Strike against “scary wages” on Halloween
...no collective agreement by then. NGG points out that Legoland, owned by the UK-based Merlin Entertainment Group, has been turning a profit over the past four years on the backs...
Corporate collusion has enabled dairy executives to milk the profits
...the competition. Dean Foods has settled its law suits with farmers but the legal battle continues against DFA. The deal resulted in a small group of executives milking huge sums...
Doux: Liquidation of fresh-products division confirmed, 1,000 workers to lose their jobs
On September 10, 2012, the Commercial Court of Quimper (Brittany) confirmed the takeover bids for five of the eight sites of the fresh-products division of poultry group Doux. This means...
Kraft split creates 2 cash cows, multiple challenges for unions
The long-announced split became official on October 2, but shareholders got a big surprise: it is Mondelez, not the new North American grocery company Kraft Foods Group (KRFT) which has...
FEMSA invests in the dairy industry of Mexico and Panama
...which are applied to fluid milk. Last year, FEMSA became part of the dairy industry in Latin America as it acquired the group Grupo Industrial Lácteas (Estrella Azul), the greatest...
IUF Dairy Division launches a global organising initiative “A Fair Deal for Dairy Workers”
The Dairy Division leadership group met on 3&4 October and lauched a global organising initiative “A Fair Deal for Dairy Workers”. At the core of this initiative is the right...
Uruguay: The greatest challenge ahead is to engage young people in union activities
...and also the workers of the Distribution area working at the warehouses, as well as on the outsourced trucks. We also have a group representative of the workers from the...
Reward offered for negotiating text of the TPPA
As the next round of the highly secretive Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations are set to take place in Leesburg, Virginia from 6-15 September, the Washington based lobby group...
USA: Teamsters organizing win at Danone’s YoCream plant
Dairy workers with YoCream, a division of French food group Danone, voted overwhelmingly to join IUF-affiliated Teamsters Local 305 in Portland, Ore., seeking better conditions and a voice at work....
Agency work can kill
...a subsidiary of the Israeli-based Osem Group, majority-owned by Nestlé, with operations in Israel, Europe and the US. The worker, Collazo Torres, was employed by a temp agency, Monroe Staffing....
1,700 Jobs at risk as Vion announces closure of a plant in Scotland
...part of their acquisition of Grampian Country Food Group. It employs 1,150 permanent and 595 agency workers at this major processing facility for Scottish pork. Vion has been reviewing the...
Nestlé US subsidiary cited in death of temp worker
...in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program, which mandates targeted follow-up inspections to ensure compliance with the law.” The company is a subsidiary of the Israeli-based Osem Group, majority-owned by Nestlé,...