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Archive:
Workers' rights in multinational companies
Files
1998 - 2001
20.12.2001
Carrefour's European Works Council discussed integration
14.12.2001
Metro Euro-Forum discussed technologies and work organisation
GEHE European works council members want a more efficient dialogue
29.11.2001
UNI-Europa Commerce met in Nyon, organising in multinationals remains top priority
Ver.di says that Euro introduction can be too tough for shop workers
Wal-Mart violates federal law, prevents fair union elections
28.11.2001
Wal-Mart's union busting campaigns are lead by Bentonville headquarters
16.11.2001
Wal-Mart shop stewards discussed with UNI and UFCW at seminar in Germany
09.11.2001
UNI Commerce meeting in Madrid on trade union rights in multinationals in Spain
Marks & Spencer workers say they lack information from Galeries Lafayette about conditions
08.11.2001
Marks & Spencer sells stores to Galeries Lafayette and El Corte Inglés
Wal-Mart will open five stores in Beijing
Ahold set to be market leader in Central America
04.11.2001
Wal-Mart to cut 1,350 workplaces in Germany?
U.S. Senate rejected Wal-Mart attempt to hinder unions from informing workers
Wal-Mart in court again, for union busting and unfair labour practices
French PinaultPrintempsRedoute goes
union busting in US
12.10.2001
Major changes continue to mark Japanese retailing
08.10.2001
Corporate social responsibility and workers' rights to organise - a UNI Commerce document
03.10.2001
US labour board says Wal-Mart threatened to cut bonus to block organising
All company structures involved - Wal-Mart breaks US union busting records
26.09.2001
SDA fend off major lay-offs as Australian retailing scene is restructured
Daiei signals that it may be in trouble
Wal-Mart breaks labour laws to stop US workers from organising
Wal-Mart workers in Las Vegas will vote on union representation
24.09.2001
Will Wal-Mart buy
Mycal: Japanese newspaper says take-over is imminent
Wal-Mart had to allow workers wear flag badges
18.09.2001
7-Eleven prepares major expansion in China
17.09.2001
The Carrefour European works council met in Geneva
15.09.2001
Is Wal-Mart preparing to buy the Marks & Spencer stores in France?
Japan's Mycal files for bankruptcy protection
Slovenian Mercator wants to be market leader in the region
12.09.2001
Wal-Mart sued once again, for forcing work on unpaid overtime
29.08.2001
Uni Commerce helps unions organise in multinational retailers and wholesalers
Uni Commerce targets Metro and Tesco in European organising campaigns
Asia becomes a key region for organising in commerce multinationals
Metro builds up its Asian presence
28.08.2001
Japan's Mycal will close stores and move hq staff to shop floor
27.08.2001
Spain's El Corte Inglés goes abroad
26.08.2001
ICA Ahold and Dansk Supermarked join forces in Nordic retailing
21.08.2001
Commercial Workers' Summit in Sydney next April will focus on organising in multinationals
Super-rich
retailers - five Waltons in world top ten, Aldi owners number five
20.08.2001
Jusco changes name, wants to enter top ten
Japan's Mycal seeks cooperation with Wal-Mart, Carrefour?
13.08.2001
Wal-Mart sued for gender discrimination, wants case to be moved to Arkansas
Kingfisher sells 182 store properties, prepares sale of Woolworths
Marks&Spencer says
it prefers one buyer, French workers say nothing has changed
Japanese commercial workers pessimistic about the economy
10.08.2001
Is Sainsbury planning merger with
Boots?
