Nestlé workers in Finland fight against agency labour
Workers at Nestlé’s baby food plant in Turku, Finland, went on strike on 6 days in December 2013 to protest company plans to transfer directly-hired temporary workers to a staffing...
At PepsiCo, billions for shareholders, no rights for workers
...a group of courageous Indian workers at warehouses contracted by the company continue their struggle for their rights. Furthermore PepsiCo’s “productivity plan”, first announced in 2012, will be extended another...
Action brings progress, strike suspended at FloraHolland
Unions at Dutch flower auction FloraHolland suspended their strike on February 12 when the company finally agreed to negotiate on their demands. The negotiations followed a mass march by the...
Pepsi To Lay Off About 50 People In Fresno
...months. All associated work will move to a company facility in Las Vegas. While 50 employees will be dismissed, about 350 employees will still hold positions at the Fresno facility....
Members of US Congress urge Kellogg to end the lockout!
...Bryant, on February 5th, the CPC criticized the company’s plan to create a new, low-wage “workforce of the future” and urged the company to resolve the dispute. “The damage wrought...
US: Peltz ends call for Mondelez merger, eyes PepsiCo split
...divide its faster-growing snacks business from its slower-growth beverage arm so the two can perform more effectively and provide more value to shareholders. It argued a stand-alone snacks company would...
FAWU on strike at two Unilever South Africa sites
...and the company’s unilateral job reclassification scheme, which will move current and future workers into a newly-created ‘General Operator’ category with inferior pay and benefits. Negotiations at both Food Solutions...
Dominican Republic: SINTRALAYDO mobilizes against further dismissals at Frito Lay Dominicana
...and reject dismissals that continue to occur throughout the country. Through the dismissals, the company intends to prevent the union representing 50 percent of the workforce, the majority required by...
Mondelez workers in Pakistan continue to fight for permanent jobs
...determination to win permanent jobs for precarious workers and the company’s refusal to negotiate over this issue. While meetings between the union and Mondelez management occurred in December last year,...
BCTGM sends strong message to Mondelez about alleged human rights violations – Talk to the IUF!
Members of the IUF North American affiliate BCTGM have provided tremendous support to the IUF campaign to hold the company to account for alleged human rights violations. After union officials...
Danone to Sue New Zealand’s Fonterra Over Baby Formula Recall
...has suffered. As a leading food company, Danone makes food safety an absolute priority and is committed to working only with suppliers that share and respect the same demanding professional...
Korean Women’s union challenges abusive treatment of janitors at Hyatt Regency Incheon
...contractor – a subsidiary of Hyundai Development Company – has compelled these workers to rest for 3 hours in an underground resting room without heat and has threatened them with...