...of rotten meat. The police allegations target industrial meat giants BRF, where CNTA represents over 110 thousand workers, and JBS where over 130,000 workers are represented by the confederation. “We...
...competitors, including Pilgrim’s Pride(JBS) and Sanderson Farms, to keep prices artificially high through buying each other’s products and shipping excess breeding stock to Mexico. The big three companies have rejected...
In the second half of 2016, U.S. affiliate the UFCW settled a number of local collective bargaining agreements with JBS, Tyson, Smithfield and Cargill. In a tough bargaining environment the...
Federal prosecutors in Brazil allege that in 2011 the now defunct Banco Rural SA lent USD19.7 million to two firms controlled by JBS parent company J&F Investmentos SA. Those companies...
...The conference was hosted by U.S. affiliate the UFCW which presented research on the rapidly globalizing sector which is consolidating through mergers and acquisitions led by the Brazilian giant JBS....
What do you do when your sales revenue exceeds USD 50billion a year? You go shopping! The Brazilian meat based conglomerate, JBS, spent $1.25 billion in late 2014 buying the...
Meat companies are increasingly employing migrant workers on temporary work visas to fill job vacancies in the seasonal Australian lamb processing sector. This week JBS Australia stood down 260 staff...
...their collective bargaining with JBS. JBS had proposed to change the health care plan to the detriment of workers but agreement was reached on March 12 with the plan intact....
JBS, the world’s largest meat processor, and the largest distributor of fresh meat products in Australia, has announced the acquisition of the Primo Group,the largest producer of small goods in...
...groups, like JBS (meat) and AmBev (breweries), and a national debate on measures to improve health and safety. CNTA cites data from the Ministry of Social Insurance, which from 2010...
...von JBS in den Vereinigten Staaten hatten die Mitglieder im Mai für eine Arbeitsniederlegung gestimmt, um ihre Entschlossenheit zu zeigen, eine bezahlbare Gesundheitsversorgung zu behalten. Die Vereinbarung sieht Lohnerhöhungen von...
...Together with other union workers employed by JBS across the United States, members voted for strike action in May to show their determination to maintain affordable health care. The agreement...