Ecuador | TRADE UNIONS | UNILEVER Mass layoffs and contempt for workers The Unilever way Last October 31, the multinational …
Mechanized burgers
In the U.S. state of Texas, the multinational fast food chain McDonald’s opened a store where costumers have no direct contact with any other human being. This development raises—once again—the issue of the consequences that technological revolutions have on employment.
Syngenta laid bare
Syngenta is one of the largest multinational corporations in agribusiness. It is a world leader in the sale of toxic agrochemicals and is among the top suppliers of transgenic seeds. A recent study dissects this Swiss-based Chinese government-controlled mega-company, which currently has Latin America as its strongest market.
Solidarity from Europe
Last Friday, November 11, the IUF Latin American Regional Office (Rel UITA) delivered a letter from the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) to the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou.
Tutti insieme contro il fascismo
Tra il 7 e l’8 novembre si è tenuta la Conferenza del Gruppo Professionale dei Lavoratori Agricoli della UITA (GPTA, per la sua sigla in spagnolo). Tra i temi analizzati, si è data particolare attenzione alla lotta contra l’ondata neofascista che avanza pericolosamente nel mondo.
The Audacity of the La Reyna (Pepsi) Bottling Company
After more than five years, contract negotiations between the Union of Beverage and Related Industry Workers (STIBYS) and the La Reyna Bottling Company (CBC-Pepsi), have come to a halt.
The military junta will fall!
Human rights organizations estimate that since the coup d’état some 2,000 people have been killed by military forces and another 15,000 have been arrested. The Burmese dictatorship uses repressive tactics that are well known in Latin America.
The IUF raises the stakes for decent and harassment-free work
Homophobia, sexism, insults, and attacks. Four former McDonald’s workers from the chain’s restaurants in Brazil, France, and the United States were invited by Maria Noichl and Manon Aubry, Members of the European Parliament, to give their testimony of the harassment they suffered.
A silent genocide
Pineapple farming in Costa Rica must be regulated, both its use of toxic agrochemicals and to prevent forms of labor exploitation of its mostly migrant workers and their families.
FOICA takes action
Uruguay | TRADE UNIONS | MEATPACKING In response to wrongful dismissals at Frigocerro FOICA takes action Amalia Antúnez 05 | …