Featured image for - Unions help win extended maternity leave in the Philippines

Unions help win extended maternity leave in the Philippines

25/02/2019

Paid maternity leave in the Philippines has been extended from 60 to 105 days under a new law which came...

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Brazil: We will have to fight daily so that they do not take away what we have already won

25/02/2019

During the 40th Meeting of the IUF Latin America Region Executive Committee (CEL) held in Buenos Aires on December 7,...

Featured image for - Brazil: In the face of various aggressions against LGBTI people, groups are organized

Brazil: In the face of various aggressions against LGBTI people, groups are organized

25/02/2019

"In just one month following the rise to power of the government of Jair Bolsonaro, we have already realized that...

Featured image for - Honduras: recognition of an LGBTI activist

Honduras: recognition of an LGBTI activist

25/02/2019

Last year, the IUF Latin American Executive Committee unanimously recognized the work of José Zambrano, a member of the Association...

Featured image for - Panama: Unions present joint proposal to AB InBev

Panama: Unions present joint proposal to AB InBev

25/02/2019

The Union of Workers of the Brewing Industry of Panama (Sticp) and the Industrial Union of Workers of the Manufacturing...

Featured image for - Bangladesh: long struggle wins collective bargaining rights for workers at transnational confectioner Perfetti Van Melle

Bangladesh: long struggle wins collective bargaining rights for workers at transnational confectioner Perfetti Van Melle

22/02/2019

After 160 days of struggling for recognition and overcoming management efforts to undermine the right to freedom of association, the...

Featured image for - Belgium: ACV-CSC signs a local agreement limiting casual employment at Danone dairy plant

Belgium: ACV-CSC signs a local agreement limiting casual employment at Danone dairy plant

21/02/2019

The IUF-affiliated Food and Services Union (ACV-CSC) successfully negotiated a local agreement with Danone Dairy Belgium on the basis of...

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Teamsters Ratify Anheuser-Busch Agreement

20/02/2019

Job Security and Wage Increases Included in Five-Year Contract

Featured image for - Guatemala: SITRAFRITOLAY signs its first collective agreement at Frito-Lay

Guatemala: SITRAFRITOLAY signs its first collective agreement at Frito-Lay

20/02/2019

On November 29, after long and difficult negotiations, the Union of Workers of the Frito Lay Compañía Limitada (SITRAFRITOLAY) and...

Featured image for - Tunisia: UGTT to set up support centers to defend migrant workers’ rights

Tunisia: UGTT to set up support centers to defend migrant workers’ rights

18/02/2019

Tunisia's national trade union center UGTT has condemned the exploitation of migrant workers from sub-Saharan Africa in Tunisia and called...

Featured image for - How did Heineken perform in 2018? – results data

How did Heineken perform in 2018? – results data

17/02/2019

2018 sales climb 6.1% to EUR22.47bn (US$25.38bn)12-month volumes increase by 4.2%, all regions post growth"Superior" sales growth performance expected in...

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Honduras: AB InBev does not respect collective bargaining agreement

14/02/2019

The Union of Workers of the Beverage and Similar Industry (Stibys) mobilized to denounce the repeated violations of the collective...