The IUF-affiliated Unite Union has reached agreement with Restaurant Brands, the company which manages KFC, Starbucks, Carls Jr and Pizza Hut, on a new two-year collective agreement which has been...
...affects women. It provides a comprehensive description of what constitutes sexual harassment and establishes a framework for awareness-raising, training, reporting and procedures which protect the victims of sexual harassment and...
In response to a legal challenge from CC.OO Servicios, ‘multiservice’ provider Externa Team has been fined EUR 2.6 million for fraudulently employing 275 hotel housekeepers on fake ‘training’ contracts at...
...as milk price volatility and job instability becomes a permanent feature in a system rigged in favour of global commodity traders, major food processors and big retailers. The Lactalis Group-e.pdf...
...the EU-Canada CETA free trade agreement. The government is pushing for a vote on July 25. Approval by EU member states’ national parliaments’ is required for the treaty to come...
...Free Trade Agreement which has led to a severe deterioration of the sugar workers’ living conditions. IUF-affiliated SINTRAINAGRO has also strongly advocated for the peace process involving the government and...
Nicaragua On 4 May, the Union of Dairy Workers (SINPROLAC) and Nestlé Nicaragua signed a new collective agreement, which ensures employment stability and more benefits for workers. The new agreement...
On June 10 and 12 workers at the Phillips Seafood plant held actions coinciding with US management’s planned visit to the Lampung factory to highlight their demand for direct, permanent...
The German parliament has passed new regulations following the failure of meat processing companies to protect worker’s rights within their sphere of operations. As a result of campaigning by the...
The mayor of New York has signed a package of bills benefitting some 65,000 fast food workers, the key component of which is a requirement that fast food restaurants schedule...
Members of the IUF-affiliated Unite Union in New Zealand have overwhelmingly endorsed the agreement reached by the bargaining group and McDonald’s. The main points of the agreement are pay increases...
...rally participants. A smaller group of IUF affiliates who attended the shareholder meeting spoke out against the destructive direction in which management has taken the company, urging a more long-term...