Developments in the Baltic countries rarely make the news, but the UK press has given extended coverage to global brewer Carlsberg’s use of a court decision declaring beer an “essential service” to block strike action at its Lithuanian brewery. On February 28, Unite National Officer Jennie Formby wrote Carlsberg top boss Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen in ...
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On June 10 more than half of the workers of IUF-affiliated UAB union “Svyturys-Utenos alus”, voted in favour of strike action at the Carlsberg brewery in Lithuania in support of their demand for a decent company level collective agreement. Before the secret ballot took place the union called on management to fully implement the provisions ...
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September 6 marked the 200th day of continuous protest action in front of AB InBev's Budweiser plant in Sonepat, India. Brewery workers from other AB InBev sites and Carlsberg joined the protest action in solidarity with the Haryana Breweries Limited Mazdoor Union (HBMU). ...
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Companies and agencies are jointly profiting from an opportunistic clause in the EU’s Directive on temporary agency work, whose transposition into national law in the UK in October is already having a negative impact, reports IUF affiliate Unite. To circumvent the requirement that after 12 weeks of continuous employment agency workers should enjoy equal access ...
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