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PepsiCo crushes human rights!

06.06.14 News

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Food workers in São Paulo (Brazil) stand in solidarity with the ongoing struggle by fellow PepsiCo warehouse workers in West Bengal, India, where the company does not allow them to organize a union. On the occasion of the Food Workers National Symposium, which took place in Piracicaba on  27 and 28 May, workers displayed a poster which read: "PepsiCo destroys human rights".

Union-busting drive at Frito Lay (PepsiCo) Dominicana

04.06.14 News

Over 200 dismissed workers in less than two years *

There is no end to the wave of dismissals, as a tool to prevent the Trade Union from attaining a 50% of organized workers, the minimum required by labour legislation to open collective negotiations.

Alexander Mosquea, secretary general of SINTRALAYDO (Frito Lay Dominicana Workers Trade Union), has voiced his deep concern to IUF's Latin American Regional Office regarding the subtle and harmful strategy adopted by PepsiCo's subsidiary.

PepsiCo rejects US government offer to mediate Indian conflict - what is PepsiCo afraid to talk about?

03.06.14 Urgent Action

Familiesofactioncommittee1US-based snack and beverage giant PepsiCo has rejected an offer by the US government to help mediate the conflict with the IUF over human rights abuses at warehouse operations in West Bengal, India. Why is the company afraid to talk to the IUF? CLICK HERE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO PEPSICO!

IUF Executive Committee calls on PepsiCo to stop smashing human rights!

20.05.14 News

editedThe IUF's governing Executive Committee met in Geneva, Switzerland May 15, 16 and welcomed the launch of the "PepsiSmash" international campaign in support of PepsiCo warehouse workers in India.

Teamsters strike ends at Indianapolis Pepsi plant

12.05.14 News

PepsistrikeUSAA 10-day strike involving about 350 IUF-affiliated Teamsters members who work at a PepsiCo bottling plant on the Northwest side ended after they approved a new five-year contract. The agreement gives raises of $1.95 an hour over five years, boosting the average hourly wage to $21.50, said Jeff Combs, a representative for Teamsters Local 135. The contract covers drivers, mechanics and warehouse workers.

PepsiCo promises a bonanza to shareholders, but at what cost?

06.05.14 News

00001%20%28800x200%29Transnational snack and beverage giant PepsiCo tells investors gathering for the annual shareholder meeting in New Bern, North Carolina on April 7 it is "delivering results today and confidently preparing the future", but a closer look suggests the future may be less bright if current policies continue.

Pakistan: Actions continue to support dismissed PepsiCo warehouse workers in India

06.05.14 News

pakistanrallyThe IUF-affiliated Pakistan Food Workers Federation organized a rally to support Indian PepsiCo warehouse workers' struggle at the city of Faisalabad on May 6.

Indonesia May Day March: Affiliates protest PepsiCo crushing a union in India

04.05.14 News

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IUF affiliates in Indonesia joined the May Day march with the banners of the PepsiCo campaign launched by the IUF.

Filipino trade unions support the PepsiCo campaign in May Day rally

02.05.14 News

Filipinotradeunions3Filipino Workers tell PepsiCo to stop crushing trade union rights in India during the May Day Celebration in Tacloban City, Leyte (Eastern Visayas)

Korean unions protest ongoing human rights violations of PepsiCo in India

02.05.14 News

cokenorthunion IUF Korean affiliates and KFSU affiliated Pizza Hut Labor Union showed their solidarity with the ongoing struggle of PepsiCo warehouse workers in India at May Day Rally in Korea.

Workers in Pakistan call on PepsiCo to stop crushing human rights!

02.05.14 News

Karachi1The IUF-affiliated Pakistan Food Workers Federation has shown solidarity with PepsiCo warehouse workers in India and organized a demonstration at Karachi in front of Pakistan Beverage Limited,a PepsiCo franchise company.

Farmers and agricultural workers in Myanmar in solidarity with struggle in PepsiCo India

01.05.14 News

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The IUF-affiliated Agriculture and Farmers' Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) has shown solidarity with the ongoing struggle of the PepsiCo (Frito Lays) Workers Action Committee in Kolkata-India.

PepsiCo continues to close plants and eliminate jobs in US

27.03.14 News

PepsiCo plans to close its Dallas-based snack production facility and warehouse operations in a bid to "eliminate redundancy and increase operating efficiencies".
The IUF believes that the closures recently taking place in USA are part of PepsiCo’s "productivity plan" that expected to result in cost savings of $1 billion a year, with about 40 percent coming from labor cuts.

Indian PepsiCo workers' solidarity with terminated PepsiCo warehouse unionists

25.03.14 News

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Unions across India have held protest actions in solidarity with the ongoing struggle of the PepsiCo (Frito Lays) Workers Action Committee in Kolkata.

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