KKR, the new boss at Unilever spreads
...States and then exported globally. The buyout fund borrows heavily (“leverage”) to purchase a company or its shares, using the company’s assets and projected future revenue as collateral to fund...
Thailand – women’s groups in solidarity with dismissed fast food union leader
...again dismissed while the union was in the process of negotiating a first collective agreement with Restaurant Development Ltd., the company which has the franchise for 130 of the 586...
Danone awarded €105m damages from Fonterra over botulism scare
...and argued that liability under its supply agreement with Danone was limited. Danone issued a statement welcoming the decision and stated that the company was still evaluating whether it would...
Coca-Cola Amatil’s Zero Rights Christmas Truck is here for the Holidays!
...confidence in the company’s preferred ‘union’ organization. You don’t have to wait for the Zero Rights truck to tell The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Amatil you don’t like their...
NUW success converting casual to permanent jobs at Asahi Australia
The IUF-affiliated National Union of Workers has signed an agreement at the Asahi-owned bottled water factory in Albury-Wodonga following a long campaign to bring the company to negotiate the creation...
Froneri ice cream workers take their fight from Italy to Nestlé headquarters in Switzerland
...Nestlé headquarters, where they were met by representatives of the company. A delegation made up of the IUF, FLAI, UILA, UNIA and the NGG was invited to meet with Nestlé...
Settlement at Unilever Australia defends collective bargaining rights
On November 22, members of the IUF-affiliated AMWU approved an agreement which puts an end to the long dispute at Streets Ice Cream in Minto ignited by the company’s attack...
Nestlé-Froneri workers continue fighting job destruction in Germany & Italy
The German Foodworkers Union, NGG, has called a mass demonstration on Saturday, 18 November, against job destruction at the ice cream factory in Uelzen. Click here for the announcement (in...
Spain: IUF affiliate UGT-FICA calls for end to Danone boycott
...of Danone goods in the rest of Spain. However, the company also has production plants and staff in Madrid, Asturias and Valencia, which supply more than 40.000 stores and more...
Danone to expand plant-based beverage site in US
...jobs, adding to more than 500 existing employees. Danone will receive a US$700,000 performance-based grant from the Virginia Investment Partnership program to assist the county with the project. The company...
Rapid globalization of the dairy sector continues as Saputo grabs Australian cooperative Murray Goulburn
...company. The NUW has been fighting factory closures and job losses since the cooperative announced in May it would close 3 factories and dismiss 360 staff. Two years ago Murray...
Danone restructures leadership team
...Mr. Faber will succeed Franck Riboud as chairman. Mr. Riboud will become honorary chairman of Danone and continue to serve as a director of the company and member of the...