Ahold - ICA will build giant shopping centre in Lithuania
Gap fires over 1,000 workers
09.08.2001
New lawsuits hit Wal-Mart, on discrimination and overtime without pay
08.08.2001
Daiei continues to sell assets to cut debts
30.07.2001
New price law will hurt Germany's smaller traders
Wal-Mart fires head office staff
Metro expands its consumer electronics division
UFCW concludes collective agreement after marathon bargaining with Sainsbury's subsidiary
26.07.2001
Luis Delhaize fires Hungarian shop
steward, creates major conflict
20.07.2001
Japan's
Marubeni will be first foreign wholesaler in China
EU Commission speaks out on trade and labour standards, opens discussion about corporate social responsibility
19.07.2001
Carrefour sells three Spanish hypermarkets
Norwegian Rimi-owner cashes in hundreds of millions from ICA-Ahold affair
Uniqlo will open 200 shops in the UK
18.07.2001
Casino - Exito consolidate in Colombia, expand into Venezuela
17.07.2001
In Brazil, Ahold acquires five hypermarkets from Carrefour
Ahold enters Slovakia in November
Ahold to take full ownership of US e-trader Peapod
16.07.2001
In US lawsuits, Wal-Mart workers demand respect and fair treatment
In Brazil, Carrefour and Seproscos sign collective agreement
Boots leaves Japan, concept did not travel
Webvan goes out of business
18.06.2001
WH Smith buys book store chains in Australia and New Zealand
B2B takes off, GlobalNetXchange trades for over a billion dollars
Tesco at the top of agenda when USDAW leaders meet Uni in Nyon
John Sweeney and Bill Connor discuss Wal-Mart in Nyon
Tesco organisers in Poland will be trained by USDAW
16.06.2001
Germany's Spar plans major reconstruction, job losses can be expected
Successful
Tesco escalates British price war, awards managers
15.06.2001
Tesco and Solidarnosc to sign social partnership agreement
13.06.2001
Uni Commerce Marks & Spencer campaign speeds up new directive on information and consultation
EU press release from the Council meeting on employment and social policy, Luxembourg, 11 June 2001
EU Swedish presidency press release from the Council meeting on employment and social policy, Luxembourg, 11 June 2001
Tesco to build more stores in Thailand
09.06.2001
"Wal-Mart workers brainwashed to work overtime without
pay"
05.06.2001
European works councils in commerce - organising still the number one priority
20.05.2001
Wal-Mart in the
news: Alliance with Casino in France? In US, socially responsible investment fund pull
out. In Germany, downhill continues.
18.05.2001
Three thousand workers demanded in London that Marks & Spencer keep its shops open in Europe and the world
Uni Commerce
and TUC demonstration in London on 17 May, pictures
15.05.2001
Carrefour signs workers' rights agreement with Uni
Carrefour agreement on workers' rights English
Carrefour agreement on workers' rights
French (original)
Carrefour agreement on workers' rights Spanish
Carrefour agreement on workers' rights German
11.05.2001
M&S demonstration London - note for participants,
English (pdf)
M&S demonstration London - note for participants,
French (pdf)
Metro continues its global expansion, focus on Asia, Central and Eastern Europe
10.05.2001
Bosses earn millions in options and bonuses, even when performance is mediocre
09.05.2001
Galeries Lafayette and El Corte Ingles create alliance, will bid for M&S stores?
Also in Hong Kong, Marks & Spencer workers are victimised as stores will be sold
Job cuts and less full timers in Japan's supermarkets
Carrefour is now the largest retailer in Argentina
08.05.2001
Uni-Europa
executive supports Uni Commerce Marks & Spencer action
29.04.2001
Management believes in partnership- UFCW organised large supermarket chain
Unions asked Uni Commerce to stage M&S demonstration in London on 17 May
Poor attempt to
mislead - M&S boss can get most of his superbonus later
24.04.2001
Marks & Spencer rejects European consultations, unions prepare
action
Lidl prepares to establish itself in the Nordic countries
Kingfisher prepares to buy Obi
Tesco workers in Ireland demand substantial pay increase
23.04.2001
Uni-Europa Commerce asks EU-Commission to secure consultations in Marks & Spencer
Metro Buys Belgium's Inno, makes Kaufhof international
Wal-Mart slows down its German expansion
Carrefour will expand its Chinese operations
Not low wages for
all - some make it rich in retailing
Japan's successful Uniqlo will open 50 shops abroad
20.04.2001
In Spain, unions negotiate with Marks & Spencer, will take action unless results are reached
19.04.2001
Corporate
greed vs. public good - where America shops - link to AFL-CIO page on
Wal-Mart
