Turkey: Strike for union rights continues
‘In all its operations worldwide G&D fully respects the rights of its employees to freely organize in unions. This is an important part of our company Code of Conduct. No employee shall be influenced in the decision to become a member of a union or to leave a union.” This is how Dr. Karsten Ottenberg, Chairman of the German company G&D wrote to their partner in Turkey
Transcontinental seals major deal with Canadian newspaper
North American print giant Transcontinental has landed a major contract with a Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail worth around $1.7bn (£900m).
Give Telstra workers the right to negotiate a collective agreement!
Telstra workers should be given the choice to have their unions negotiate a collective agreement rather than have the company’s managers push a non-negotiable job contract upon them.
UNI's aff...
UNI-Europa Youth - ACTION PLAN 2009-2011
UNI-Europa Youth - ACTION PLAN 2009-2011
UNI-Europa Youth are committed to a Europe that not only espouses equality for all of its citizens but one that actually makes this goal a reality. We ...
Questionnaire on IT outsourcing available!
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Tesco main supplier in US reported to labour tribunal over sackings
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Tesco main supplier in the US reported to labour tribunal over sackings
Tesco’s ready-meals supplier to its US Fresh & Easy subsidiary was...
UFCW: 3 million members in 10 years
The UFCW Convention in Montreal in August adopted an organising plan to double its membership in the next decade.
Newly elected UFCW President and UNI President Joe Hansen introduced a raft of...
AMCOR workers campaign for a new agreement
PERTH — Workers at the AMCOR factory in the suburb of Canningvale protested on August 19 to support their campaign for wage rises and a new enterprise agreement. The plant, which manufactures steel cans, had been assessed as one of the most productive in the world but now faces decline because of management intransigence, workers told Green Left Weekly outside the factory gates.
Sun Chemical announces price hikes
Sun Chemical is increasing prices for the commercial, packaging and industrial markets by between 5% and 20% because of significant increases in raw material, energy and transportation costs.