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Workers' rights in multinational companies
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comprehensive list of stories
2008
27.06 2008
UFCW
for Fresh and Easy says Obama
12.06 2008
Wal-Mart shareholders ask for decent
work
29.04.2008
Romanian
commerce union and Metro Cash & Carry sign collective agreement
06.02.2008
Mass mobilisation by French commerce trade unions to speed up collective
bargaining
10.03.2008
Collective agreement with REWE guarantees Hungarian Penny Market workers
fair conditions
30.01.2008
UNI Commerce Global Union and Metro Cash & Carry resolved labour
conflict in Ukraine
2007
30.11.2007
Tesco's labour relations raised eyebrows at UNI Commerce Conference:
Social partnership at home but serious problems abroad
04.09.2007
Verdi criticises Metro for social dumping and attack on collective
agreements
14.08.2007
Wal-Mart caught in Mexico for misuse of young workers
02.05.2007
Wal-Mart systematically violates workers' rights, new report says
05.04.2007
Carrefour workers' trade unions will not stand idle if private equity
investors demand sale of real estate
14.03.2007
Unions accuse Lidl of serious rights violations in several European
countries
26.02.2007
Ahold's
Stop & Shop US workers may have to strike for health care
Shoprite
Checkers and Edgars takeovers by private equity raise trade union
opposition in South Africa
22.02.2007
Wal-Mart
manager's India visit clouded by shopkeeper protests
21.02.2007
Former Wal-Mart workers in Germany face mass unemployment as Metro wants
to close stores
07.02.2007
Wal-Mart could have to pay billions of dollars if found guilty of having
discriminated against its women workers
Usdaw campaigns for union rights and recognition at Marks & Spencer
06.02.2007
Sonia Gandhi said to caution Indian government against allowing Wal-Mart
to enter
No extra benefits for personnel if Sainsbury's goes to private equity,
says John Hannett
01.02.2007
German
commerce union protests freeze European credit for Lidl company group
expansion to Romania
31.01.2007
Senator Hillary
Clinton meets UFCW board underlining the importance of the UNI affiliate
25.01.2007
Metro Group closes large number of Wal-Mart's former German stores,
union announces protest manifestation
05.01.2007
Wal-Mart workers must say goodbye to predictable work schedules as
retail giant squeezes the last drop
2006
08.12.2006
Women and
families deserve better than Wal-Mart, US campaigners say
Wal-Mart loses court battle in Quebec, has to accept union in Canada
05.12.2006
Finnish
Services Union United published critical Wal-Mart book
14.11.2006
Switzerland's
Migros goes union-busting, concludes collective agreement with itself,
hits hard on maternity rights
Ahold sells
one third of its operations - United States, Poland, Slovakia and
Portugal affected
09.11.2006
UNI Commerce
Global Union forms a Tesco Alliance
31.10.2006
Sweden's Handels extends its collective agreement to all 7-Eleven
franchise stores
08.09.2006
Swedish national pensions fund gets rid of its Wal-Mart shares, says
workers' rights violations are systematic
04.09.2006
Wal-Mart Bus Tour ends today, is end close also for Walmartization as
working families rise to defend dignity and living standards?
Wal-Mart summoned to German labour court during its last weeks in the
country, refuses to pay for training of its staff representatives
01.09.2006
Tengelmann signs collective agreement in the Czech
Republic after UNI Commerce intervention with top management
Bus tour makes nervous Wal-Mart pay millions for help
from former Clinton aide
25.8.2006
Wal-Mart in deep waters with its failing PR campaign
24.8.2006
Wal-Mart gets its first communist party local in China
23.8.2006
Wal-Mart suffered record losses in Japan - consumers
reject social dumping and doubt its quality
10.8.2006
Wal-Mart's so-called wage increases exposed at bus tour - "she will
never get a raise working at Wal-Mart again"
Union busting Tengelmann PLUS Discount insults women workers -" we will
teach the Czech sows how to toil"
9.8.2006
Wal-Mart will enter into discussions with ACFTU - how about social
dialogue at home?
