Strengthening union organization in the meat sector

...The conference was hosted by U.S. affiliate the UFCW which presented research on the rapidly globalizing sector which is consolidating through mergers and acquisitions led by the Brazilian giant JBS....

Meat giant goes on a shopping spree

What do you do when your sales revenue exceeds USD 50billion a year? You go shopping! The Brazilian meat based conglomerate, JBS, spent $1.25 billion in late 2014 buying the...

Health care protected in agreement with JBS

...their collective bargaining with JBS. JBS had proposed to change the health care plan to the detriment of workers but agreement was reached on March 12 with the plan intact....

Streiks abgewendet, UFCW setzt neuen Tarifvertrag mit JBS durch

...von JBS in den Vereinigten Staaten hatten die Mitglieder im Mai für eine Arbeitsniederlegung gestimmt, um ihre Entschlossenheit zu zeigen, eine bezahlbare Gesundheitsversorgung zu behalten. Die Vereinbarung sieht Lohnerhöhungen von...