan 19, 2022

14-year Nabisco employee Mike Burlingham, a longtime union steward at Nabisco, outpolled longtime incumbent Victor Weekes.

Collective Bargaining

Nabisco strike beats back demand for concessions

Sep 29, 2021

Bakers won the fight to keep what they have—and not give concessions—because of solidarity: their own, their co-workers, and their community.

Collective Bargaining

Nationwide Nabisco strike intensifies

Sep 1, 2021

‘No contract, no snacks’ Nabisco strikers are saying—their livelihoods on the line in a nationwide struggle against corporate greed.

Collective Bargaining

Nabisco workers strike around the nation

Aug 18, 2021

It’s been a long time coming. Provoked by round after round of demands by Nabisco for concessions, the union BCTGM reached a breaking point.

People

Doctor Organizer: Joe Crane

Jun 30, 2021

In 2009, Joe Crane was working graveyard on the Portland Frito-Lay assembly line. Today he’s national organizing director at a doctors union.

Collective Bargaining

Bakers in another standoff at Nabisco

Jun 2, 2021

The snack-maker, flush with profits amid a snack boom, is demanding further concessions from its main union.

Collective Bargaining

Nabisco extends union contracts but closes plants

Mar 17, 2021

BCTGM agreed to extend nationwide contracts to the end of May and raise wage 2.25%. But Nabisco is closing plants in Georgia and New Jersey.

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