8.8.2006
Wal-Mart's
anti-union bastion is crumbling in China as once again a store is
unionised
7.8.2006
Wal-Mart lost 4.5 Billion Dollars on its German fiasco
Wal-Mart
gets second ACFTU union local in China
31.7.2006
Wal-Mart
gets its first ACFTU Union Local in China
28.7.2006
Wal-Mart throws in the towel in Germany as social dumping did not work
27.7.2006
UNI Congress in Chicago turned poverty spotlight on Wal-Mart, now the
host city gives workers a minimum wage
Wal-Mart stays outside Chicago city limits rather than paying its
workers a decent wage
Wal-Mart tried to influence referendum - fined for failing to register
campaign
26.7.2006
Wal-Mart runs on ground in Canadian courts, mercilessly exposed for bad
behaviour
24.7.2006
Wal-Mart sparks Chicago politicians to set minimum wages for the city's
big box stores
19.7.2006
South African commerce union pickets the continent's largest retailer
Shoprite Checkers - shocking attitude, union says
14.7.2006
Wal-Mart
lost in California Supreme Court - communities can stop big box stores
12.7.2006
Santa Claus did not shop at Wal-Mart this year - better behaviour could
bring more business - union campaigning for decent work continues
2005
UFCW Local 770 in Los
Angeles, California (PDF files):
22.10.2003
Dirty tricks by Auchan in Spain to stop union participation in European Works Council
AFL-CIO study says that Wal-Mart "sets a troubling standard" for poor healthcare
Download
the AFL-CIO report on Wal-Mart's healthcare performance
21.10.2003
US supermarket workers on strike for their healthcare benefits
Kroger workers on strike for their health care benefits
Supermarket workers hit the streets of St Louis, fighting for their healthcare benefits
26.09.2003
Wal-Mart faces biggest civil rights lawsuit ever
Wal-Mart lost out - Morrisons allowed to take over Safeway
18.09.2003
Employers support USDAW's campaign - Retail industry committed to protecting and supporting shopworkers
17.09.2003
U.S. judge says Wal-Mart cannot stop its workers from talking about union on the job
22.08.2003
Wal-Mart workers defy intimidation and harassment - UFCW organising efforts are gaining ground
Japan's convenience stores explore new concepts, worried about supermarkets with long shop opening hours
15.08.2003
Wal-Mart tries to stop union's radio ads
12.08.2003
Spain's El Corte Inglés was
condemned for union busting
11.08.2003
Did Wal-Mart steal overtime pay - ordered to turn in time sheets
22.07.2003
Wal-Mart settles wage claims in the United States - knows what it did was wrong...
16.06.2003
Marks&Spencer workers look at USDAW for help with wages and working hours
Rewe buys Swiss trader, will develop its discounter chain
02.06.2003
USDAW backs Morrisons in Safeway takeover battle - would offer employment security
26.05.2003
Wal-Mart
is eavesdropping on its workers. Download UFCW flyer. Colour -
PDF
Wal-Mart is
eavesdropping on its workers. Download UFCW flyer. B/W PDF
Wal-Mart is not welcome in Europe, union conference says
Canadian labour board slaps Wal-Mart for illegally stopping workers from joining union
Women's rally supported discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart
10.05.2003
Wal-Mart
pages in Working America, a UFCW magazine (PDF file)
04.05.2003
Will Wal-Mart face largest ever discrimination lawsuit?
Metro workers return to Tez-Koop-IS as management's union busting in Turkey fails
Draft
conclusions for the UNI-Europa Commerce Conference in Stockholm, Sweden
on 16 - 18 May 2003 (PDF file)
Report
on activities 2000 to 2003 for the UNI-Europa Commerce Conference in
Stockholm, Sweden on 16 - 18 May 2003
(PDF file)
Background
document and discussion paper on UNI-Europa Commerce and the enlargement
of the European Union (PDF
file)
02.04.2003
Russian commerce trade union targets multinationals in organising campaign
15.03.2003
Metro
misuses Turkish trade union, forces workers to join
05.03.2003
Wal-Mart snatches domain name to block union talk
US Representative writes to UFCW- Wal-Mart is bad for workers and communities
18.02.2003
Wal-Mart sued for discrimination of women in promotions and wages
14.02.2003
UNI Commerce intervention leads to results - the Metro Group confirms respect for trade union rights in Turkey
13.02.2003
USDAW intervened with Ikea - secured Sunday premiums
12.02.2003
UNI Commerce intervention leads to new steps forward in Billa as Czech social partners agree to conclude collective agreement
11.02.2003
Luc Vandevelde of Marks & Spencer as arrogant as ever - leads luxury
life at Claridge's on company expense
UNI Commerce and the Metro Group reach understanding on workers' rights in Turkey
10.02.2003
Added pressure on already poor wages and conditions - Lidl comes with big bang to Central and Eastern Europe
06.02.2003
Wal-Mart asked workers to spy on colleagues, faces trial for illegal anti-union campaign
04.02.2003
UNI Commerce
met Rewe-Billa in Cologne : Social dialogue for better labour relations is now back on track
Global campaign leads to results as Brylane workers vote for union representation
Wal-Mart was kicked off Fortune's list of 100 best companies to work for
24.01.2003
Seventh bidder enters race for Safeway, stores worth more than what has been offered
24.01.2003
US workers continue their campaign for better wages and employment conditions at Wal-Mart
23.01.2003
Tesco enters the scene as battle for Safeway raises increasing questions for workers and trade unions
ILO meeting to discuss mergers and acquisitions in commerce
22.01.2003
The
potential carve up of Safeway cuts an appalling picture - Philip Jennings
letter to the FT
15.01.2003
Wal-Mart builds up in Japan
It's Morrison, Sainsbury's or Wal-Mart - Tesco will probably not bid for Safeway?
