PepsiCo and Frito-Lay Union Network

Pepsi is shutting down its warehouse operations in Dartmouth and Moncton, throwing 43 people out of work.

Armour Logistics of Moncton will take over the warehouse work.

The Pakistan Food Workers Federation (PFWF) extended its full support to Frito-Lays PepsiCo workers, Kolkata, India in its meeting on February 28, 2014. The PFWF called upon the PepsiCo to immediately reinstate dismissed workers, recognize their union and start to negotiate with the union.

While the PepsiCo building on Milburn Avenue will not close, beverage products will no longer be produced at the site anymore. The company says 200 employees will remain but approximately 30 employees will be affected by the announcement.The company stated that it is committed to providing support to affected employees by offering outplacement services.

Like a shook-up can of Pepsi, PepsiCo company is bubbling over with plans for its Russian operations. After four relatively quiet years since taking over leading dairy producer Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD), PepsiCo has announced it is to 'quit the farm' - focusing solely on processing.

The Pepsi plant in northeast Roanoke County stopped production on February 21 which will affect around 30 jobs at the Hollins plant. Most of the 150 employees will remain however in warehousing and sales positions.

A high-profile Pepsi bottler faces a fine of $86,900 for allegedly failing to protect its US workers and implement basic safety requirements, according to the US Department of Labor.

Transnational food and drink maker PepsiCo has just found 8.7 billion US dollars to boost dividends and buy back more of its own shares. While investors snack on this bonanza, a group of courageous Indian workers at warehouses contracted by the company continue their struggle for their rights.

PepsiCo has confirmed rumors that layoffs are coming to the refurbishing facility in Fresno, California.

PepsiCo will close its refurbishing center at its Fresno beverages facility in the next several months. All associated work will move to a company facility in Las Vegas. While 50 employees will be dismissed, about 350 employees will still hold positions at the Fresno facility. PepsiCo has stated that the company is committed to providing support to affected employees.

Nelson Peltz, the US billionaire and activist investor, will halt his campaign to merge PepsiCo with Mondelez International after the Cadbury chocolate producer lined him up for a seat on its board. The move should come as a relief to PepsiCo's management, which had been forced to counter Peltz's backing of a PepsiCo buyout of US-based Mondelez. Peltz also wanted PepsiCo to split its drinks operations from its more profitable snacks units in the wake of a merger.

The Union of Workers of Frito Lay Dominicana (SINTRALAYDO) mobilized again, this time in the province of La Romana, southeast of the Caribbean island, to denounce the persistent campaign of layoffs at PepsiCo Dominican Republic. In just over a year, the U.S. transnational unfairly terminated 123 workers and union members and 2014 began with the same sweeping policy.

PepsiCo Lays Workers Action Committee members in West Bengal received solidarity funds from IUF affiliated National Union of Workers (NUW) members at Smith's. It was very much appreciated both in terms of lifting their spirits with the feeling of international solidarity and in overcoming immediate economic hardship.

In June 2013, PepsiCo Russia workers from warehouse, logistics and sales center in Domodedovo (Moscow region) decided to unite and create a union to defend their rights and fight for fair conditions. The union joined the IUF-affiliated NOVOPROF and represents sales agents, merchandisers, truck drivers and forklift truck drivers.

A core group of IUF affiliates met for the third global PepsiCo and Frito-Lay Unions strategy meeting in Istanbul on September 18 and 19, 2013.Union representatives discussed business developments within PepsiCo, now the world`s second largest food and beverage company in terms of food sales after Nestlè generating 65,492 (million USD) revenue in 2012.