A project focussing on TNCs and Women Issues in two major "energy crops": sugar and oil palm. Supported by the Social Justice Fund of Unifor.
En la primera semana de julio, el coordinador del aceite de la UITA de azúcar y palma tuvo la oportunidad de trabajar con el azúcar y el alcohol trabajadores unión, la Unión de Trabajadores del Azúcar y Alcohol (SYNTRASA) que representa a los trabajadores en el Sucrerie de Complant du Benin (SUCOBE), y visitar cultivo de la caña de la empresa y …
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The IUF Global Sugar and Palm Oil Program organised a joint activity with the General Agricultural Workers Union of TUC of Ghana (GAWU) and the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation workers in Ghana of the week of Mach 5-10. Alrededor 80 GAWU members in three different workshops in the same number of palm oil estates, …
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De 8 a 12 Octubre, the IUF Sugar & Palm Oil project held activities with the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation Workers (KUSPW) to finalise a three-year effort on the union’s stance regarding preventing and fighting sexual harassment in Kenya’s sugar sector. This program, which run from May 2015 a abril 2017, followed a pattern …
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The IUF Global Sugar and Palm Oil Program and the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation Workers (KUSPW) observed the Workers’ Memorial Day, April 28th, with weeklong activities that included workshops on the impact of sexual harassment on the health and safety of sugar workers in Kenya. The program also included a march through the roads …
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Gender-related matters, such as sexual harassment and violence against women, are rightly taking more of the media space[1]; the challenge is for individuals to effectively identify such occurrences in their daily life. Sensitisation is a major effort to develop such understanding to enhance our response to alleged cases, share the somebody else’ plight …
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Un aumento salarial lineal de a bordo de 6.5 por ciento de efectividad desde 1 Abril 2016 a 31 Marzo 2017 cubrir algunos 5,000 los empleados se acordaron 4 Julio bajo las negociaciones del Consejo de negociación del azúcar. Los atrasos serán efectivos a más tardar 22 Julio. The Council parties are three unions and six major sugar employers in the Sugar …
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Una huelga que duró desde 27 junio a 6 De julio a las alturas de Harden terminó con un acuerdo de concesión de una 6.68 aumento salarial por ciento como “salario mínimo sectorial,” un 7 por ciento de aumento en otros beneficios financieros y para el trabajo de los sábados. También hay un bono anual, mientras FAWU estableció los fundamentos para un foro de los trabajadores.
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By Caroline Busaka and Judith Siwa
At a recent IUF Sugar workshop with KUSPAW, Caroline Busaka made general comments about a sexual harassment case she has learned directly from the victim. With no references to personal details, and having changed some of the circumstances, the following is an attempt to keep the core …
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El video y la información de Miriam Wanyama, KUSPAW
Después de escuchar algunos trabajadores’ se queja, He ido a las calderas y las secciones de las casas de alimentación de la masa de azúcar en Kenia donde trabajo. Este video es de un auxiliar de la caldera.
las calderas, donde se genera calor para producir vapor, están pasadas de moda, y los trabajadores tienen que manualmente …
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