Carrefour leads the China rush, has more stores than anyone else
14.01.2003
Wal-Mart in
trouble with Labour Relations Board: Illegal surveillance, threats and intimidation of workers
Wal-Mart enters race for Safeway - Morrisons would be better for the workers
08.01.2003
Global campaign brings results - PPR Brylane workers in Indiana can now join union
06.01.2003
UNI
Commerce Ahold Report
Wal-Mart pays 200,000 US Dollars to end discrimination lawsuit
Wal-Mart becomes largest shareholder, on its way to take over Japanese Seiyu
"Its plain ole kidnapping" - US newspaper comments on unpaid overtime at Wal-Mart
20.12.2002
Carrefour workers in France demonstrated for better wages and working conditions
Major union breakthrough in Australia as SDA signs collective agreement with Ikea
16.12.2002
Carrefour workers rally in Paris- "Without social, no commercial"
23.11.2002
The beginning of an end for Spain's yellow 'unions' - elections in Carrefour were major victory for CCOO and UGT
Day of Action- Thousands rallied on behalf of Wal-Mart workers
Wal-Mart puts profits ahead of customers health, opposes Pennsylvania food safety legislation
22.11.2002
UFCW Local 130 called for Wal-Mart to live up to American values
National day of action turned the spotlight on Wal-Mart's bad labour practices
20.11.2002
Major success for ver.di as Wal-Mart recognises the German collective agreements
Day
of Action demands on Wal-Mart
19.11.2002
Action Day in the United States- Wal-Mart faces activist coalition on issues from wages to parking lot security
18.11.2002
Action Day in the United States- Wal-Mart faces activist coalition on issues from wages to parking lot security
18.11.2002
Told co-worker about union, was fired - judge orders Wal-Mart to take worker back and to pay wage losses
Action Day in the US on 21 November - Wal-Mart faces challenge from growing coalition
14.11.2002
Germany's High Court rules that Wal_Mart's price war violates competition rules
Slovenian commerce workers fight against Sunday
opening (Mercator, Leclerc)
13.11.2002
UNI
Commerce Wal-Mart Report (PDF)
10.11.2002
Class action lawsuit accuses Wal-Mart of stealing time from loss prevention agents
95,000 Wal-Mart workers may become involved in class action lawsuit in Michigan
Day of action on 21 November will focus on Wal-Mart
25.10.2002
Union struggle leads to results, Inglewood City in California says no to Wal-Mart
22.10.2002
Wal-Mart shows its real face in Germany - no collective agreement, no union involvement
05.10.2002
USDAW breaks 100,000 barrier at Tesco
28.09.2002
Spanish commerce unions campaign for trade union rights in multinationals
US labour movement launches people's campaign for justice at Wal-Mart - Day of Action on 11 November
USDAW makes deal with GUS on job security for thousands of UK call centre workers
US giant refuses agreement - two brave women in Norway on strike since three months
17.09.2002
Wal-Mart's union busting operator named by US authorities for illegally threatening workers
Wal-Mart plans to sell cheap Chinese clothes in Japan's Seiyu stores
Wal-Mart must pay woman worker for sexual harassment
09.09.2002
Did Wal-Mart violate election rules - Senate candidate on magazine cover
08.09.2002
UNI Commerce organising campaign expands to Russia, union proposes framework agreement to Metro
Wal-Mart managers tell the truth about intimidation, threats and illegal dismissals on new UFCW video
02.09.2002
Wal-Mart in court for saving money at workers cost, health plan refused to pay for birth control pills
01.09.2002
German
ver.di organising brochure for Wal-Mart personnel (PDF)
31.08.2002
Low-wage employers like Wal-Mart bring new challenges, also churches need to respond
Wal-Mart's
war on workers (PDF)
29.08.2002
UFCW president
Doug Dority calls for nationwide campaign in the United States to give Wal-Mart workers a voice
Wal-Mart plans 40 supercenters in California - it will cost thousands of good jobs, union says
21.08.2002
7-Eleven plans to open 500 stores in Beijing
Carrefour
Sustainability Report 2002 English (PDF)
Carrefour
Sustainability Report 2002 French (PDF)
20.08.2002
Leading multinationals compete with countries on world list of largest entities
Metro leaves e-commerce
16.08.2002
Wal-Mart will double its size, report says - when will competition authorities finally react?
