2 Sisters poultry plant to close, retaining jobs a union priority
The news that the UK food company, 2 Sisters, is to close its Smethwick poultry plant in the West Midlands has been devastating for the 630 workers and their families....
Myanmar bakery workers end one-month strike
...members and officers. Workers continued to strike following the company’s decision to contest an April 1 arbitration tribunal decision calling for reinstatement. In the course of the strike, workers from...
Spreads division for sale: what next for Unilever workers?
...returns of capital through either share buy-backs or special dividends.” Finally, Unilever will be reviewing the company’s dual Anglo-Dutch business structure. The IUF has proposed to Unilever, and the company...
BMI seafood workers in Indonesia fighting for rights, recognition and permanent jobs
...one of the main Indonesian suppliers to the global seafood industry, supplying most internationally known seafood brands. While the company employs some one thousand workers at its factory in Lampung,...
Unions meet to coordinate Nestlé work in the United States
...with the company. Representatives from RWDSU-UFCW, UFCW, IBT, BCTGM and the IAM discussed common issues and how cooperation might be enhanced to increase the number of Nestlé sites organized by...
International union action to defend quality employment at Mondelez
...former Kraft foods Inc. in 2012, striving to generate inflated returns by relentlessly squeezing workers through layoffs, permanent restructuring and aggressive cost cutting. In fiscal year 2016 alone, the company...
AccorHotels: French government study reveals high risk of discriminatory hiring practices
According to the French Ministry of Labour, a high risk of discrimination in hiring has been documented at Accor hotels in France, and the company has no plan to address...
Lactalis/Parmalat lift lockout as Australian workers win an important victory
...agreement with the company which strengthens protection against precarious work. The company was seeking more flexible provisions to hire agency workers but direct hire employment will now apply to all...
Indonesia: Union continues to demand permanent jobs for Phillips Seafood workers
The IUF-affiliated SBPSI continues to fight for permanent, secure jobs at the Lampung, Indonesia crabmeat factory of US-based Phillips Seafood. Under the company’s brutal precarious work regime, where workers are...
Myanmar: bakery workers strike against mass layoff
Close to 400 members of the IUF-affiliated Mayson Workers’ Union have been on strike since March 9 in response to the company’s unilateral announcement of 184 layoffs at the Mayson...
Unions in India take struggle for union rights at IFFCO Egypt to parent company Allana
Four IUF-affiliated unions representing sugar workers in India took the struggle for trade union rights at the IFFCO factory in Suez, Egypt to the Mumbai headquarters of parent company Allana...
International Women’s Day 2017 – More women, more power!
...affiliates has improved respect for maternity and parental rights in many countries. In Latin America women coordinators of regional company networks are building the bargaining agenda for women workers. The...