Australia: Migrant workers from Vanuatu win back wages
...the almost entirely non-union farm sector where most of migrant workers are exploited. Finally, in October 2018 the workers have won the legal claim that used new laws designed to...
Court of Appeal rules Talleys/Affco must pay wages lost during illegal lockout
The IUF reported in September 2017 on the New Zealand Supreme Court ruling that NZ Meat Workers Union members at the Talleys/AFFCO meat processing plant in Wairoa, New Zealand had...
New agreement follows strikes at JDE Netherlands
Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) workers in the Netherlands and their union FNV have a new collective bargaining agreement following two effective 24-hour strikes in Joure and Utrecht on November 19...
The human rights hypocrisy of The Coca-Cola Company
...to join the IUF struggle. To learn how you can support the IUF struggle please visit www.tastezerorights.org and www.iuf.org. human-rights-day.jpg 0158 Coca-Cola’s sponsorship at International LGBTQ Leaders Conference.pdf human-rights-dayS.jpg...
San Francisco Marriott workers return to work with important gains, ending nationwide US hotel strikes
Striking members of UNITE HERE at 7 Marriott San Francisco hotels voted overwhelmingly to approve a new agreement on October 5 after two months on the picket line, closing 9...
FNV and NGG members strike Jacobs Douwe Egberts in the Netherlands and in Germany
...successfully shut down production at JDE for 24 hours, the duration of the strike. NGG traveled with a group of striking German JDE workers to Utrecht to join some 200...
Gains in new collective agreement at Unilever Netherlands
After long, difficult negotiations the FNV has signed a new, one-year collective agreement retroactive to July covering 1,400 workers at Unilever in the Netherlands. The agreement provides a 2.5% wage...
Industrial actions bring gains for TGI FRIDAYS workers in the UK
...by Unite supported by the IUF have achieved important initial results. TGI Fridays management has announced it will reinstate staff meals and pay for unpaid workplace trials and online training....
IUF affiliates show solidarity and support for JDE workers in Germany
...a demonstration of solidarity and support for JDE workers in Germany, fellow IUF affiliates UNITE HERE and RWDSU/UFCW leafletted Stumptown cafes in New York City on October 9 telling customers...
Zero rights! – anti-union aggression escalates at Coca-Cola Bandung Indonesia
...members rejected termination, the 5 were given new letters stating that they were being terminated as part of an ‘efficiency’ program and should they refuse to sign they would receive...
Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia takes disciplinary action against union president for informing members of their legal rights
...When management launched a retrenchment program, workers asked questions in a WhatsApp Messenger group about the proposed separation pay. Sovi Fradina responded by sharing information on separation pay according to...
UN Human Rights Council adopts a landmark Declaration on the rights of peasants and rural workers – fight now moves to the UN General Assembly
...instrument for defending rights, livelihoods and the environment which sustains the food we all depend on. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TEXT OF THE DECLARATION ADOPTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS...