Uberizing logistics?
...effectively work to eliminate permanent employment in logistics enter into Unilever’s Responsible Sourcing Policy – and can they be confined to the supply chain? The London Employment Tribunal on October...
UK Employment Tribunal: ‘self-employed’ Uber drivers are workers, with rights
...wage, paid breaks, and holiday pay. The decision came in response to two test cases brought on behalf of drivers by the IUF-affiliated GMB in June. The union’s legal director...
Spanish hotel housekeepers call on the European Parliament for action to end exploitation and abuse
...group, who together with other MEPs adopted a written declaration on the working conditions of hotel cleaning staff in Europe calling on the European Commission to monitor and evaluate the...
IUF European affiliates establish Seafood unions coordination group within EFFAT
The founding meeting of EFFAT Seafood group was held in Brussels on November 15, 2016. IUF affiliates from Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark and UK shared the information on...
Nutella workers on strike in Turkey
...than renegotiating after 2 years, as is customary. Management has responded to the strike by pressuring workers to resign. The 150 striking workers have vowed to continue until a new...
Namibia seafood corporations wage a war against fish workers rights
...hired scabs. The workers kept on protesting and demanding their rights, gathering together daily. On December 5th, 2015, a group of companies, namely Hangana Sea Food, Overberg Fishing, Rainbow Trawling,...
Newly leaked TISA texts expose the scope of the corporate power grab
...the negotiations. The TISA negotiations currently involve 23 countries calling themselves “The really good friends of services”, with a rich core including the US, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,...
Fast food workers win guaranteed hours in New Zealand
The IUF-affiliate Unite Union and Restaurant Brands, which owns the rights to market KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks and Carl’s Jr brands in New Zealand, have signed an agreement which fully...
The assault on the right to strike
...documented in a study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation published in the run-up to the October 7 World Day for Decent Work. The Right to Strike Struck Down shows how...
NZ Meat Workers Union wins again in Court
...another Talleys owned meat company (Land Meat NZ) has been fined NZ$15,000 and ordered to enter into an arrangement to enter collective bargaining with the union within 6 weeks. These...
IUF Meat Division develops work plan
A coordinating group of IUF affiliates met on 26 & 27 September in San Francisco, California to develop a work plan for the IUF Meat Division. The group endorsed the...
Trapped at Sea: The fight against slavery in the fishing industry
Along the way, FAO Podcast team explore why trafficking and forced work remain so pervasive in the global fishing industry and what fishers stand to gain from a new collaboration...