The unions at Dutch flower auction FloraHolland suspended their strike on February 12 when the company finally agreed to negotiate on their demands. The negotiations followed a mass march by the strikers to the company's head office. The details will be finalized and members will vote on the agreement next week.

For over twelve years, workers at the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan have peacefully pursued their struggle for the reinstatement of dismissed members and leaders and recognition of their union. The hotel owner continues to defy the workers, court orders and a decade-old decision of the ILO.

The six workers sacked following an action on September 28 at the Gate Gourmet Geneva office have been vindicated by the Public Prosecutor.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) of the United States House of Representatives, made up of 75 Representatives, has criticized Kellogg's plan to create a new, low-wage "workforce of the future".

All police charges against leaders of Fiji’s National Union of Hospitality Catering and Tourism Industries stemming from a New Year’s Eve strike were dropped on February 2. Union President Dan Urai and five others, who had been free on tough bail conditions, were charged by the military dictatorship's police on January 9 with leading an “illegal strike” at Sheraton Fiji Resort and Westin Denarau Island Resort and Spa (both owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.) despite the fact that the union was negotiating with management following the brief industrial action.

A UK High Court has ruled that a construction union activist blacklisted for drawing attention to asbestos and other hazards on construction sites had "suffered an injustice" but was not protected by employment and human rights law because he did not have an employment contract with the end user.

The 226 workers who have been locked out of their jobs at Kellogg's in Memphis since October were honoured and supported as part of Martin Luther King Day events in Memphis on January 20.

The German Food Workers Union, NGG and the German Food and Beverage Employers' Association (ANG) reached agreement on 13 January 2014 on the establishment of a minimum wage for the German meat industry.

As from January 2014, all registered domestic workers in Uruguay will be automatically insured for accidents at work. The agreement signed between the governmental insurance (BSE) and social protection (BPS) institutions on December 12, 2013, will not lead to any increased costs for employers.

The Cadbury union, an affiliate of the Pakistan Food Workers Federation, has been trying to re-negotiate their collective agreement for the past 20 months. At stake is the union’s determination to win permanent jobs for precarious workers and the company’s refusal to negotiate over this issue.

The urgent action launched by the IUF on behalf of the IDWF, the US NDWA and Indian domestic workers' organization has ended due to a "diplomatic" agreement between the US State Department and the Indian authorities.