FIGHTING FOr freedom of association every day
freedom of association is not a status – it is a process. It is a process of continually defending our rights and interests, of continuously striving to access more rights to strengthen our union for furthering and defending the interests of workers
FIGHTING FOr fARM WORKERS' RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
It is through combination and association in trade unions, exercising collective bargaining power and collective representation, that farm workers can overcome and eliminate the vulnerability deliberately built into agricultural work by farmers, buyers, traders, food companies and supermarkets. Then working in agriculture – feeding the world – can finally be a good job.
Freedom of Association
Compilation of decisions of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association [6th edition, 2018]
this collection of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association is a value resource for trade unionists to understand the broad scope of the right to freedom of association and how employer and government actions, requirements and intervention violate this right
Here’s what happened at Barry Callebaut India
Here's what happened (and if management gets its way this never happened): · 18 months after Barry Callebaut's new chocolate factory in Baramati started operations, workers tried to form a union in November 2022 · Local management colluded with a local politician to...
Done with due diligence? Barry Callebaut pressures workers to withdraw non-compliance claims in India in return for access to collective bargaining rights
A day after Barry Callebaut terminated the elected trade union representative of the Barry Callebaut Employees Union (BCEU) in Baramati, India, on November 6, 2023, national management offered to sign a collective agreement with the union. But on one condition. BCEU...
Grab and Foodpanda delivery riders harassed, penalized and persecuted in the Philippines
The IUF-affiliated National Union of Food Delivery Riders (RIDERS-SENTRO) held a press conference on November 3, to denounce the systematic violation of rights and persecution of delivery riders by Grab and Foodpanda in the Philippines. In recent weeks food delivery...
Defending food sovereignty and fighting for the rights of farm workers and small and marginal farmers – in honour of Brother Abdul Mazid
Across the Asia-Pacific region, IUF members expressed their great sadness at the passing away of Brother Abdul Mazid on October 16, 2023. Brother Mazid was a founding member and President of the Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF), a national...
네슬레 노동자는 스타벅스 노동자와 연대한다!
스타벅스는 미국 스타벅스에서 노동 조합을 결성하고 있는 청년 노동자들에 대해 조직적이고 악의적인 공격을 가하고 있다. 노동자들은 노조의 조직 및 가입과 같은 보편적인 인간의 권리를 행사하려했다는 단순한 이유만으로 위협, 부당 해고의 피해에 직면하고 있다. 2018년 5월, 네슬레는 ‘Starbucks Coffee At Home’, 캔커피, 병커피가 포함된 스타벅스 브랜드의 커피 제조 및 판매권 인수에 71억5천만불을 지불했다. 네슬레 노조원들은 네슬레가 스타벅스와 같은...
우리는 스타벅스 노동자와 연대한다!
스타벅스는 미국 스타벅스에서 노동 조합을 결성하고 있는 청년 노동자들에 대해 조직적이고 악의적인 공격을 가하고 있다. 노동자들은 노조의 조직 및 가입과 같은 보편적인 인간의 권리를 행사하려했다는 단순한 이유만으로 위협, 부당 해고의 피해에 직면하고 있다. 이에 대항해서, 아시아 태평양 지역의 노동자들은 스타벅스가 노동자의 권리를 존중할 것을 요구하는 목소리를 조직하고 있다. PDF 한국어 We are in solidarity with Starbucks workers...