American Federation of Grain Millers

The union's origins lay in the National Council of Grain Processors, established in 1936 on the initiative of the American Federation of Labor. In 1941, it was renamed as the American Federation of Grain Processors,^[1] then on July 26, 1948 it was chartered as the AFGM.^[2]

In 1955, the union transferred to the new AFL-CIO, and by 1957, it had 39,000 members.^[3] By 1980, its membership had fallen slightly, to 35,000.^[4] On January 1, 1999, it merged with the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers' International Union, which renamed itself as the "Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union".^[2]

1936: William Schoenberg

1936: Meyer Lew

1940: Sam Ming

1960: Roy Wellborn

1979: Frank T. Hoese

1983: Robert W. Willis

1991: Larry R. Jackson

1940: Bill Yunkers

1946: Harold Schneider

1971: Wayne Strader

1972: Harold Tevis

1977: Joseph T. Smisek

1983: Larry R. Jackson

1991: Howard W. Roe

1995: Larry D. Barber