Dairy Farm sells Australian supermarket chain Franklins
Metro Cash & Carry to Japan
Metro Cash & Carry expandiert nach Japan
(in German)
12.04.2001
Workers win first round as French court orders Marks & Spencer to start all over again
Marks&Spencer- Paris court decision on closing the stores in
France (in French)
09.04.2001
Uni
asks Marks & Spencer to suspend its decision and consult with the
unions
08.04.2001
No reason to close
stores - secret document shows that Marks & Spencer is profitable
abroad - Uni suggests European consultations
Tesco shows record profits for 2000
07.04.2001
Thousands of French M&S workers demonstrated, Uni Commerce in touch with management
European Commissioner calls M&S announcement shameful
Uni Commerce affiliates in Belgium say M&S broke the law
05.04.2001
Wal-Mart workers in the US meet resistance when trying to join union, in Europe problems abound for the retailer
French government encourages unions to act against Marks & Spencer
03.04.2001
Unions and governments condemn M & S decision to close in Europe
Marks & Spencer's 'European Council' is not a European Works
Council
Carrefour and Belgian unions reach agreement
29.03.2001
Marks & Spencer to close its stores abroad, thousands of workers will lose jobs
Wal-Mart continues to lose money in Germany, responds by escalating price war
28.03.2001
Uni Commerce launches organising project in Croatia
Portuguese commerce unions and Uni Commerce intensify cooperation
25.03.2001
Spanish unions ask Uni Commerce to intervene in support of trade union rights in leading multinationals
Uni-Europa Commerce and EuroCommerce reach agreement on telework guidelines
16.03.2001
Carrefour moves its food sourcing to Thailand, opens four new hypermarkets
Ahold, Vendex and Lafayette say they will not be Metro's Kaufhof partners
Marks & Spencer will close European stores
15.03.2001
In Brazil, discount chains continue to grow
Metro says no to Wal-Mart and Carrefour, seeks partner for Kaufhof
Carrefour strike in Belgium now seems inevitable
Japanese Daiei continues to cut debts by selling shares
14.03.2001
Ahold agrees with UFCW that Grand Union workers keep jobs
Ikea says yes to Russian debt for shares scheme
Tesco looking for U.S. e-commerce partner
13.03.2001
Ahold plans mergers, takeovers in Europe
Ahold subsidiary Santa Isabel expands in Latin America
12.03.2001
Carrefour workers in Belgium plan to strike for wages and job security
Through Telemarket, Casino and Galeries Lafayette increase their co-operation
Carrefour expands in Turkey
08.03.2001
Multinational retailers enter Korea, bring labour relations problems
07.03.2001
Rewe boss says mad cow scare is hitting German supermarket sector
05.03.2001
Speculations in
Spain - Wal-Mart to buy hypermarkets from Carrefour
Jusco passes Ito-Yokado as Japan's number one retailer
Wal-Mart and Amazon plan alliance?
02.03.2001
Auchan goes to Morocco
Will
Amazon.com survive - the largest e-tailer is in serious trouble
01.03.2001
China's largest retailer will soon have 1,400 stores
Tesco continues to grow in Thailand, leading multinationals compete fiercely
Wal-Mart will enter the Philippines market
28.02.2001
Ahold expands in the United States
Japan's commerce trade unions face the challenges of change
27.02.2001
Wal-Mart interested in Carrefour hypermarkets in Spain
Ahold pumps more funds into e-tailer Peapod
Carrefour to expand in Brazil
Daiei sells Lawson shares to Mitsubishi
Carrefour sells Picard Surgeles
26.02.2001
Uni Apro Commerce targets multinationals
Carrefour workers on strike in Korea
12.02.2001
Wal-Mart Asda goes into jewelry business
10.02.2001
Amazon will close centre in Netherlands
09.02.2001
Carrefour will open four markets in Egypt
Wal-Mart steps up investment pace in Canada
Tesco will open shop in Malaysia
08.02.2001
Ahold continues to grow, new acquisitions in the United States
Webvan is charged for violating workers' rights in California
Barnesandnoble.com cuts staff, says losses higher than expected
eToys closes down, last 293 workers lose their jobs
Amazon closes customer service centre after staff joined trade union
Carrefour has problems with Chinese government
E-Commerce and employment tops the Uni Apro Commerce agenda
31.01.2001
Amazon and Letsbuyit.com lay off personnel, illustrate e-traders'
troubles
Rumours about mega-merger between Wal-Mart and Carrefour - but
it is highly improbable
Ahold appoints Dutch managers for ICA
30.01.2001
H&M continues its
global expansion even if hippie clothes did not pay off
29.01.2001
Tesco and Solidarnosc to seek partnership,
Uni Commerce initiative brings results
Aldi opens shop in Australia, will Wal-Mart follow suit?
