PepsiCo: record compensation for CEO, abuses for Indian warehouse workers
The pay differential between the CEO and a low-paid worker at PepsiCo is now 14,055:1. CEO Indra Nooyi’s total compensation for 2013 came to USD 18.6 million – a 7%...
Heinz: Stop the war on jobs! IUF members committed to mutual support in fight for sustainable employment
...25 participants from USA, Canada, UK, Belgium, Netherlands and Ukraine discussed the ways to develop coordination and build solidarity networks to counter the restructuring measures launched by new company management...
Editorial: Heinz, Mondelez and the private equity effect
Pepsi outsources warehouses in Canada leaving dozens jobless
...franchise bottling partner Cape Breton Beverage Ltd, the Burnside warehouse was the company’s only operation in Nova Scotia. PepsiCo Beverages Canada spokesperson Sandy Lyver stated that the company will support...
Heinz has announced the closure of two sites in Europe
...order to “ensure maximizing efficiencies” the company decided “to improve capacity utilization” by making almost 350 workers redundant. Turnhout plant in Belgium (157 workers) which makes a range...
Workers at Heinz National Distribution Centre in Wincanton UK are fighting plans to close their final salary pension scheme
...alternative pension scheme for members that would provide a reasonable future on retirement. Union statement says: “We have already informed the company that, due to its refusal to discuss the...
Union victory at Heinz Golden Circle plant in Melbourne
...means when Heinz is closing on April 1st, any company which starts squeezing juice on the site after that will have to respect the agreement conditions under the Australian law. ...
Pepsi Shutting Down Production Operations at Dayton Facility
While the PepsiCo building on Milburn Avenue will not close, beverage products will no longer be produced at the site anymore. The company says 200 employees will remain but approximately...
PepsiCo sells off dairy farms in Russia
Like a shook-up can of Pepsi, PepsiCo company is bubbling over with plans for its Russian operations. After four relatively quiet years since taking over leading dairy producer Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD),...
Save Jobs, Save the Future: NO to job destruction in Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia!
...are categorized as core work and all other positions are categorized as non-core work. The union wrote to the company on November 22 calling on the company to withdraw this...
Strike at Heinz Golden Circle plant in Melbourne
The collective agreement expired on 10 January and members are seeking the pay rise that would have been due if the Company had not decided to relocate the operation to...
Pepsi production operations closed in Hollins
...Most of the 150 employees will remain however in warehousing and sales positions. Production will be moved to other Pepsi facilities. The company is providing outplacement support for 30 workers....