The 26th IUF Congress takes place in Geneva this week, - 15-18 May 2012. Click here for full coverage.
Urgent Action ILO condemns continued detention of jailed Ivory Coast union leader Basile Mahan Gahé 11-04-2012
Basil has now been in detention for more than one year.
The ILO has called on the government of Ivory Coast to release jailed union leader Basile Mahan Gahé in the latest report of the ILO's Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, published in connection with the March 2012 session of the ILO's Governing Body. The Committee referred to Basile Gahé's April 2011 abduction, torture and detention as "a grave violation of the principle of freedom of association", adding that "a genuinely free and independent trade union movement can develop only if fundamental human rights are respected."
Union wins new gains for Tata/Tetley West Bengal tea workers 13-05-2012
Following the agreement in May 2011 to resolve the long dispute between workers and Amalgamated Plantations Private Ltd (APPL).at the company's Nowera Nuddy tea garden in northern West Bengal, the union has once again with IUF support won further important gains. APPL is majority-owned by Tata Global Beverages, part of India's Tata Group.
From Ohio to Punjab, the disposable jobs behind Kraft's 'power brands' 11-05-2012
While Kraft gathers CSR awards and babbles on about 'Making a Delicious Difference in Our Communities', a recent article in a local Ohio newspaper provides new details of the squalid chain of outsourced disposable jobs at Consolidated Biscuits, Kraft's notoriously anti-union contract manufacturer in McComb.
IUF Congress to launch 'We are the 53!' campaign as next stage in global fight for justice for fired Nestlé Indonesia unionists 09-05-2012
Nestlé, the world's largest food corporation (which just became bigger with the acquisition of Pfizer's infant nutrition division), has an advertisement for every product, a corporate social responsibility routine for every occasion, a presentation for every financial analyst and an answer to every question save one.
IUF calls on United Nations' Global Compact to hold Accor accountable for ongoing violations of basic rights 08-05-2012
The IUF has called on the United Nations' Global Compact to hold the transnational Accor hotel group accountable for repeated violations of fundamental rights under the Global Compact integrity measures. The request for firm action by the Global Compact was issued on the same day, May 4, as a former Accor human resources director provided details under cross-examination at a Labour Board hearing of the company's anti-union operation at a Novotel in Ottawa, Canada.
Nestlé Nicaragua - pressure on women workers, high rate of job-related injuries 08-05-2012
Workers at Nestlé Nicaragua, most of whom are women, complain that continuous pressure on the workforce is producing a continuous rise in occupational illnesses and injuries.
'Continuous excellence' or more dubious claims in Nestlé's sustainability reporting? 08-05-2012
Nestlé watchers on the company's mailing list may be puzzled by the fate of the message they received on April 12 entitled "Nestlé receives GRI A+ rating for Creating Shared Value report". The original article claimed that Nestlé had received an A+ rating from the Global Reporting Initiative for its 2011 'Creating Shared Value Report'." That claim is no longer made - apparently the communications folks at Nestlé were apprised that the GRI awards no ratings.
Urgent Action Pakistan: Pearl Continental Lahore union wins recognition election, leaders charged with criminal offences including 'terrorism'! 05-05-2012
Nine union officers and a member of the Pearl Continental Hotel Employees Union Lahore face fabricated criminal charges (which at one point included "terrorism") following the union's victory in a representation election in February.
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