Representatives of dairy workers' unions from 22 countries gathered for their second global conference on March 9-12, 2010 in Buenos Aires and Sunchales, Argentina. In sharing the information, delegates continually cited Nestle as a company where the abuse of trade union rights is common practice in various countries. In conclusion, the conference declared support to all Nestle workers currently facing pressure, and in particular to the union at Nestle Waters in Russia and its campaign for the reinstatement of fired union leader, Sergey Strykov.

Members of the Zahist Pracy federation of unions expressed their support for the Nestle Waters workers' struggle against anti-union discrimination. Public action was held in front of Nestle Ukraine headquarters in Kiev on 11 March. A letter demanding the reinstatement of the dismissed union activist at the Nestle plant in Domodedovo in Russia was handed to a representative of the company.

As part of the continuing campaign for the reinstatement of Sergei Strykov, trade union activists distributed leaflets in front of the Nespresso boutique in Moscow on 26 February. The boutique’s manager was handed a letter of protest against the company’s constantly applied practice of pressurizing trade union activists, a practice which has already acquired its own name - Nespressure. However, the letter was refused, in a typical display of Nestle arrogance and contempt for public opinion.

On February 25 the Nestle Ponda and Nestle Bicholim unions in Goa, India, held protest actions against trade union rights violations at Nestle Waters in Russia. The unions, which are members of the IUF-affiliated Federation of All India Nestle Employees, condemned union-busting at Nestle Domodedovo and demanded the reinstatement of the union vice-chair Sergei Strykov. Last year Nestle unions in India won collective bargaining rights with the support of IUF's global campaign, and are now extending the same global solidarity to Nestle workers in Russia.

Nestle workers picketed the gates of the factory in Montevideo on February 19, 2010 to demand recognition of union rights and fair treatment for Nestle employees in Indonesia and Russia.

Workers, their union and the Federation of Food and Tourism Workers of Tunisia (FGAT) are demanding to know the facts behind Nestlé's secret sale of an ice cream factory. Click here to tell Nestlé, "Be fair to your Tunisian workers!"

In a major win in the closing weeks of 2009, unions representing more than 1,200 workers at Nestlé India’s factories in Moga, Ponda and Bicholim signed collective bargaining agreements on wages and benefits for the first time - marking a major achievement in their year-long struggle for the right to wage bargaining. The agreements also include wage scales and wage information that previously were declared ‘secret’ by management.

The Nestlé workers union in Timisoara/Romania (part of the IUF-affiliated food workers federation SINDALIMENTA) organised a rally in front of their factory on Monday 14 December "in solidarity with Nestlé workers throughout the world fighting for respect of universal labour rights including the right to negotiate wages as part of CBA negotiations".

On 17 November 2009, workers at the Nestlé ice cream factory in Carthage were informed by a bulletin board notice that their factory had been sold to a consortium of local companies active in the food industry. "In conformity with its policy of social responsibility," the notice read, "Nestlé has expended all efforts to preserve jobs, the rights of the workers concerned, and maintain the production site."

The Congress of the Hungarian Meatworkers’ Union (HDSZ), which met in
Budapest November 29, pledged full support for the struggle of the Nestlé
Indonesia Panjang workers.

Eko Sumaryono, president of SBNIP, the union at the Nescafé factory in Panjang in Indonesia, met fellow trade unionists from the union UNIA in the towns of Orbe and Bern on 15-16 October 2009 while in Switzerland to attend an ILO event.

For over two-and-a-half years the SBNIP, the IUF's affiliate at the Nescafé factory in Panjang, Indonesia, has been attempting to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement which would include wages, and would include the wage scale in the agreement. Nestlé has rejected this demand, claiming that wages are a commercial secret and telling the union that it is Nestlé policy to exclude wages from collective bargaining.

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