Panama: Unions present joint proposal to AB InBev
...positions. Acevedo pointed out that the relationship with the company is new, as AB InBev acquired SABMiller just two years ago. “We know that this company does not have a...
Bangladesh: long struggle wins collective bargaining rights for workers at transnational confectioner Perfetti Van Melle
...was granted legal collective bargaining status on February 17. Workers and their union representatives came under sustained management pressure after a large majority of workers at the company’s Gazipur factory...
Teamsters Ratify Anheuser-Busch Agreement
...at Anheuser-Busch with the solid wages, excellent benefits and job security they deserve,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “Our members work hard to make this company successful, and this...
Guatemala: SITRAFRITOLAY signs its first collective agreement at Frito-Lay
...for the company and the recognition of SITRAFRITOLAY as the majority union. A salary increase was negotiated and the company also undertook to review in a joint commission both the...
Honduras: AB InBev does not respect collective bargaining agreement
...less than two years ago. “AB InBev has been violating the collective bargaining agreement and has not shown any interest in seeking a solution. The company is breaching the agreement...
Workers at Coca-Cola Indonesia again confirm their confidence in victimized union leaders
...support for their union chairman follows the re-election last June of Atra Narwanto as chairman of the independent union SBCCD at the company’s Cibitung distribution center. Atra was suspended in...
Lactalis dairy unions form international alliance
...Group is a French based privately owned company which has expanded rapidly through acquisitions in all IUF regions and is now the world’s 2nd largest dairy company by sales turnover....
Netherlands court confirms food delivery couriers are workers with collective rights
...of workers at the food delivery company Deliveroo, the court ruled on January 15 that the company’s delivery couriers are employees, not self-employed contractors. According to the court, Deliveroo’s elimination...
Italy: unions win single national agreement at Mondelez
About 1,000 workers in Italy now have a new collective bargaining agreement with Mondelez following lengthy negotiations between Italian IUF affiliates and the company. FLAI-CGIL reports the new agreement unifies...
Unions, student groups in Ireland pledge support to the IUF’s Coca-Cola Zero Rights campaign
...Trade Unions and with organizations representing high school and older students. SIPTU, whose members are fighting for rights and recognition at The Coca-Cola Company’s bottling plant in Ballina, has produced...
Fair trade certification for Fyffes’ union-busting melons revoked under pressure
...stop Fair Trade USA from certifying the company’s melons for sale as fair trade products in April this year, just in time for the harvest. A November 2018 open...
Court of Appeal rules Talleys/Affco must pay wages lost during illegal lockout
...their lost wages. The Company appealed and on December 5 the Court of Appeal delivered its judgement upholding the Employment Court decision and ordered the company to pay the lost...