International support for outsourced workers on strike at Holiday Inn France
The workers who clean the rooms, wash the dishes and perform other outsourced low wage tasks at the 4-star Holiday...
Brazil: another rural worker and rights defender murdered
The toll of violence against rural workers, peasants and all those defending human rights, the struggle for land and the...
Danone to shut down its dairy business in India
Danone has decided to close down its dairy business in India, after three failed attempts to make a mark in...
Financing the spreads sale buyout: the new company will be buried in debt
According to a Reuters article of January 9 KKR's EUR 6.25 bn purchase of Unilever's spreads division will be financed...
UK: Hundreds to lose jobs as PepsiCo bottler Britvic proposes to shut down Norwich factory
IUF-affiliated unions GMB and Unite the Union in the UK oppose the proposed closure of Norwich factory operated by Britvic,...
Nestlé-Froneri workers in Parma: settlement reached after a tough fight
The long, difficult struggle of the workers at the Nestlé-Froneri ice cream factory in Parma, Italy, backed by their unions...
Solidarity strike in Parma in support of Nestlé-Froneri workers
On 15 December more than two thousand workers and supporters joined the strike in Parma called by the provincial organizations...
KKR, the new boss at Unilever spreads
Unilever has officially announced the sale of its spreads division to US-based private equity investors KKR for EUR 6.825 billion,...
Housekeeper denounces brutal conditions in the hotel sector at EU Social Summit
Carmen Casín, Spanish hotel housekeeper and member of the IUF-affiliated FeSMC-UGT's hotel section, used his position as panelist at the...
Thailand – women’s groups in solidarity with dismissed fast food union leader
On December 19, 2017 women representatives from 50 organizations in Thailand issued a public statement of collective solidarity with dismissed...
Solidarity with Nestlé-Froneri workers in Parma
On 11 December, the German Foodworkers Union, NGG, visited the "red tent", the site of the workers' permanent protest in...