Featured image for - Swiss union investigation into housekeeping in Marriott Zürich hotels reveals exploitative, dangerous and unsanitary conditions

Swiss union investigation into housekeeping in Marriott Zürich hotels reveals exploitative, dangerous and unsanitary conditions

19/07/2018

An investigation by IUF affiliate Unia into housekeeping in Marriott-branded hotels in Zürich - one of the world's most expensive...

Featured image for - New Zealand Court of Appeal confirms protection of agency workers’ rights

New Zealand Court of Appeal confirms protection of agency workers’ rights

17/07/2018

IUF New Zealand affiliate E tū has welcomed the NZ Court of Appeal's rejection of an application by LSG Skychefs...

Featured image for - NGG: Job Destruction at Nestlé – “Reckless greed”

NGG: Job Destruction at Nestlé – “Reckless greed”

17/07/2018

Following the announcement in mid-June of factory closures, job cuts and payroll cost "improvements", the German food workers union, NGG,...

Featured image for - Protest and solidarity action at the Nestlé European Works Council meeting

Protest and solidarity action at the Nestlé European Works Council meeting

16/07/2018

At the meeting on 25 June, delegates presented Nestlé European management with a "nest" full of lemons in solidarity with...

Featured image for - Thailand: KFC Yum! Brands defies ruling ordering company to reinstate fast food union president

Thailand: KFC Yum! Brands defies ruling ordering company to reinstate fast food union president

12/07/2018

Despite a ruling by the tripartite National Labour Relations Committee on April 4, ordering Yum! Brands Thailand to reinstate a...

Featured image for - Argentina: Good Practices Manual for the HRCT sector

Argentina: Good Practices Manual for the HRCT sector

06/07/2018

After several months of discussions between the IUF affiliated UTHGRA, the private sector and the government, a Good Practices Manual...

Featured image for - Marriott workers around the world demand global measures to combat sexual harassment

Marriott workers around the world demand global measures to combat sexual harassment

28/06/2018

On June 27, IUF members at Marriott hotels around the world demonstrated in support of the union call for concrete...

Featured image for - CC.OO advances training material on LGBTI workers’ rights

CC.OO advances training material on LGBTI workers’ rights

27/06/2018

IUF-affiliated CC.OO in Spain has produced training material on LGBTI related topics for its members in Spanish.

Featured image for - Brazil: Congress set to vote on making the world’s leading pesticide user more toxic still

Brazil: Congress set to vote on making the world’s leading pesticide user more toxic still

27/06/2018

Despite mass opposition, Brazil's notoriously corrupt Congress has paved the way for a vote on easing authorization for still more...

Featured image for - Algerian government escalates its war on independent unions

Algerian government escalates its war on independent unions

22/06/2018

The government of Algeria is escalating its war on worker rights and independent trade unions following a critical report issued...

Featured image for - IUF U.S. affiliates condemn criminalization of migrant workers

IUF U.S. affiliates condemn criminalization of migrant workers

22/06/2018

IUF U.S. affiliates have expressed outrage at the actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) which detained 146...

Featured image for - Pride month is an opportunity to stand up for LGBTI workers’ rights!

Pride month is an opportunity to stand up for LGBTI workers’ rights!

22/06/2018

The IUF calls on affiliated organizations to organize, fight and win on LGBTI workers' rights and union issues and to...