Urgent Action Savage Lockout at Grenada Breweries! 23-01-2012
Grenada, an island in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, can be heaven for tourists but Grenada Breweries Company turned it into a hell for workers as 125 of them were locked out just before the Christmas on December 19, 2011.
Urgent Action Carlsberg's attacks on trade union rights supported by Lithuanian court decision to declare beer an 'essential service' ! 12-01-2012
Brewery transnational Carlsberg is attacking trade union rights in Lithuania with the support of the country's legal system, which has declared beer production an "essential service".
Urgent Action Ivory Coast union leader still held under harsh conditions - Act Now! 21-11-2011
Basile Mahan Gahé, general secretary of the national trade union center Dignité (whose food and hotel section is affiliated to the IUF) has been transferred from detention in Abidjan to a prison in Boundiali, where he is reportedly only given one meal a day. The trade union leader was kidnapped from his Abidjan home on April 26 and held without charges. Amnesty International believes it has credible reports that he was tortured, particularly in the early days of his detention.
Unite releases Unilever film to kick off new strikes over snatched pensions 17-01-2012
The UK's Unite has launched a film to kick off the second round of national strike action with rolling strikes at 12 Unilever sites across the UK, including manufacturing plants, R&D and informational technology centers. The strikes are set to run from January 18 to 28.
Compass Algeria - IUF and company agree settlement 16-01-2012
Following a series of discussions, including mediation talks under the auspices of the OECD UK National Contact point, the IUF and the Compass Group have reached a settlement on issues raised by the IUF relating to Eurest operations in Algeria.
Coca-Cola workers protest against closure of their factory in Lodz, Poland 13-01-2012
Despite heavy snow fall, about 100 protesters gathered in front of the Coca-Cola factory in Lodz January 13th to denounce management’s plans to close the factory in a sudden brutal move. Despite the bad weather conditions, some workers had brought their families and kids.
New strikes loom as UK Unilever unions step up fight to restore 'snatched' pensions 11-01-2012
Following the successful first-ever 24-hour national strike at Unilever UK last December 9, unions at Unilever's 13 UK sites have voted to launch a new round of strikes lasting up to 12 days beginning January 17 in the escalating fight to reclaim their final salary-based pension scheme - and showed their resolve with an energetic protest outside the company's London headquarters January 10.
IUF pledges full support to striking Nigerian affiliates 09-01-2012
Late last year the Federal government of Nigeria gave a hint that it would deregulate the downstream of the oil sector by removing subsidy from the sales for local consumption. The labour movement and civil society opposed the move calling for prior measures to be put in place to protect the masses of the country.
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