...holding to account of responsible officials. Baek Nam-gi struck in the head by a police water cannon The November 14 demonstration was organized to protest new government measures to further...
PepsiCo is complicit in violating the rights of a courageous group of workers at a warehouse in India, who formed a trade union and were fired as a result. Whilst...
...due to improper storage of highly inflammable chemical and oil drums in the factory. The fire took 36 hours to extinguish. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing in the...
...brutal attack when they were told their pay would be cut by 65% under the terms of a new sub-contracting arrangement. The unions rejected the company’s diktat and have maintained...
...A decision was made to set up an international working group for the purpose of developing general coordination, strengthening solidarity campaigns to support workers in fishing and fish processing companies,...
...EU pesticide Regulation 1107/2009 which would allow for a ‘derogation’ permitting the continued application of a group of highly toxic pesticides otherwise banned under the terms of the regulation (for...
...interests whatever it takes. On 26 July 2016, the trade union membership voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new negotiated proposal retaining the defined pension benefit scheme and including a...
...& Beverage Workers’ Council, has combined its fast food organizing with community organizing by APL-Youth and a wider campaign for new laws to protect young workers. For more than 10...
...August 12, International Youth Day. Through a series of seminars and outreach activities the unions recruited more young workers in restaurants, bars, spas and hotels as new members. Nepal2.jpg Nepal56.jpg...
...trafficking. A joint IUF-ITF union team of delegates from NNN (Norway), Etu (New Zealand), Sentro (Philippines), and MTWU (PNG) which attended the meeting voiced their long-standing commitment to upholding workers’...
On August 2, approximately 400 members of IUF affiliate Tekgida-Is went on strike at the Turkish operations of airline catering TNC, LSG Sky Chefs, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, following a...
Whilst PepsiCo workers elsewhere in Asia are struggling to exercise their basic rights, on July 23 the new PepsiCo Workers’ Union in Pakistan took a step forward when it was...