14.08.2002
ISO preparations for corporate responsibility standard raises serious questions about how working life should be regulated
13.08.2002
Ahold will overtake Carrefour, British study says
Carrefour remains in Brazil, confident to ride through the country's crisis
31.07.2002
USDAW strike at GUS? - Company wants to move work to call centres in India
Social responsibility Sainsbury's 'social dialogue' American style - What is at stake in Shaw's
Link:
European
Commission Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility, in all EU
languages
30.07.2002
UFCW Local in Canada files charges against Wal-Mart
29.07.2002
Wal-Mart workers in Germany strike for collective agreement
26.07.2002
Union busting by Sainsbury's - shoppers unite at Shaw's
Another ugly European retailer loses US lawsuit - Food Lion tried to stop UFCW from defending workers
08.07.2002
Kingfisher took over Castorama
05.07.2002
Collective bargaining US employer style forced meetings, videos and websites did not help as union members forced good agreement
Tesco bought hypermarket chain in Poland, to double its presence
Tengelmann subsidiary A & P has accounting problems in the United States
03.07.2002
Wal-Mart's German problems - trouble with the union and business is not good
Wal-Mart workers from 28 US states take company to court - had to work overtime without pay
01.07.2002
Commerce unions warn multinationals in Spain not to interfere in workplace elections
Speech in Madrid on trade union rights English by Jan Furstenborg, Head of UNI Commerce - UNI-Europa Commerce
22.06.2002
Leg shackles and handcuffs - Sainsbury's has female religious leader arrested
09.06.2002
Wal-Mart violates human rights, condemned for dismissal on racial grounds
05.06.2002
Social responsibility Sainsbury's style - Doug Dority and John Sweeney arrested
USDAW's organising efforts bear fruit, membership recovered from Thatcher
years (re:Tesco)
03.06.2002
Sweeney and Dority to challenge Sainsbury's
in the US - will also they be arrested for talking to Shaw's workers
Central European commerce unions say EU enlargement must benefit shop workers
British multinational forces US workers to pay back their Christmas and New Year's holiday
pay (re:Sainsbury's)
25.05.2002
UNI-Europa Commerce and EuroCommerce launch European social dialogue on corporate social responsibility
17.05.2002
Strong criticism against Billa's handling of labour relations in the Czech Republic
Multinational retailers violate trade union rights in Spain
Tesco pays bonus to British workers
10.05.2002
Multinational
commerce retailers criticised at ILO meeting in Prague
09.05.2002
Wal-Mart faces new workers rights charges in Alaska and Idaho
Wal-Mart workers stand up for their rights, new court cases in Texas and California
26.04.2002
Wal-Mart tests sale of used cars
Wal-Mart bosses get huge pay increases
24.04.2002
Wal-Mart wants to lay off workers in
Germany - Ver.di says no and demands collective agreement
Once again in trouble with the law, Wal-Mart faces federal charges for more than 45 incidents of illegal conduct
23.04.2002
It is all about organising, Sydney Commercial Workers Summit said
10.04.2002
Tesco's profit almost 2 billion dollars, much of it from outside UK
08.04.2002
Toy production for Wal-Mart - violent security guards attack Chinese workers
04.04.2002
Ikea goes to Japan, trade unions discuss organising
GPA president says Sunday opening would be declaration of war
03.04.2002
Metro will open Real hypermarkets in Moscow
02.04.2002
Luc Vandevelde resigns as M&S CEO
Auchan and Ikea to anchor huge Moscow mall
Biggest yes, but perhaps the worst employer, Wal-Mart now tops Fortune 500
New EU rules begin to bite, Opel terminates German dealerships
28.03.2002
Metro opened its first cash and carry in Vietnam as foreign expansion picks up speed
25.03.2002
Rewe closes stores in Germany but continues expansion abroad, unions to meet in Zagreb
Metro sells Divaco, opens new Cash & Carry stores in Croatia
In Turkey, problems with Metro continue, organising campaign will be launched
Germany's Spar goes to Ukraine, continues expansion in Russia
Sam
Walton Made Us a Promise - link to Fortune article on Wal-Mart
16.03.2002
Metro Cash & Carry to open four wholesale hypermarkets in Japan
Marubeni takes over parts of Daiei
Organising, workers' rights and trade union recognition in multinational commerce, UNI Commerce background
document - large pdf file (675 kb)
15.03.2002
Wal-Mart buys stake in Japanese Seiyu - "goods will not sell here" analyst says
08.03.2002
American study shows that unionised women earn more in retail trade
Casino takes major share in Laurus, union reaction positive
Kmart fires 22,000 workers
Aldi expands to China, Greece
23.02.2002
Once again Wal-Mart tries to stop workers from joining the UFCW
Oklahoma workers take Wal-Mart to court, say company forced them to work without pay
13.02.2002
Wal-Mart is mentioned in connection with workers' rights abuses in Guatemalan maquilas
12.02.2002
Wal-Mart's first 'real' superstore in Germany is not successful
11.02.2002
US report says Wal-Mart and
Toys"R"Us sell toys made under atrocious conditions in China
08.02.2002
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