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Urgent actions

• “STOP Nespressure and negotiate now!”, Malaysian Food Workers tell Nestlé Indonesia 23-Jun-2009

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• Unilever Drives Casual Tea Workers Deeper into Poverty for Claiming Rights 16-Jun-2009
Slaves built the pyramids - Unilever casual workers build pyramid tea!

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• LATEST UPDATE! Iran Sugarworkers Union Leaders Sentenced to Prison - Act Now! 14-Apr-2009
Ali Nejati and 4 other Haft Tapeh leaders condemned to one year in prison

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• Unilever Pakistan: Profits and Provocation 15-Mar-2009

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• Unilever Lipton Tea Workers Challenge Disposable Jobs Regime, Demand the Right … to Work for Unilever! 18-Jan-2009

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• Unite/T&G Targets Tesco in Campaign for Equal Treatment for Meat Workers 03-Dec-2008




News

Unions in Forefront of Popular Resistance to Honduras Coup 02-Jul-2009

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Tesco's finest tea – produced in far from finest conditions? 02-Jul-2009

Settlement Secures Permanent Jobs for Dismissed Temps at Unilever Pakistan Rahim Yar Khan 01-Jul-2009

Worldwide Actions June 26 Demand Justice for Iranian Workers 30-Jun-2009

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ILO, unions and employers signal potential social and economic consequences of influenza A(H1N1) measures 04-Jun-2009
The ILO issued the following joint communiqué together with worker and employer organizations on Influenza A(H1N1)

UFCW Local 1776 Members at Citterio Ratify Contract with IUF Help 03-Jun-2009

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Colombia Banana Strike ends with SINTRAINAGRO Victory 25-May-2009
SINTRAINAGRO President Guillermo Rivera

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June 26 - Global Union Action Day for Iranian Workers 25-May-2009

IUF lodges complaint at the ILO to reinstate Philippine Hotel Workers 22-May-2009

Hong Kong: Action to Support dismissed Cambodia NagaCorp Workers 22-May-2009

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Buyouts, Bread Sticks, Biscotti – and Challenges for the Obama Administration 19-May-2009

'Adding Insecurity to Life': Dutch Unions Challenge Unilever Shareholders on Repressive Employment Practices Behind CSR Spin 18-May-2009
FNV Bondgenoten President Henk van der Kolk between Unilever's Dutch Director and CEO Polman (Photo: Merel Maissan).

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 Editorial

Private Equity and the European Commission: the Big Bluff

UK private equity funds and their lobbyists, according to press reports, are frantically pressuring the government to "protect its members from imminent EU regulation" - really?[more]


Global Hotel Monitor

The IUF is regularly informed of labour disputes arising in the global hotel sector, and has now made available an updated list showing hotels where there are ongoing or potential labour conflicts. Click here to check out the IUF Global Hotel Monitor.

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