Featured image for - Global unions call on EU for action to protect seafood industry workers

Global unions call on EU for action to protect seafood industry workers

29/04/2016

Two global union federations representing millions of workers worldwide met with the European Union (EU) commission on fisheries this week...

Featured image for - International union action grows at Seafood Expo Global

International union action grows at Seafood Expo Global

28/04/2016

Unions took action at the annual Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium from April 26-28 to highlight the brutal practices...

Featured image for - Norway: national strike in hotels, restaurant and catering

Norway: national strike in hotels, restaurant and catering

26/04/2016

Norwegian hotel, catering and restaurant workers, members of the IUF-affiliated Fellesforbundet, have been on indefinite strike since April 24 at...

Featured image for - Spanish Dairy Workers fight Lactalis factory closure

Spanish Dairy Workers fight Lactalis factory closure

25/04/2016

Workers employed by Lactalis in the Spanish city of Valladolid were joined by supporters on April 23 to protest the...

Featured image for - IUF affiliate in Malaysia signs first agreement at Danone Dumex

IUF affiliate in Malaysia signs first agreement at Danone Dumex

25/04/2016

The IUF-affiliated Food Industry Employees Union (FIEU) in Malaysia signed the first ever collective bargaining agreement at Danone Dumex on...

Featured image for - Accor: union wins in Indonesia and Canada

Accor: union wins in Indonesia and Canada

22/04/2016

After several years of fighting for workers' rights, IUF-affiliated unions in Accor hotels in Indonesia and Canada have achieved important...

Featured image for - HNA takeover of Gate Group increases market domination

HNA takeover of Gate Group increases market domination

21/04/2016

The aviation food services business is now heavily dominated by HNA group and its rival LSG Sky Chefs. Workers in...

Featured image for - IUF’s message to OECD agriculture ministers – don’t ignore workers

IUF’s message to OECD agriculture ministers – don’t ignore workers

20/04/2016

Trade union delegation to OECD agriculture ministers' meeting calls for recognition of contribution agricultural and food workers to achieving global...

Featured image for - Danone invests in infant formula production in Germany

Danone invests in infant formula production in Germany

20/04/2016

Danone has opened an infant formula processing plant in Germany that will process around 90,000 tonnes of formula – or...

Featured image for - Urgent action update: European Parliament proposes 7 year re-authorization of glyphosate with strict use limitations – IUF vows to fight on for global ban

Urgent action update: European Parliament proposes 7 year re-authorization of glyphosate with strict use limitations – IUF vows to fight on for global ban

20/04/2016

Parliament rejects European Commision plans to re-authorize glyphosate for 15 years and says Commission is failing to protect human health...

Featured image for - The third IUF International Fast Food Workers’ Day

The third IUF International Fast Food Workers’ Day

19/04/2016

On April 14, thousands of fast food workers in 40 countries joined the third International Fast Food Workers' Day to...