Dutch-based meat transnational Vion has again become a target for action by the German Food Workers Union (NGG) following the announcement that Vion will subcontract slaughtering operations at its Emsteck (Lower Saxony) plant to a Romanian subcontractor whose workers will earn sub-poverty wages.

At the Congress of the Danish Food Workers Union (Aalborg, 25-28 September 2012), union president Ole Wehlast announced that union pressure for an international agreement with Danish Crown would increase.

Following the completion of the 90-day consultation period triggered by the announcement on July 5 of the proposed closure of the Hall's of Broxburn plant, Vion have reaffirmed to workers and their union, USDAW, that the plant would close.

The Scottish government set up a taskforce to look at the implications of the proposed closure of the Hall's of Broxburn pork processing plant shortly after Vion Food, citing unsustainable losses reaching GBP 79,000 per day, announced its closure plans on 5 July.