Thousands of citizens in Colombia demonstrated on May 12 against the government and police brutality, amidst the crisis that erupted …
With no agreement reached, the strike continues
Protests continue in several cities in Colombia after a meeting held on Monday, May 10, between President Iván Duque and …
For the eighth day in a row Colombians take to the streets to protest
Labor, social, and student organizations continue protesting across the country.
Mass popular protests continue across the country
Despite meeting with brutal police repression since taking massively to the streets to protest a new tax law and other reforms furthered by the government of Iván Duque, the Colombian people continue to resist and show no signs of backing down.
Mass layoffs in La Constancia
Yesterday, April 27, early morning, La Constancia, a subsidiary of the giant brewer AB InBev, and Coca Cola bottler and merchandiser in El Salvador, launched an attack against dozens of organized workers.
When poverty is the pandemic
Hunger haunts more than half of Brazil’s population, according to a study coordinated by the Food for Justice Research Group and carried out in late 2020 by researchers from the Free University of Berlin, the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and the University of Bras
Wetten auf Fleischalternativen
JBS kaufte Vivera, das niederländische Unternehmen für vegetarische und pflanzlicher Lebensmittelbestandteile, die zu den drei grossten Herstellern Europas in dieser Sparte zählt.
Betting on plant-based “meat”
JBS has acquired the Netherlands-based company Vivera, Europe’s third largest food producer, to gain a solid footing in the plant-based “meat” market.
Wir machen den Kampf der NGG zu unserem eigenen“
Mit deutschlandweiten Streiks und Aktionen setzten sich die Mitarbeiter für bessere Löhne und faire Arbeitsbedingungen in der Fleischindustrie ein.
National strike in German meatpacking plants
Last April 7, in a meeting of European and Brazilian labor organizations that represent meat industry workers, Peter Schmidt, of the German Food, Beverages and Catering Union (Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten, NGG), declared: “Trade union actions against workforce casualization in meatpacking plants in Brazil and Germany are part of the same struggle.