Sindiquimica, Bahia, affiliated to the CNQ in Brazil, stopped work at Huhtamaki for 3 hours on August 21 in solidarity with workers in the USA.
In Brazil, the union and all Huhtamaki workers did not enter the factory during 3 hours, in a show of solidarity with USA Huhtamaki workers.
Their banner read: Solidarity and Support for the Struggle Against Precarious Work at Huhtamaki in the USA
Workers in DHL Global Forwarding in Malaysia have voted overwhelmingly to recognise the UNI affiliate which has been organising workers there for several years. Elections held in the last week in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru were certified and the union has been recognised with 80 % of votes in favour of the union.
Following a long organising and collective agreement campaign (around 2 years) at Mayr Melnhof Graphia in Izmir, Turkey, Basin-Is signed a collective agrement for more than 200 Basin-Is members.
According to the collective agreement, members will benefit from new social benefits like social premium, paid leave, social payments and wage increase, wage balancing, better working conditions, participation at decision making processes, etc.
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IKEA workers around the world are uniting to demand that IKEA in the U.S. offer full time jobs to every worker who wants one and to raise pay across the board, rather than just for new workers.
Many IKEA workers work almost full time, but have to make ends meet on less than 25 hours per week on low pay. When workers spoke out about the need for higher pay, IKEA responded by raising starting pay to match the living wage.
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The unwavering commitment of the workers in Robinson & Co (Malaya) Sdn Bhd to build a company that reflects the principle of a safe and decent working environment has seen the workers voting in the trade union via the secret ballot process on 14Augsut2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The employees are keen to develop the partnership industrial relations which take into the account the needs of the workers, company and customers; at the same time assist the company growth.
Today, The Nagasaki Peace Messengers visited UNI Global Union for the 10th year in a row. Their visit came before going to the United Nations in Geneva to present a petition of more than 130,000 signatures collected in the last year demanding nuclear disarmament.
Masaki Koyanagi, from Nagasaki, will make a historic first-ever peace messenger speech to the UN plenary on nuclear disarmament. Earlier this year Koyanagi also attended and spoke at the “Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons” in Mexico.
Héctor Amichetti
Deputy General Secretary
Buenos Aires Graphics Federation, Argentina
Dear Héctor:
We hope this letter finds you well.
Vancouver – August 13, 2014 – UFCW Canada filed a human rights complaint before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal today, denouncing B.C. employers who use discriminatory mechanisms that allow them to avoid hiring women under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP).
Through a number of human rights complaints filed in Mexico and Canada, UFCW Canada is pressing for changes to the selection, hiring, and placement of Mexican migrant workers under the SAWP.
At the national convention of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU,UFCW), held in Orlando, Florida, Stuart Appelbaum (President) and his leadership team were unanimously re-elected.
