Study of workplace amputations confirms hazards of agency work
A recent study of workplace amputations in the US state of Illinois points to a “public health emergency” and puts agency work at the center of that emergency. The researchers...
Colombia: cane cutters demand fair pay and an end to the use of labour providers
...them off the property. The workers formed a civil resistance group and moved their protest one kilometer outside the municipality but continue to be threatened by the company’s armed guards....
Outcome of IUF/Danone Extraordinary Meeting for information and consultation for European members
...13 European countries. The meeting was called in connection with the company’s announcement of a proposed cost-cutting plan affecting employment in Europe. Danone Group Chief Operations Officer Emmanuel Faber and...
When the boss says there’s no money for a raise and plants must close, ask about the new share buybacks!
...or extended by the Board of Directors. SOURCE Mondelez International, Inc. http://ir.mondelezinternational.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=747959 Mondelez was brought into the world in October 2012 with total long term debt of USD 22.09 billion...
Rights agenda widens at global Unilever meetings/Precarious work continues to be rolled back
...Bango joint venture in Subang, Indonesia secured over 600 new direct, permanent jobs for casual and contract workers after a lengthy struggle. Tensions are inevitable, because the two sides bring...
Turkey: IUF delegation joins Hava-Is picket line fighting for justice at Turkish Airlines
...delegation joined the Hava-Is picket line in solidarity to mark a new stage of IUF support to the ITF and its international campaign for justice for dismissed Turkish Airline members....
McDonald’s must pay
Last week, McDonald’s was caught hijacking a program that’s supposed to allow young people to go to the U.S. for cultural exchange programs and professional training. Instead, the fast food...
A new union to step up the struggle
...move forward and strengthen your union. For our part, we continue in our efforts to sign the new collective bargaining agreement, after two years of negotiations with CABCORP (PepsiCO). The...
Domestic Workers: Human Rights Award for “historic success”
...and international coordinator, Elizabeth Tang, will receive the award on behalf of the domestic workers at a ceremony during the AFL-CIO Convention in Los Angeles in September. New Image (2).jpg...
Editorial: The more things change: Heinz and the varieties of private equity buyout
...in new and assumed debt, a “mere” 42.8 percent of the purchase price (high enough to strain cash flow, but low by the historic standards of private equity megadeals which...
Dairy Division Leadership Group holds conference call
The Dairy Division Leadership Group held a conference call on 12 February to discuss the branding and publicity for a global organising initiative ‘A Fair Deal For Dairy Workers. Universal...
Behind the belVita recall: union-busting and agency work
...wire mesh in the product. Days earlier, CEO Rosenfeld told analysts that belVita is one of the products she is most excited about, with new flavours in the pipeline. The...