United States: SEIU Strike for Black Lives July 20
The IUF-affiliated SEIU has called for a Strike for Black Lives across the United States on July 20, with strikes, walkouts, and worker actions to demand racial and economic justice in society and the workplace.
IUF agreement with government retail alcohol monopoly in Finland on respect for worker rights in the global supply chain
The IUF and our Finnish affiliate PAM have signed an agreement with the government's national alcoholic beverages retail monopoly Alko to promote respect for worker rights in the company's international supply chain, including workers' rights to form unions and negotiate their working conditions through collective bargaining.
Cambodia: Strike wins reinstatement for suspended union leader at Naga World Hotel Casino
Suspended union president Sithar Chhim has been reinstated at her job following a strike by union members at the Naga World Hotel Casino in Phnom Penh launched on January 9.
...International Youth Day 2019 – IUF Young Workers are organising and fighting back together
August 12 was International Youth Day, and this year IUF Young Workers pledged to organise and fight back together for their right to be heard and to defend their right to join a union.
...Nestle workers gather and demonstrate in Perm, Russia in solidarity with Sales Force Employees
On July 16, 2019, Nestlé workers from all over Russia gathered and held a demonstration outside Nestlé Russia’s Perm Headquarters in support of the dismissed sales force employees.
...Marriott strikes spread as thousands more workers say ‘One job should be enough!’
UNITE HERE members at Marriott hotels in 5 more U.S. cities have joined the growing national strike, which now brings the number of strikers to 7,700 at 23 hotels. On October 8, 2,700 union members walked off the job at Marriott-operated hotels in Hawaii.
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Unite Meatworkers To Take Strike Action At Vion Foods
Unite members at the food firm Vion in Cambuslang (near Glasgow) will walk out on 20th February in the first in a series of walkouts planned in a dispute over terms and conditions. The workers voted massively in favour of industrial action in an official ballot where 92% of members voted for strike action with ...
Strike by student exchange workers at US chocolate maker Hershey exposes sordid trail of outsourcing and exploitation
Over 300 foreign student workers sat in and then walked off the job at a distribution plant in Palmyra, Pennsylvania on August 17, bringing into the spotlight a sordid trail of exploitation and abuse leading to premier US chocolate manufacturer Hershey. The students, from countries as diverse as China, Moldova, Nigeria, Turkey and Ukraine, had ...