A new union to step up the struggle
...move forward and strengthen your union. For our part, we continue in our efforts to sign the new collective bargaining agreement, after two years of negotiations with CABCORP (PepsiCO). The...
PepsiCo signs $50m deal with Beyonce and orders plant closure for its workers
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have spent over $330 million on campaigns involving entertainment and sports figures in 2012. Pepsi’s move is in line with its new campaign, “Live for Now,” that...
New Zealand: PepsiCo workers reject “race to the bottom”
Members of the IUF-affiliated Service & Food Workers Union (SFWU) at PepsiCo’s Bluebird Foods plant in Auckland, New Zealand, voted against company proposals on reduced overtime pay rates that would...
USA: Local 110 of RWDSU-UFCW reaches a successful four year deal with Quaker Oats/PepsiCo
IUF affiliated RWDSU-UFCW`s Local 110 Quaker Oats/PepsiCo members recently and overwhelmingly approved a four-year deal that increased wages above the inflation rate and added a $650 lump sum bonus in...
BRAZIL: Workers of Arcor and PepsiCo are organized
...Workers Union (“SITAC”), Marcos Araújo, in order to know about the current state of the negotiations with Arcor and PepsiCo Snacks. According to Araújo, the SITAC started its organization with...
Labor and gender persecution in Frito-Lay Dominicana
Interview with Alexander Mosquea Frito-Lay Dominicana is a PepsiCo subsidiary that operates in Santo Domingo producing snacks. It has a history of marked antiunionism and abuse against any workers who...
US: PepsiCo, Theo Muller to establish New York yoghurt facility
PepsiCo has teamed up with German privately-owned dairy firm Theo Müller to open a US$206m yoghurt facility at Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in Batvia, New York, US. Batavia plant will...
What do the beverage companies do to fight back over obesity?
...companies such as PepsiCo also push their workers and their families to implement “a health-care policy”. PepsiCo has drawn fire from union groups in New York recently over a $50...
PepsiCo to cut 8,700 jobs; 4Q net rises
PepsiCo plans to cut 8,700 jobs across 30 countries, or about 3 percent of its workforce, as it seeks to offset high commodity costs and increases investment in advertising and...
PepsiCo Union Members Seek NLRB Help to Fight $50 Tax on Smoking, Fat
Teamsters union members at PepsiCo in upstate New York are seeking help from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to fight a health-care policy by the company that charges employees...
Implacable union persecution in Dominican Republic Fritolay
The company, owned by PepsiCo Snacks, has a complete anti-union policy. Openly, the company threatens and harasses the workers who dare to get closer to the union. Sirel had a...
Frito-Lay part of giant PepsiCo profiting $2,545 million this year seeks $585,000 break on water bills???
The giant beverage company PepsiCo is asking Vancouver City council’s consent for $585,000 in water bill credits over three years. The company claims this will help it make $15 million...