Heinz announces plans to close more factories
...company’s earnings per share. In May 2011, Heinz announced a restructuring of its supply chain and manufacturing network with the closure of 5 plants. Four have since been identified and...
Editorial: Financialization and its investor discontents
...(Kellogg cuts outlook after cutting too many jobs) that the company “Cut too many jobs in recent years, which has led to problems — including food safety issues — that...
Unleashing aggression at Nestlé
A capacity for aggression at Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, is not limited to the aggressive pursuit of market share and aggressive cash flow management, qualities praised by investors...
Strikes at PepsiCo Bottling Plants in China
...is evil enough to make workers take very courageous steps of protest. According to recent press reports, workers in three locations protested against the company’s plan in what obviously is...
Nestlé European Trade Unions Demand “Stop Nespressure” in Indonesia and in Pakistan!
At the November 8 meeting of the Nestlé European Works Council in Geneva, Switzerland, representatives of twenty Nestlé unions from across Europe collectively called on the company to immediately halt...
China: PepsiCo sells bottling operations, forms Alliance with Tingyi
...a difference for workers? News that the company is developing a new strategy in the investment bonanza in China if it cannot win in the direct competition with Coke are...
Dismissed Nestlé Indonesia workers rally for justice, protest mass firings of union members
...auspices of the Labour Department and the strike was already over in accordance with the official memorandum that the company and union signed. Nestlé management continued to sack union members...
Entrenching inequality: how companies learned to stop worrying and learn to love the EU Directive on agency work
...workers. In company-speak, the operation brings ‘synergies’ to the demand for ‘flexibility’. The real synergy provides the user enterprise with generous cost savings and allows the agencies to expand their...
An EWC meeting – with a difference!
...meeting in Brussels on October 25 and making it clear that they rejected the company’s plan to transfer production of the plant’s iconic products far from Belgium, which would leave...
IUF’s Dairy Division Country and Company Reports
...the country reports below: 1- Australian Dairy Industry 2- European Union Dairy Industry 3- Indian Dairy Industry 4- New Zealand Dairy Industry 5- USA Dairy Industry Please find the company...
Vitasoy Australia Workers and NUW win
Following two 24-hours strikes organised by the Vitasoy workers under NUW membership at the factory in Wodonga, Victoria, the union reached an agreement with the company on October 14. VITASOY...
Heinz announces plant closure in California – 140 Teamsters risk losing their jobs
...company didn’t offer too many details. The announcement simply stated that 2 plants would be closed in the United States, 2 in Europe, and one in the Pacific – without...