IUF Role in Organizing
...brands” – James Ritchie, DWU 2. Education, Training and consultation Especially where unions are about to develop new organizing strategies, there is a demand for support for education, training and...
World dairy prices up in January 2011
...strong, particularly from China, where imports have increased significantly in the last two years following the Melamine scandal and subsequent decline in local production. Source: FAO Food Price Index, DairyReporter.com...
Delivering cash but not rights? – Stop Nespressure!
...action in support of the Panjang workers, but Nestlé continue to reject basic collective bargaining rights for the SBNIP. At www.nespressure.org you can find leaflets, campaign materials, updates on global...
Kazakhstan Poultry Workers Mobilize to Defend Their Wages and Workplace
...dies, the village too will die.” So workers at the plant, represented by the IUF-affiliated East Kazakhstan Regional Union of Agro-Industrial, Agro-Machinebuilding, Processing, Food and Supporting Plants Workers are taking...
Editorial: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Calls for Measures to Limit Food Commodities Speculation
...to food. Food Commodities Speculation and Food Price Crises is available on the website of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in English (download), French and Spanish....
Long Struggle Ends in Victory for Ukraine Belkozin Workers
...preparing for the negotiations. They received additional support from the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center, which provided expertise, research and training. Negotiations in September went through several rounds and concluded with a...
New Report on Tea Worker Deaths Details Extensive Rights Violations at Tata-controlled Estate in Assam, India
...left to die in the field. The investigation reveals that workers on this estate habitually spray and handle highly toxic chemicals without minimal protective clothing and other essential precautionary measures....
Eine weitere neue Gewerkschaft bei Coca-Cola Pakistan gegründet – diesmal in Faisalabad
...die Coca-Cola Beverages Employees’ Union, Rahim Yar Khan: die People’s Employees’ Union Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan (CCBPL) Ltd. Multan; die CCBPL Gujranwala Workers’ Union und die Coca-Cola Beverages Employees’ Union Faisalabad....
IUF Building membership Conference – Summary recommendations
...training for trainers, technology, how to effectively use the internet and how to interpret cultural differences Training exchange between affiliates Support to develop organizing culture within unions ...
After the building membership conference – what did we learn?
...recommendations – you can leave them through the comment function and/or contact Gisela Neunhoeffer at the IUF secretariat ([email protected]). Read the recommendations online Download as pdf summary from bm conference_110809.pdf...
Polizei tötet Bananenarbeiter in Panama im Verlauf von Streiks und Protesten gegen repressive neue Gesetze
...der dauernden Ersetzung von Streikenden, die Abschaffung des Einzugsverfahrens für Gewerkschaftsbeiträge und die Aufhebung der Bewertungen ökologischer Folgen von Bauvorhaben, die als `gesellschaftlich nützlich´ gelten. Das Chorizo-Gesetz und das mit...
Nestlé Wasser Russland beugt sich dem Druck, Stellvertretender Gewerkschaftsvorsitzender wieder eingestellt
...sich nach wie vor um Verhandlungen über dringende Probleme, darunter die Arbeitsbelastung, die Arbeitszuteilung und die Überstundenvergütung, bemühen, bedeutet die Entscheidung von Nestlé, die Wiedereinstellung zu akzeptieren, einen eindeutigen Sieg...