Belgium: IUF affiliates block AB InBev factory gates in Jupille and Leuven
IUF affiliates that represent the AB InBev workers in Jupille and Leuven factories have conducted a blocking action this week...
Boston (USA): Battery Wharf Hotel workers end 79-day strike with significant gains
After more than eleven weeks on strike, members of the IUF affiliated UNITE HERE Local 26 in Boston have unanimously...
Women’s workplace health and safety must get more attention
Trade unions are key to making workplaces safer and healthier for all workers but often women's occupational health and safety...
Way clear (for now) for Austria’s glyphosate ban to take effect on January 1
Neither the European Commission nor EU member states have formally challenged the ban on glyphosate adopted by Austria's parliament in...
Marriott’s “sustainability” program hurts housekeepers
In recent years, hotel companies have launched programs that encourage guests to decline housekeeping services in exchange for a voucher...
Mondelez India stalls collective bargaining to pressure workers into job cuts
Mondelez India management is stalling collective bargaining in Gwalior, India in an effort to pressure permanent workers and their union...
Australia: strike and solidarity win new agreement for women cheese workers
Workers at Jindi Cheese in Victoria, owned by French-based dairy transnational Lactalis, have ended their 15-day strike by unanimously voting...
Mass action by airline catering workers at U.S. airports
Thousands of airline catering workers demonstrated at 17 major airports across the United States on November 26 to demand a...
Strikes, protests and solidarity mark fast food workers’ global action week
November 11-17 was a week of global action for fast food workers fighting for union rights and recognition, better pay...
Lactalis women workers in Australia on strike for equality
Women cheese packers at Lactalis-owned Jindi Cheese in Victoria, Australia are on strike for pay equality with men at other...
Union tools to combat violence and harassment in the world of work
The adoption of an International Convention (C190) and its Recommendation (R206) on the elimination of violence and harassment in the...