Enduring abuses on India’s tea plantations
The report, based on 3 years of research and visits to 17 out of the 24 APPL plantations, also criticizes the role of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC),...
Heinz has announced the closure of two sites in Europe
...Fridge Packs of beans and pasta will also lose their jobs. Manufacturing at Seesen will be contracted to co-packers. This is just one new episode in a chain...
Workers at Heinz National Distribution Centre in Wincanton UK are fighting plans to close their final salary pension scheme
...agreement. Unfortunately, the company have been unwilling to enter meaningful discussion to reach an agreement and as such it is now time to consider what steps need to be taken…...
Union victory at Heinz Golden Circle plant in Melbourne
...In addition to the Redundancy provisions of the current agreement, the new agreement will provide for a 3% wage increase that will automatically increase the value of all payments, including...
Landmark Indian Street Vendors Act a victory for SEWA and all workers
...2014 by the Upper House following a concentrated press (including a hunger strike in New Delhi) by SEWA and allied organizations, “This is a proud moment for us at SEWA...
Save Jobs, Save the Future: NO to job destruction in Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia!
...workers from core positions. In the bottling operations just 7% of workers in production are defined as “core” under the new policy. There are 1,729 permanent workers in production and...
At PepsiCo, billions for shareholders, no rights for workers
...a group of courageous Indian workers at warehouses contracted by the company continue their struggle for their rights. Furthermore PepsiCo’s “productivity plan”, first announced in 2012, will be extended another...
Yogurt production to leave Antioch for Danone Fort Worth Texas
...as follows: -Guaranteed pay & benefits through closure. -Severance pay. -Bonus pay. -Training and outsourcing support. -Sick leave , compensatory time off (CTO) cashout. -Transfer rights to any US locations...
International unions IUF and ITF welcome Finnish food chain report
February 14, 2014 International Transport Workers’ Federation and International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations today welcomed the release of research by Finnish group Finnwatch...
Mondelez CEO gets a New Year’s message- talk to the IUF
...Rauco Executive Board Member. The IUF New Year postcard campaign saw over 3,500 postcards signed and sent to Mondelez CEO Irene Rosenfeld with a simple message for 2014 – talk...
Members of US Congress urge Kellogg to end the lockout!
...Bryant, on February 5th, the CPC criticized the company’s plan to create a new, low-wage “workforce of the future” and urged the company to resolve the dispute. “The damage wrought...
Campaign success! โ charges dropped against Fiji hotel leaders
All police charges against leaders of Fiji’s National Union of Hospitality Catering and Tourism Industries stemming from a New Year’s Eve strike were dropped on February 2. Union President Dan...