...training exercise by the Basij, a nation-wide paramilitary organization supported and funded by the governing authorities, in which protesting workers were attacked and arrested. This ominous story appeared after 28...
...their families in the departments of Valle del Cauca and Risaralda. The 2012 free trade agreement with the US opened the door to the hollowing out of Colombia’s food production,...
The Food Industry Workers’ National Confederation of Brazil (CNTA Afins) has launched a national mobilization in preparation for 2016 negotiations in the food industry to defend against efforts by employers...
On January 15, a German tourist with a ‘working holiday’ visa was caught in a machine while working on the slaughter line at the Talleys/AFFCO meat plant in Rangiuru New...
...inserting non-union contract workers into the bargaining unit in order to weaken union bargaining power. Last May, Mondelez told the union it would invest in new lines in North America...
That was the conclusion of the first international meeting of the IUF-affiliates, representing seafood workers’ unions which was hosted by the Norwegian food workers union (NNN) in Oslo on November...
US-based company Phillips Seafood has reacted to the international campaign calling for the reinstatement of unfairly terminated workers and union recognition by introducing a new product in their factory in...
...to defend the rights of farmers and their communities in the face of neoliberal policies and the corporate ‘free trade’ regimes that threaten our livelihoods,” said Keo Chanra, Acting General...
...and manufacture Danone’s early life nutrition brands including Aptamil and Nutrilon for both standard and specialized products. Danone said the new plant represents its “largest investment” in European production capabilities...
...harassment and physical and verbal abuse. The vast majority are women, often migrants and they have one of the highest rates of work-related injuries and illness of any occupational group....
Women members of the Pakistan Food Workers are in solidarity with the ‘STOP PepsiSqueeze!’ international union campaign during Women’s Training on 9 November, 2015 at Lahore, Pakistan. women.jpg...