22.01.2001
Kaufhof, Galeries Lafayette and Vendex to create partnership?
Metro enters e-commerce at a limited scale only
15.01.2001
GlobalNetXchange and Transora create a B2B "Megahub"
Karstadt-Quelle will cut 7,000 jobs in Germany
Wal-Mart to build new distribution centres in the UK
Wal-Mart fires union
activist, says he was eating banana while paying for it
05.01.2001
Top Wal-Mart manager charged with violations of workers' rights in the United States
Is
the company serious? Retail analysts question Wal-Mart's UK press releases
04.01.2001
Last year, 'clicks and mortar' traders took the lead in e-commerce
In
Switzerland, Migros workers get collective agreement
Office Depot closes stores in the United States and France
03.01.2001
Wal-Mart workers want better conditions - UFCW continues its organising drive
Wal-Mart to Japan in 2002
Wal-Mart Asda builds new stores in the United Kingdom
Ito Yokado and Seven-Eleven into banking
Casino to the United States
Rewe bought la Standa and is now number one in Italy
E-commerce lays off workers but multi-channel retailers fare better
22.12.2000
Ahold strengthens positions in Malaysia
20.12.2000
Metro CEO
Körber says that Wal-Mart will not succeed in Germany
Rewe wants to buy La Standa, to strengthen its position in Italy
Ahold wants to enter Germany, France and UK
19.12.2000
Aldi workers in the Netherlands get better conditions through strike
Tesco spearheads 24 hour opening in new European markets
The first Carrefour hypermarket in Tokyo signals changes in Japanese commerce
Pao de Acucar invests heavily in Brazil, challenges Carrefour for top position
18.12.2000
Difficult to be a trade union in Switzerland- Migros uses works councils to fight against demands for better pay
17.12.2000
Wal-Mart failed to pay benefits to injured workers, state government took over claims programme
Tesco will open superstores in Malaysia
GlobalNetXchange opens shop in Japan
15.12.2000
Metro Turkey wants to keep union out- Uni Commerce supports
Tez-Koop-Is
03.12.2000
Amazon.com workers launch organising campaign in the United States
Metro continues union busting- Uni Commerce supports the Turkish workers
Uni Commerce and USDAW help pave the way for social dialogue in Tesco in Poland
Lawmakers in Argentina may stop Wal-Mart's expansion
WorldWide Retail Exchange gets eleven new members
22.11.2000
Los Angeles zoning authorities want to protect supermarkets against Wal-Mart
Problems continue with Metro in Turkey, Uni Commerce and Metro AG management will meet social partners in Istanbul
08.11.2000
Ahold buys the Boots stores in the Netherlands
Finland's Kesko opens hypermarkets,
aims for one fourth of the Baltic retail market
Wal-Mart Asda expands its home shopping service
06.11.2000
Wal-Mart tries to engage staff members in its fight against trade unions
Ahold to consolidate its foothold in
Denmark?
Marks & Spencer will make cuts?
Wal-Mart interested in Jeronimo Martins?
29.10.2000
Wal-Mart faces federal charges in the United States on illegal campaigning tactics
Ahold wants to double its sales in Spain
Ahold continues to grow in Thailand, Delhaize steps up competition
27.10.2000
Fnac opens first Italian store
Carrefour will sell Picard Surgeles
Japanese Sogo restructures, will sell 9
department stores
Norway's Narvesen buys kiosk chain in Latvia
Ahold wants to buy Norwegian Rema
Cooperatives in Sweden, Denmark and Norway merge, create Scandinavia's largest retailer
26.10.2000
Rewe continues to focus on Central and Eastern Europe, wants to be market leader
Marks & Spencer will open in Moscow
25.10.2000
Wal-Mart is charged with illegal firing of senior employees
Carrefour opens its first hypermarket in Japan
Delhaize becomes number two in Greece
Labor Board rejects Wal-Mart's move to deny Arizona workers a vote for union
As Metro continues to grow in Poland, Uni Commerce helps workers to join trade union
Carrefour sells French stores to Auchan
OBI seeks foreign partners and continued expansion abroad
18.10.2000
Uni Commerce helps trade unions organise in Billa Rewe
05.10.2000
Uni Commerce supports German efforts to sign agreement with Wal-Mart
Jumbo becomes Carrefour as French giant enters Switzerland
Spanish government wants to change opening hours, commercial workers announce strike
04.10.2000
Major changes in Metro board
Wal-Mart will open 100 new superstores
German commerce is worried over Wal-Mart's price war
Carrefour expands strongly in 2001
Ahold buys large foodservice company in Belgium
18.09.2000
Twelve top challenges that influence the fight for economic and social justice in commerce
15.09.2000
Otto sets its sight on e-commerce expansion
14.09.2000
Kingfisher sells Woolworths and
Superdrug - is Home Depot interested in the remaining DIY companies?
