Tunisia: general strike call revoked after government agrees to UGTT demands

14.12.12 News

Following a round of strikes and demonstrations by Tunisia's national center UGTT and international condemnations of the violent attacks on trade unionists, the government entered into 2 days of intensive negotiations which produced an agreement meeting the union's key demands. The UGTT therefore revoked the call for a national general strike on December 13.

UGTT Tunisia to hold general strike to demand government curb anti-union violence

12.12.12 News

Tunisia's national trade union center UGGT has called for a general strike December 13 to highlight its demand for firm government action to halt the growing incitement and violence against the union by pro-government militias and their supporters.

New Zealand: PepsiCo workers reject "race to the bottom"

05.12.12 News

Members of the IUF-affiliated Service & Food Workers Union (SFWU) at PepsiCo's Bluebird Foods plant in Auckland, New Zealand, voted against company proposals on reduced overtime pay rates that would threaten unionized jobs in Australia .

Court reverses sentencing of Egyptian independent union activist Kamal Abbas

04.12.12 News

The same court which earlier this year sentenced in absentia Kamal Abbas, general coordinator of Egypt's Center for Trade Union and Worker's Services (CTUWS) to six months imprisonment for "insulting a public officer" during the 2011 International Labour Conference in Geneva, dismissed the charges and threw out the sentence on November 25.

Recognition and reinstatement end bitter Pakistan hotel dispute

04.12.12 News

The long and bitter dispute at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore, Pakistan, which at one point saw nine union officers and a member of the Pearl Continental Hotel Employees Union Lahore charged with fabricated criminal offenses including "terrorism" following the union's victory in a representation election, has now been resolved.

Planned job cuts at Nestle Waters Germany

03.12.12 News

Neuselters mineral springs is under threat of drastic job cuts: if company plans are carried out, 40 out of the 74 employees currently working there will lose their jobs in the 1st half of 2013.

Accor again guilty of labour law violations in Canada - this time by its own admission!

03.12.12 News

Following the recent ruling of the Labor Relations Board in Ontario, Canada, that Accor management consistently engaged in illegal activity to combat union organizing at the Novotel Mississauga, the company has now admitted to violating the law at a second hotel - the Novotel Ottawa.

Compass workers in Italy strike in protest at Company attempts to cut hundreds of jobs

03.12.12 News

Italian union members employed by Compass,the UK based catering, cleaning and facilities management company participated in a successful strike on Friday 1 December to protest the Company plans to lay off 824 workers in Italy. Italian federations CGIL, CISL and UIL are cooperating in their campaign to have Compass withdraw their notice of dismissals and report high levels of participation in Friday's action.

Workers protest at New York McDonald's

29.11.12 News

November 29 saw workers at a Manhattan McDonald’s go on strike asking for higher pay and the right to form a union. Other workers joined the protest during the day. To read more click here

IUF calls on Mondelez CEO Irene Rosenfeld to reinstate dismissed union leaders in Tunisia and Egypt

28.11.12 News

In an open letter to CEO Irene Rosenfeld, IUF General Secretary Ron Oswald calls on Mondelez to reinstate union leaders dismissed in Tunisia and Egypt as a result of their activities in support of union members. The dismissals are human rights violations in breach of the OECD guidelines on multinational enterprises and the UN Guiding principles on Business and Human Rights.

Unite demands assurances over jobs at Vion

26.11.12 News

Unite, Britain's biggest union, is demanding assurances over jobs as a condition for any new buyer, following Vion's announcement to sell off its UK food operations.

Ontario, Canada unions tell French government to press Accor to comply with local law and international standards

20.11.12 News

The Ontario Federation of Labor has alerted the French ambassador of Canada to serious violations of labour law in the province by the French-based hotel chain Accor. The message was delivered by members of UNITE HERE, who paid simultaneous visits to the French Embassy in Ottawa and the French Consulate in Ontario to deliver a letter from OFL President Sid Ryan on November 15.

Strikes, demonstrations across Europe challenge austerity regime

19.11.12 News

Unions held strikes and demonstrations across Europe on November 14 in response to the call by the ETUC for a day of action to highlight rejection of the EU's devastating austerity regime and demands for a radical change of course.

Austerity rewards corporate tax evasion

19.11.12 Editorial

While the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF wrangle over precisely how many more Greek workers must lose their jobs and how much more public spending must be slashed in order to placate investors, some of Greece's largest companies are fleeing the country for tax havens abroad, compounding the squeeze on public revenue.

Spanish unions to hold general strike as part of European union action day

12.11.12 News

Spain's two union centers CC.OO and UGT, with the support of some 150 civil society organizations grouped in the Social Summit, are organizing a national general strike on November 14, the European day of trade union action against austerity.

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