New Danone baby nutrition union formed in India

14-04-2013

A union was organized for the first time at the Nutricia baby nutrition plant in Lalru, Punjab, a year after the plant was acquired by Danone through its purchase of Wockhardt Ltd.

The Nutricia Employees Union was formally registered on 25 March and represents 52 members at the Lalru plant, representing 87% of the workforce.

On April 14 IUF representatives met with the union to celebrate their achievement.

From left to right: Rewa Pal, Legal Advisor, SureshKumar, Information Secretary, Ashwini Sakuja, President, Pritam Singh, Treasurer, Hari Shankar, Vice President.

The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations; the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; hotels, restaurants and catering services; all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF is composed of 394 affiliated organizations in 126 countries representing a combined membership of around 2,6 million.

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