A May Day Message
...in Iran testify that tyranny is far from vanquished. The IUF pledges its full support for workers in these regions in their struggle for a democratic society free of corruption...
Advances on precarious work, union rights, discrimination/sexual harrassment at Chiquita
...the same meeting Chiquita, the IUF and COLSIBA agreed to establish a working group to develop an annex to the 2001 regional agreement addressing issues of sexual harassment and discrimination...
More broken Kraft promises â this time in Spain
...2009, it announced the sale of the factory to the Nueva Rumasa Group, a family-owned conglomerate with holdings in the food, beverage, retail and hotel sectors, and which, Kraft management...
Parmalatâs future in the balance again
...as of 2005, as the CEO of the new Parmalat, has restructured the company, sold off subsidiaries and has turned the EUR 14 billion hole in Parmalat’s accounts into a...
Disposable jobs, hazardous work: Japanese nuclear workers thrown out with the radioactive trash
...industry, where contract workers have an average level of radiation exposure 16 times that of the small layer of permanent workers. According to a recent article in the New York...
New Publication: Leaflet on the IUF PepsiCo Union network
...part of the network about this strong tool for mutual solidarity, a new leaflet now informs about the purpose and objectives of the network. The IUF Coca-Cola Workers’ Alliance, founded...
Together: New Zealand’s new union for non-members
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) has created a new organization – ‘Together’ – to expand union membership and influence by bringing workers from non-union workplaces into the...
Are commodity prices to blame for restructuring and layoffs at Kraft?
...company’s private equity owners. Read the full story in the IUF’s latest Kraft Union Network bulletin – click here to download a copy in pdf format. Kraft Union Network 24032011.pdf...
Solidarity with Iranian Workers
March 21 is the start of the New Year in Iran. IUF, Education International, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (the three international union federations with member organizations in Iran) and...
Honduras: Cabcorp (PepsiCo) continues to hamper collective negotiations
...a new Collective Agreement with CabCorp (PepsiCo). In an interview with the IUF’s Latin American Rel-UITA, Yanuario Hernández, member of the negotiation committee, spoke about how the company delays and...
Spain: UGT and CC.OO campaign together for their membersâ rights at bankrupt food company
...and CC.OO. agro-food federations. Unpaid wages, jobs at risk and an uncertain future – this is the situation at the Nueva Rumasa group of companies, some of which are under...
California unions win first workplace regulation of hazardous flavoring ingredient diacetyl/local success underlines global regulatory failure
A long union push for workplace regulation of the highly toxic food flavoring diacetyl has resulted in the introduction of a strict new workplace standard in the state of California....