On April 9 a mass demonstration by 900 dairy workers and their families against union-busting forced GSK Horlicks Nabha to cut short its annual shareholders' meeting.

Faced with questions about excessive royalties, failure to re-invest in the factory and abusive working conditions, management closed the proceedings after just one hour and fled.

Three years after winning permanent jobs for 452 workers employed for more then a decade as casuals at the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Horlicks factory in Nabha, northwest India, the union faces a vicious backlash from the company.

The Dairy Division Leadership Group held a conference call on 12 February to discuss the branding and publicity for a global organising initiative 'A Fair Deal For Dairy Workers. Universal rights for dairy workers, as they are for all workers, include the right to join a union and bargain collectively, the right to permanent and decent work, the right to a fair wage and good conditions at work, the right to a safe and healthy workplace and the right to be free of discrimination in the workplace.

Arla is gathering the production of yellow cheese in Taulov, Denmark, and invest half a billion DKK

The dairy giant Arla has started a project at Taulov Dairy, Denmark, investing more than half a billion DKK over the next few years. For the moment they are building new facilities, just as production is being modernized and by that made more efficient.