...assessments, impact evaluation, training and monitoring. It is coordinated by our Human Rights Working Group.” This shadowy Working Group managed to miss a dairy production system in Kabirwala, Pakistan, built...
...Tulip Group.” The announcement triggered a 90-day consultation period in which the company must justify its plans, provide the union with any data it demands and give good faith consideration...
...meat workers at Affco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Talley’s Group, a leading New Zealand processor of seafood, vegetables, dairy products and meat. The New Zealand Meat Workers Union has been...
...singer Acil Bimbo of the popular group Bimbo addressed the rally, saying “Shame on Nestlé” and evoking a consumer backlash as more and more Indonesians learn of the company’s brutal...
Affco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Talley’s Group, a leading New Zealand processor of seafood, vegetables, dairy products and meat, has locked out some 1,000 meat workers at 6 of the...
...temporary employment agencies’ lobby group Ciett, who contend that temporary agencies create jobs “which otherwise would not exist.” Namibia banned labour agencies in 2007, only to see the law struck...
...women in the age group 30-39. Half of these experience considerably reduced wages for child rearing. It is high time that unions take serious action to stop the continued discrimination...
...representation. “I am really proud of my coworkers today,” Noah Hefner, a DFA receiver said after the vote. “I cannot imagine achieving this with any other group. We are ready...
At the close of the IUF Meat Conference (1-2 November 2011), a proposal was made – and accepted – to convene a steering group of affiliates to explore the feasibility...
...which assessed its risk as “potentially fatal” and included recommendations such as guarding. Considering the worrying number of fatal accidents at its plants, The Fonterra Cooperative Group should take all...
Following a series of discussions, including mediation talks under the auspices of the OECD UK National Contact point, the IUF and the Compass Group have reached a settlement on issues...
...rally, where union members were joined by a small group from the Occupy the London Stock Exchange movement. In a letter to Unilever shareholders issued the day before the rally,...