What’s in Your Tea?
A new report is warning millions of tea drinkers in Britain that their breakfast cuppa may come from Indian workers toiling for 7p an hour – well below a living...
Comprehensive Agreement Ends Long, Bitter Conflict at Coca-Cola Pakistan
...agreement creates 187 permanent, directly employed positions. The agreement will be overseen internationally by the IUF and CCI/TCCC and implemented through a local process and implementation group established between the...
Nestlé Defends Anti-Union Practices in Indonesia with…Nestlies
...to bargain a new collective agreement, including wage bargaining. Nestlé management responded by retaliating against SBNIP officers and members, creating a company union, pressuring workers to ‘join’ it and even...
Police Kill Banana Workers in Panama as Strikes, Protests Contest Repressive New Laws
...for police who use lethal firepower against protestors. Labour and civic groups responded to the introduction of the new laws with protests and strike actions, including a one-day general strike....
Tata India – Are its Tea Estates Above the Law?
...the estate; two were killed when police fired on a group protesting his death. Fifteen others were seriously injured by police fire. The team was to due to investigate from...
Good News for Hard Times: Coca-Cola Pakistan Now Hiring, Applications Welcome!
...abduction and death threats. But the workers are determined to fight for their union. So management has manufactured a previously unknown labour contractor named Saeed Awan. When the latest group...
Whose Workplace? The ILO and Nestlé
...only training program mentioned in any detail in the latest Creating Shared Value is in fact the top-level management training program in Vevey. Had the interviewer been guided by the...
Coca-Cola Pakistan Turns its Back on Multi-million Dollar World Bank Loan – What Have They Got to Hide?
...– lower interest and a longer payment schedule than what’s generally available on capital markets. That’s good, because it can boost a credit rating, free up cash for dividends and...
Auckland-Rendezvous Hotel lockout ended
...rooms a shift – well above the industry norm. Rendezvous Hotel workers get seven days sick leave in New Zealand, compared with hotel workers in Australia who get a minimum...
Toronto Accor Novotel Workers Strike as G20 Delegates Arrive
...part of the French-based Accor Group. Troubles have been brewing at Accor across Canada, where union organizing for union recognition and collective bargaining rights has met with fierce opposition from...
First Round Victory in ILO Fight for Domestic Workers
...domestic workers around the world was followed by ten days of tough negotiations around proposed amendments, particularly from the Employers’ Group seeking to considerably weaken the scope and content of...
Food, Power and Human Rights: New Publication from Swedish Food Workers
...authors describe a learning process, in which they themselves gain new insight into the workings of the global food system. They chronicle the struggles of IUF members around the world...