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Kraft/Mondelez Workers News
| A hint of the future in Kraft top management appointments? | 09/12/2011 - 15:23 |
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| An EWC meeting - with a difference! | 31/10/2011 - 15:05 |
European Works Council meetings are normally placid affairs, an opportunity for corporate management to present delegates with carefully sifted information which allows them to claim workers have been "consulted". |
| Kraft to split in two - what does it mean for Kraft workers? | 04/10/2011 - 22:57 |
There’s always something going on at Kraft Foods…“Scale”, “supply chain leverage” and marketing “synergies” were the rationale for the Cadbury deal. Synergy and scale yielded to “focus” on August 4 this year, when Kraft announced it would split the corporation into 2 independent publicly traded companies, both headquartered in North America. What does it mean for Kraft workers? Click here to read the latest number of the Kraft Union Network. |
| Kraft workers in Virginia picket in support of Kraft workers in Georgia | 28/09/2011 - 17:28 |
Over 50 workers joined the protest at the Kraft bakery in Richmond, Virginia, on September 8. |
| Update on action against job cuts at Kraft in Belgium | 06/09/2011 - 16:34 |
In July, the Municipal Council of Halle passed a motion strongly condemning the proposed closure of the Halle chocolate factory. |
| Kraft Foods cutting jobs and stealing severance pay from BCTGM members | 05/09/2011 - 17:24 |
On May 19, 2011 Kraft Foods informed the BCTGM that the warehouse in Norcross, Georgia, will close and jobs previously performed by BCTGM-represented workers will be transferred to a non-union third-party operation within thirty miles (48 kilometers) of the union warehouse. |
| Kraft Foods to split into two separate companies | 04/08/2011 - 14:35 |
A year and a half after the Cadbury acquisition, Kraft Foods will be split into two companies: a North American grocery business and an international snacks business. |
| Precarious x 3: The layers of precarious employment beneath Kraft’s Oreo biscuits and wafers | 08/07/2011 - 16:15 |
As Kraft Foods bursts into the Indian market, its famous Oreo biscuits and wafers are produced through three layers of precarious employment: outsourced production (or third-party manufacturing); casual employment; and no employment contracts.... |
| PRO-GE slams Kraft for profit maximization through job cuts | 29/06/2011 - 16:00 |
As part of the post-Cadbury European chocolate business shake-up – which has triggered ongoing industrial action in Belgium (see previous story) – Kraft has announced production transfers and job cuts in Austria as well. |
| The strike is suspended but industrial action continues | 29/06/2011 - 12:41 |
Workers at the Kraft confectionery factory in Halle, Belgium, have suspended their strike against the proposed elimination of jobs at their factory on Monday, June 27 due to the beginning of holiday period, in which the factory works only at limited capacity. However, in action jointly coordinated by IUF-affiliated unions, workers are on a go-slow. The fight goes on, please download the petition of support and collect signatures to show your solidarity. |
John Cahill has been named to oversee the financial mechanics of the splitting of Kraft into two separate companies (global snacks and North American grocery) by the end of 2012. Cahill oversaw the separation and hugely profitable resale of PepsiCo's leading bottler back to Pepsi before moving on to slash-and-burn private equity investors Ripplewood Assoicates. His 'surprise' appointment may tell us a great deal about what's coming.
