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UK and Egyptian unions 'twin' to stand up to human rights abuses at Mondelez

10.05.13 News

Members of UNITE at UK Cadbury are joining forces with fellow workers in Egypt by 'twinning' their unions to challenge human rights violations by Cadbury's parent company Mondelez International.

Mondelez looks to boost gum sales while stuck in the swamp of human rights abuses

09.05.13 News

“We’re not sitting by and accepting dismal gum sales” says Mondelez CEO Irene Rosenfeld while refusing to acknowledge the human rights abuses when 5 union leaders were dismissed from its chewing gum factory in Alexandria, Egypt.“The IUF is not sitting by and accepting the arbitrary dismissal of union leaders for exercising their rights” says IUF General Secretary Ron Oswald.

UK Cadbury workers link with Egyptian union to stand up against Mondelēz human rights abuses

06.05.13 News

Members of UNITE at UK Cadbury are joining forces with fellow workers in Egypt to challenge human rights violations by Cadbury’s parent company Mondelez International. On May 2-3 Unite hosted two sacked workers from the Alexandria Cadbury plant - Nasr Awad and Hussein Ahmad - who were among the 5 founding members of an independent union dismissed last year as part of the company’s drive to crush the union.

Kraft CEO missing in action as company steps up its vanishing act

21.03.11 Editorial

Called to testify last week before a UK parliamentary committee of enquiry, Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld failed to appear, even declining an offer to answer questions by video hookup. “Kraft declined to comment on Rosenfeld's whereabouts”, the UK Guardian reported on March 15.

Polish Food workers discuss organising, casualisation

02.06.10 blog

Food and beverage workers organised in Polish IUF-affiliate  Solidarnosc discussed organising strategies  May 26-28 in Lodz, Poland. Workers representatives from a number of TNCs and Polish owned companies including Frito-Lay (Pepsico), Coca-Cola, Bahlsen, Mars, Cadbury, and Odra developed communication and planning capacities to grow union strength.

In the discussions, the rampant casualisation of the workforce, in some cases up to 50% of the workforce, was identified as one of the main obstacles to building union strength and serious violation of workers right to organise.

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Kraft Responds to Post-Cadbury 'Agitation' with…Surveys?

05.05.10 News

Anyone following the UK parliamentary enquiry into the takeover of Cadbury by Kraft could not help but conclude that Kraft was either less than truthful, or incompetent, or both, in its cynical manipulation of false hopes around the Cadbury Somerdale plant previously slated for closure (see Kraft on a Diet after the Cadbury Feast - How Many Union Jobs Lighter?).

Kraft on a Diet After the Cadbury Feast - How Many Union Jobs Lighter?

19.02.10 News

News Release
Kraft Foods Starts New Year 150 Million Pounds Lighter
NORTHFIELD, IL (January 27, 2010) – A few years ago, Kraft Foods decided to lose a lot of weight.

Kraft and Cadbury, Victors and Spoils

21.01.10 Editorial

 

Barring any last-minute surprises, Kraft, the world's second-largest food company, will swallow UK-based Cadbury. Barely a month after deriding Kraft as an "unfocused" conglomerate and declaring "There is no strategic, managerial operational or financial merit in combining with Kraft", Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr announced that the price was right. He praised Kraft for its commitment to "our heritage, values and people throughout the world"…and acknowledged the inevitability of job cuts.

Unite Demands Kraft Divulge Employment Implications of Potential Cadbury Takeover

18.11.09 News

As the battle for the financial spoils from a potential hostile takeover of UK-based Cadbury by Kraft Foods heats up, the IUF's UK affiliate Unite has called on Kraft to lay its plans on the table, and to offer clear guarantees on jobs and pensions.

When Investors Buzz, Workers Take Cover

24.09.09 Editorial

As the OECD released its latest Employment Outlook, which foresees a total of 57 million people without jobs in the world's 30 richest countries next year, the battle heated up over the price of a takeover of UK-based confectionery company Cadbury by Kraft, the world's second largest food corporation.

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