Kraft wages war on jobs one plant at a time

08-02-2012

As preparations advance for the big split - North American grocery and global snacks - Kraft is still struggling to sort out revenue flow and intellectual property spoils between the two new companies, and will ultimately have to figure out where to stick the enormous debt that paid for the Cadbury acquisition. But the company is losing no time in cutting jobs. On January 17, Kraft announced the elimination of 1,600 jobs in North America, out of a total workforce of some 45,000. Read the full story in the latest number of the Kraft Union Network - click here to download in pdf format. Read the full story in the latest number of the Kraft Union Network - click here to download [1] in pdf format.

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.

How to contact the IUF:
Email: [email protected]
Post: Rampe du Pont-Rouge, 8, CH-1213, Petit-Lancy (Switzerland)
Phone: + 41 22 793 22 33
Fax: + 41 22 793 22 38

Links:
[1] http://cms.iuf.org/sites/cms.iuf.org/files/Kraft Union Network 08022012.pdf