On July 21, the Asahi Shimbun revealed that workers employed by a contractor at the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s stricken Fukishima nuclear plant were ordered to wrap with lead the...
On July 23 in Washington DC the IUF-affilited Unite Here held a press conference to build a worldwide boycott of Hyatt Hotels in response to the company’s extensive abuse of...
...those reaching retirement age – aimed at consolidating and strengthening the union and to define the issues for the forthcoming negotiations with the company. Among the items proposed by the...
...for a wage increase which takes into account the inflation rate. The company has now said it may even reduce its offer, as inflation has dropped with respect to where...
Dutch food company Vion has announced that the Hall’s of Broxburn pork plant in West Lothian, Scotland, is at risk of closure, with the loss of 1,700 jobs. The company...
...standard litre price by 2ppl with effect from 1 August, resulting in a 7.5% cut to 24.5 pence. The company said its business performance has “continued to suffer”, primarily due...
...formally employed by a temp agency, Monroe Staffing. As reported in Occupational Health and Safety online on June 20, “OSHA’s investigation found that the company had not trained the deceased...
...negative in April and May. The company’s product mix has been hit by consumers trading down and the group has lost share to private label. Nevertheless, Terisse insisted: “Spain is...
...colleagues. On May 22, 2012, Arla Foods announced that two new large mergers in Germany and United Kingdom are just round the corner. By this, the company takes a quantum...
...This important organizing win came about despite major efforts by the company to undermine the workers’ support for union representation. These included boycott threats to local businesses which were providing...
...lockout. Approaches to key AFFCO customers internationally put real pressure on the company. At a Liverpool (UK) packaging company MMP IUF-affiliated Unite reached an agreement guaranteeing its members’ rights. Again...
...company and their union, the New Zealand Meat Workers Union, in the early hours of Tuesday, 21 May 2012. With the assistance of Maori leaders and of the New Zealand...