Updates
Seven facts Ginia Bellafante missed about the Tom Cat Bakery workers’ campaign because she didn’t talk with workers
On October 26, 2018, the New York Times ran a column by Ginia Bellafante about Tom Cat Bakery workers fired in the wake of an ICE audit at the factory in early 2017. Since the audit, workers have been organizing to win immigrant worker protections in the...
Bakers, packers, sandwich makers, and cleaners at the Amy’s Bread factory in Queens, New York, are hitting the streets again to defend our dignity at work.
Today, we’re demanding that owner Amy Scherber return to negotiations with us and we’re calling on food retailers that carry the bakeries’ products to stand with us. Why now? In 2013, many of us were fed up with painfully low wages and a mismanaged workplace. We...
Brandworkers debuts ICE audit resistance workshop
On September 26, 2018, Brandworkers co-hosted a workshop with the North Star Foundation called "Preparing for ICE Workplace Audits: An Organizing Approach." Forty-five people from at least 25 organizations across the NYC metro area participated in a robust discussion...
Tom Cat Bakery Workers Earn Support of Prominent NYC Restaurant Group
Owners of El Quinto Pino, Txikito, La Vara, and Saint Julivert Fisherie restaurants have halted their use of Tom Cat Bakery products. Workers and dozens of their allies spent months appealing to El Quinto Pino’s management and have finally been heard. The...
Manhattan cafe Tisserie Agrees to Drop Tom Cat Bakery Products
"We are fighting for the dignity, respect, and rights of all workers.” Immigrant Workers and Allies Commemorate “Day Without Bread” with Day of Community Action Manhattan cafe Tisserie Agrees to Drop Tom Cat Bakery Products New York, N.Y....
