Agroecology – the way to phase out HHPs and get off the pesticides treadmill
A new guide from Pesticides Action Network International shows how agroecology can be used to phase out highly hazardous pesticides...
MEPs oppose plans to re-authorise glyphosate and call for scientific evidence to be disclosed
European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Food Safety & Public Health formally objects to re-authorization of glyphosate and calls for scientific...
Informal sector workers in Gujarat win health care, social security with first identity cards
After years of campaigning the IUF-affiliated Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) won a major victory for informal sector workers in the...
Colombia: national strike for alternatives to ‘free trade’ destruction
Tens of thousands of Colombians responded to the call for a national strike on March 17 by the country's national...
India: Strengthening Organization in the Dairy Sector
The organizing plans of The Dairy Employees Federation of India (DEFOI) focus on increasing the organization of contract workers including...
At last a global guide on banned pesticides
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has produced a consolidated list of banned pesticides which will be updated approximately every 6 months....
IUF and Danone agreement on limiting precarious employment
The IUF and the French-based food products transnational Danone have signed a ground-breaking Agreement on Sustainable Employment and Access to...
Human Rights Council moves ahead with declaration on the rights of rural workers
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will resume negotiations in May 2016 on a Declaration on the rights of peasants...
US seafood industry: blind and deaf
A whole number of corporations known to persecute their workers for their attempts to unionise came to Boston for the...
Unite Here settle contract with LSG Sky Chefs
Airline catering workers employed by Sky Chefs have won an important new national contract in the United States. Under the...
Irish workers strike against outsourcing
Members of IUF affiliates Unite the Union and SIPTU took indefinite strike action on March 3 to protect 'permanent and...
BCTGM calls on US consumers to ‘check the label’
The IUF affiliate BCTGM has launched a 'check the label' campaign as part of its fight to support their members...