Members of the IUF-affiliated National Union of Workers (NUW) have ended their occupation of the lunchroom at PepsiCo's Smith's snack foods warehouse in the Brisbane suburb of Tingalpa for the best of reasons - the union has signed an agreement which puts in place an equal pay system for casual workers and converts casual to permanent positions after 12 months.
Members of the IUF-affiliated National Union of Workers (NUW) at a Smith's snack foods warehouse in the Brisbane suburb of Tingalpa have been occupying their lunchroom since November 27 in a dispute over equal treatment for casual and labour hire employees. You can show your solidarity with the NUW at Smith's by signing their petition 
On November 9, 2014 workers at the Nicaraguan logistics company which markets and distributes products made by PepsiCo's flagship Central American bottler Embotelladora Nacional S.A. (ENSA) formed a union in Managua. Within 24 hours the company fired 70 members and leaders.
Punjab Food Workers Alliance held a meeting in Nabha-India on August 21, 2014 and Alliance members joined the solidarity actions taken by the IUF affiliates in support of unfairly dismissed PepsiCo warehouse workers in India.
Nestle Federation in India showed solidarity with the struggle of PepsiCo (Frito-Lays) Workers Action Committee during its meeting in August.
The IUF-affiliated ABVV-FGTB HORVAL, organized a picket and distribution of the PepsiSmash campaign leaflet in front of Veurne PepsiCo plant in Belgium on June 16 in support of PepsiCo warehouse workers in India.
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations; the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; hotels, restaurants and catering services; all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF is composed of 425 affiliated trade unions in 127 countries representing over 10 million workers.
How to contact the IUF:
Email: [email protected]
Post: Rampe du Pont-Rouge, 8, CH-1213, Petit-Lancy (Switzerland)
Phone: + 41 22 793 22 33
Fax: + 41 22 793 22 38
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How to contact the IUF:
Email: [email protected]
Post: Rampe du Pont-Rouge, 8, CH-1213, Petit-Lancy (Switzerland)
Phone: + 41 22 793 22 33
Fax: + 41 22 793 22 38
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