New Survey Shows Job Destruction Boosts Executive Pay
When it comes to job destruction, it pays to beat the benchmark. The most recent survey of US executive compensation shows that CEO’s who excelled at slashing jobs earned a...
‘Present and future generations are being condemned to precarious work and unemployment’ – General Strike in Spain September 29
...as well as explanatory campaigns in all the media and communication platforms using on the new technologies as a necessary way of reaching the young. September 29 must be a...
‘The greatest attack on the right to work in the last 30 years’ – Spanish Unions Prepare General Strike
...entirely around construction and real estate bubbles and tax reform to combat fraud. As trade unions we sought to enter into negotiations to achieve a national pact which would allow...
Settlement Ends Long Strike at Mott’s/Dr. Pepper Snapple
Workers on strike at New York state juice and sauce maker Mott’s ended their nearly four-month strike by voting to approve a contract on September 13 that preserves their threatened...
The ‘Nescafé Plan’: Buyer Beware
...according to CEO Bulcke, “for its shareholders and the communities in which it operates.” Nestlé pledges to meet sustainability standards in coffee growing, to support farmers with technical assistance and...
Editorial: Record US Egg Recall Should Turn Spotlight on Working Conditions and Trade Union Rights
...New York Times on August 24 “FDA has no inspectional history with either of these facilities in Iowa.” So while many are asking where the federal regulators have been, it’s...
Australian Unions Protest Nestlé’s Suppression of Union Rights at Nescafé Indonesia/Protest shuts Sydney Nespresso shop
Australian unions in the state of New South Wales led by Unions NSW (formerly the Labour Council) held a demonstration on August 30 in front of the Nestlé-owned Nespresso shop...
Another new union organized in Coca-Cola Pakistan, this time in Faisalabad
Just two weeks after the victory in Coca-Cola Multan, workers at Coca-Cola Pakistan’s Faisalabad plant had cause to celebrate yet again today, as their union was officially registered. The union,...
IUF Building membership Conference – Summary recommendations
...training for trainers, technology, how to effectively use the internet and how to interpret cultural differences Training exchange between affiliates Support to develop organizing culture within unions ...
After the building membership conference – what did we learn?
...recommendations – you can leave them through the comment function and/or contact Gisela Neunhoeffer at the IUF secretariat ([email protected]). Read the recommendations online Download as pdf summary from bm conference_110809.pdf...
Our Message to Tata – We Have Had Enough of Your Excuses!
Solidarity actions were held in Australia and the UK last week to protest the ongoing denial of rights at the Tata Group-controlled Nowera Nuddy tea plantation in West Bengal, India...
Global Catering Giant Compass in the Dock Again at the OECD
The IUF has filed a second complaint against UK- based Compass Group under the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises in response to the firing of two union activists in Turkey....