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25/01/2013 - 13:12

Saputo Inc. completed the transaction to acquire Morningstar Foods, LLC, a subsidiary of Dean Foods Company. The purchase price of $1.45 billion ($ US) was financed through a combination of $250 million in available cash and a new bank loan of $1.2 billion.

24/01/2013 - 18:06

IUF-affiliated NUW members at Lion in Crestmead struck for 24 hours on Christmas Eve after negotiations with the company failed to reach a fair outcome for Queensland workers.

20/12/2012 - 17:45

December 2012 was a big month for takeovers and expansion in the North American Dairy market.

18/12/2012 - 11:56

FrieslandCampina has announced that investment in its German plants in Cologne, Gütersloh and Heilbronn will eliminate 230 jobs.

29/10/2012 - 18:47

The New York Times reports that Gregg L. Engles is about to step aside as CEO of Dean Foods after years of generous paychecks as his company's fortunes tumbled. He averaged $20m in compensation for each of the last 6 years while company stock fell on average 11% per year.

17/10/2012 - 13:27

Today the IUF-affiliated Milk Food Factory Workers Union stepped up its demand for improved working conditions at the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Horlicks factory in Nabha in Punjab state in northwest India. The union, representing 1,650 members, is demanding 105 new permanent positions be created to reduce excessive workloads in manufacturing and milk collection.

14/10/2012 - 19:01

A few weeks ago, Fomento Económico Mexicano SA de CV (FEMSA)acquired the Mexican firm Santa Clara, where approximately 200 thousand liters of milk are processed daily, 75 per cent of which are applied to fluid milk.

Last year, FEMSA became part of the dairy industry in Latin America as it acquired the group Grupo Industrial Lácteas (Estrella Azul), the greatest dairy group in Panama, which in 2010 accounted for 140.9 million dollars in revenue.

11/10/2012 - 16:31

Several years of organizing by the Malaysian Food Workers Union (FIEU) and pressure on the company by the IUF and its affiliate the NZ Dairy Workers Union finally paid off when FIEU received a letter from Fonterra granting recognition to the union as the sole collective bargaining agent for all the permanent workers.

08/10/2012 - 09:32

The Dairy Division leadership group met on 3&4 October and lauched a global organising initiative "A Fair Deal for Dairy Workers". At the core of this initiative is the right of dairy workers everywhere to have access to join a union and to enter into collective bargaining.

23/09/2012 - 16:36

Please find the link to Danone Ecosystem Fund Newsletter in English and French.

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