Russian unions picket at newly open Nespresso boutique in Moscow
IUF-affiliated locals of the Agro Industrial Workers Union and Confederation of Labour of Russia visited the brand new Nespresso boutique in Moscow. With the picket, they expressed their support for Indonesian Nestlé workers united in the SBNIP union, and their demand to fully recognise SBNIP collective bargaining rights at the Nescafé plant in Panjang, Indonesia. During the one-hour picket, the activists collected signatures for a petition which was then handed in to the manager of the boutique.
Earlier in the same week, the Russian Nestlé Unions Coordination Council confirmed its strong support to the Indonesian workers at a formal meeting with Russian Nestlé HR management and expressed its dissatisfaction with the fact that Nestle has failed to offer a solution that could satisfactorily resolve the protracted dispute in Panjang.