Beyond meat? What’s inside – and behind – the lab-grown protein rush
...investor rush to so-called ‘clean meat’? A report prepared for the IUF by the ETC Group looks at the forces driving the investor rush and the hype behind lab-grown meat....
Workers at Nestlé’s Osem in Israel demonstrate against the threat of mass dismissal
On 13 March workers at the Nestlé-owned Osem group in Israel, who are unionised in the Histadrut, started demonstrations on the backdrop of the company’s intentions to carry out significant...
Global solidarity with jailed IUF hotel union members in Myanmar
...The Nordic HRCT Union, the IUF group which brings together hotel, restaurant and catering unions across Scandinavia, has sent a formal protest to the government of Myanmar and informed the...
IUF members denounce ‘Miss Curvy’ Uganda beauty contest tourism promotion
...proposals seriously undermine the current discussions at the ILO on the adoption of international standards to end violence and harassment in the world of work. The African group of governments...
We are fighting for equality! For an international convention to end violence against women in the workplace
...strong opposition voiced by the employers’ group. However, we must remain committed to maintaining what we have gained from this first discussion, because everything could be called into question in...
Brazil: In the face of various aggressions against LGBTI people, groups are organized
...exhibit their homophobia, transphobia and lesbophobia everywhere. This is what happened in the area of Campeche, in Florianópolis, where a group of LGBTI friends were vacationing and enjoying a day...
How did Heineken perform in 2018? – results data
...a similar lift in the first six months of the year. The group said today it is expecting its performance in 2019 to remain healthy, with growth led by volumes,...
Lactalis dairy unions form international alliance
...Group is a French based privately owned company which has expanded rapidly through acquisitions in all IUF regions and is now the world’s 2nd largest dairy company by sales turnover....
Building our unions: the power of young workers
...and to ensure that workers 35 and under are represented on the IUF’s governing structures. Following on the IUF Young Workers’ Conference held in August 2017, an ad-hoc group of...
Denmark: 3F organizes for a collective agreement for Tivoli Gardens fast food workers
The IUF-affiliated 3F (United Federation of Danish Workers) is organizing to bring under a collective agreement a group of fast food restaurants in Copenhagen’s famous Tivoli Gardens many of whose...
FNV and NGG members strike Jacobs Douwe Egberts in the Netherlands and in Germany
...successfully shut down production at JDE for 24 hours, the duration of the strike. NGG traveled with a group of striking German JDE workers to Utrecht to join some 200...
Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia takes disciplinary action against union president for informing members of their legal rights
...When management launched a retrenchment program, workers asked questions in a WhatsApp Messenger group about the proposed separation pay. Sovi Fradina responded by sharing information on separation pay according to...