Members of the IUF North American affiliate BCTGM have provided tremendous support to the IUF campaign to hold the company to account for alleged human rights violations. After union officials distributed over 3000 handbills to members working at Mondelez locations in 5 states informing members about the Screamdelez campaign, members have signed postcards to CEO Irene Rosenfeld demanding she talk to the IUF.

Hotel workers in Dehli and Goa held protest actions in support of their sisters and brothers harassed by Accor management at the Ibis Tamarin in Jakarta Indonesia (read more here).

Since December 3 the Korean Women's Trade Union (KWTU) has been holding rallies in front of the Incheon Hyatt Regency to protest the abusive treatment of women janitors. Since this department was outsourced women janitors have been employed under new work contracts without notification and paid for only 6 of an 8-hour shift.

The Indian government's response to the arrest of a senior diplomat by US authorities for concealing the exploitation of her domestic worker misses the real issue, according to the International Domestic Workers Federation, which is calling for international action to defend the worker.

Workers at the Legoland theme park in Günzburg in the south of Germany continue to fight for a collective agreement (see previous stories) and against company attempts to dismiss the democratically-elected works council chairman, Nikolaus Lauter.

Hotel and restaurant workers in Curitiba, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Parana, have been on strike since November 30 against the employers' refusal to increase wages.

Unions representing workers in Mondelez around the world came together at the Unite Centre at Eastbourne, UK on December 4-5 for a meeting convened by the IUF. They resolved to strengthen global cooperation and organization and to escalate the campaign until dismissed union leaders in Egypt and Tunisia obtain justice, the company recognizes the right of the Cadbury union in Pakistan to negotiate on behalf of precarious workers seeking regular permanent employment and Mondelez talks to the IUF with the intention of resolving outstanding human rights issues.

The IUF and Meliá Hotels International have signed an agreement confirming Melia's commitments to respect fundamental rights at work, including but not limited to freedom of association and collective bargaining.

Members and leaders of the union at the upscale Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan and their supporters rallied at the Karachi Press Club on December 10, International Human Rights Day, to highlight the ongoing struggle for basic rights and recognition. Participants denounced management's refusal to recognize the union and reinstate dismissed workers despite multiple court orders and a decision by the ILO dating back over a decade.

Thousands of fast food workers went on strike across the USA on December 5, in a signal of the growing clamour for action on income equality. Low wage workers were due to strike across 100 cities through the day, including Boston, Detroit, New York City, Oakland, Los Angeles and St Louis (read more here).