Beer workers

Peru: AB InBev tries to introduce sanctions and harassment in collective bargaining

20.10.20 News

The CBC Peruana Company bottles soft drinks and energy drinks of PepsiCo and is a strategic partner of AB InBev. Since the negotiation of a new set of claims has begun this year, workers have reported a series of irregularities in the conduct of the company.

Honduras: Stibys requests urgent intervention by Ministry of Labor as AB InBev persists with its abuses

20.10.20 News

The IUF-affiliated Beverage and Related Industry Workers' Union (STIBYS) called on the Ministry of Labor to intervene in order to stop the continuous abuses by Cervecería Hondureña, owned by AB InBev, against the rights of employees. In a letter addressed to the Deputy Minister of Labor, Olvin Villalobos, the union demands the payment of wages to the more than 200 workers over 60 years of age or with pre-existing health issues who cannot work due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Honduras: STIBYS mobilizes nationwide in AB InBev

20.10.20 News

In August, the IUF-affiliated Beverage and Related Industry Workers' Union (STIBYS) denounced the violations of the collective agreement by Cervecería Hondureña SA (AB InBev). A month later the union sent a new list of demands to the company. However, the labor authorities announced that it is not possible to negotiate new agreements until the country normalizes its activities following the health crisis.

 

 

 

AB InBev's plan of systematic job destruction in Colombia

07.10.20 News

In an interview with the IUF's Latin America region the national president of the Union of Workers of the Beer, Beverage, Food, Malt and Similar Industry (USTIAM) outlined the difficulties that the organization faces with the Colombian management of the beer giant AB InBev (Bavaria).

AB InBev Jupille: strike continues following an outbreak of COVID-19

08.09.20 News

AB InBev's Jupille factory near Liège, one of the main production sites in Belgium, has been shut down since September 3 due to an outbreak of coronavirus. Nine employees tested positive for the coronavirus last week and one of them is now hospitalized in critical condition.

STIBYS denounces current collective agreement with AB InBev Honduras

18.08.20 News

On August 11, 2020 the IUF-affiliated Beverage and Related Industry Workers' Union (STIBYS), denounced the collective agreement signed in 2017 with Cervecería Hondureña (Honduran Brewery that bottles AB InBev and Coca-Cola products) and sent the company the union's demands for new negotiations aimed at reaching a new collective agreement.

 

Panama: Protests against abuses by AB InBev

21.07.20 News

The rights violations by the transnational brewery are not limited to the conflicts in Honduras and El Salvador. Now they also include abuses in Panama.

El Salvador: AB InBev puts profit before life

21.07.20 News

AB InBev's subsidiary La Constancia LTDA in El Salvador has been ignoring health protocols for the prevention and control of COVID-19.

 

Colombia: AB InBev workers denounce dismissals misrepresented as mutually agreed departures

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The IUF-affiliated Union of Workers in the Beer, Beverage, Food, Malt and Similar Industries (USTIAM), has condensed the unfair practices of the Bavaria company, a subsidiary of the beer giant AB InBev.

 

Panama AB InBev : Illegal suspensions and violation of the collective agreement

25.06.20 News

On June 18, 2020 workers from Cervecería Nacional SA (Anheuser-Busch InBev) affiliated with the Union of Workers of the Beer Industry of Panama (STICP) started a protest, which included both the processing plant and the local distribution and sales agencies nationwide. The workers protested the illegal suspension of 13 workers at the Pasadena plant and the violation of the collective agreement.

 

Collective action beats back anti-union aggression by management at AB InBev Honduras

04.06.20 News

Collective protests and a work stoppage have restored respect for union rights at AB InBev's Cervecería Hondureña plant in San Pedro Sula, which also bottles products for Coca-Cola.

 

 

 

Strike at Honduran Brewery (AB InBev and Coca-Cola bottler) ends with agreement

03.06.20 News

On May 29, 2020 workers of Cervecería Hondureña (Honduran Brewery that bottles AB InBev and Coca-Cola products) who are members of the IUF-affiliated STIBYS halted production at the San Pedro Sula plant. Following the strike, the union and management, with the mediation of the labour authorities, reached an agreement and suspended the protest.

Panama: AB InBev owned National Brewery dismisses and violates agreement

29.05.20 News

On May 18, 2020 members of the Union of Workers of the Panama Beer Industry (STICP), with the support of the Union of Workers in the Manufacture and Marketing of Soft Drinks, Beverages, Beers, Liqueurs and Similar products of Panama (Sitrafcorebgascelis) and Unitary Federation of the Working Class (FUCLAT), protested in front of AB InBev's production plant in the capital city.

Teamsters and AB InBev jointly announce a temporary pay increase for front line workers in USA

03.04.20 News

The IUF-affiliated Teamsters has signed a joint statement with AB InBev announcing a temporary pay increase of at least 10% for front line workers in the USA. This is in addition to a prior agreement that full-time employees having to absent themselves from work will be provided COVID-19 related sick leave with pay.

 

Gains for Heineken Netherlands workers in new CBA follow threat of industrial action by FNV

17.02.20 News

Members of the IUF-affiliated Federation of Dutch trade unions (FNV) have agreed a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with Heineken against the background of proposed industrial action. Workers have agreed a structural wage increase of 7.5% over two years.

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