Thai supermarkets introduce 24 hour trading
13.09.2000
Transora and CPGMarket are industry's response to retailers' B2B marketplaces
Intermarche and Carrefour continue to grow in Poland
12.09.2000
Tesco on its way to Indonesia, Japan, China and Australia
7-Eleven in Japan combines convenience stores with e-commerce
11.09.2000
German
authorities say Wal-Mart sells below cost, must raise prices
C&A continues to cut down - several stores close in Germany
Delhaize Le Lion takes total control of its American operations
08.09.2000
Wal-Mart's
director for Europe leaves
German food retailers worried as Otto sets up
countrywide web store
Ahold continues its Spanish expansion
Ahold builds up its e-commerce operations in the United States
Metro sells toys over the internet
03.09.2000
Electronic commerce and employment
31.08.2000
Is Wal-Mart becoming too
big? Arkansas retailer is larger than the next three put together
Wal-Mart opens eleventh supercenter in Argentina
30.08.2000
Italy's Gruppo Coin buys Kaufhalle
Carrefour pulls out of Hong Kong, 500 workers loose jobs
The impact of GATS on retail and wholesale
trade: Multinationals are pressing for
global de-regulation
No Penny Markets for the UK- Rewe sells its stake in Budgens to Irish Musgrave
29.08.2000
Wal-Mart steps up German price war, wants to soften competitors before taking over
25.08.2000
Wal-Mart's appeal
was rejected: Labour Relations Board certifies Jacksonville vote to join UFCW
Wal-Mart effect in the United States- Pricing hits hard at competitors
Czech commerce trade union makes progress in organising
Ica-Ahold plans to buy Norway's Rema
1000
19.08.2000
In Pennsylvania, Wal-Mart tries once again to stop workers from organising
18.08.2000
Good news from Ireland- Aldi strike ends in victory for Mandate
Ahold buys another U.S. food service company
India:
Cash and carry wholesalers welcome, foreign retailers not
16.08.2000
Uni Commerce report on activities and future priorities August 2000
Uni Commerce background document- Workers' rights in global commerce
Link
to pdf file in German with a HBV leaflet about the Wal-Mart strike
15.08.2000
Metro enters Japan
14.08.2000
Argentina- Code of conduct stops supermarkets from selling below cost
Irish strike into its twelfth week- Aldi workers fight for right to join their trade union
Letter to Aldi sent by Uni Commerce
in support of trade union rights in Ireland
11.08.2000
WorldWide Retail Exchange continues to expand
Amazon and Toys"R"Us create two joint ventures
10.08.2000
UFCW on Wal-Mart
Unions will play leading role in Carrefour works council
Wal-Mart positions itself in European e-commerce
Wal-Mart sets up Asian distribution centre in the Philippines
Ahold expands eastward as ICA buys Lithuanian stores
09.08.2000
Wal-Mart Asda will trade 24 hours a day at 86 stores
07.08.2000
World's largest food e-tailer - Tesco will cover all of Britain by the end of August
03.08.2000
Metro denies deal with Wal-Mart, Tesco denies collecting funds for Real
Price wars in Europe will cost thousands of jobs
Metro goes to Russia, Vietnam
Multinational supermarkets and hard discounters will soon proliferate Brazil
31.07.2000
Rumours persist about deal between Wal-Mart and Metro
28.07.2000
Tesco is seeking money to buy Real?
27.07.2000
Metro opens its seventh cash and carry market in China
Auchan opens second hypermarket in Budapest, will continue to grow in Hungary
Wal-Mart's home town judge partial when he tried to stop UFCW
25.07.2000
Wal-Mart Asda to open new supercentres in Britain
Carrefour buys rest of Belgian GB
24.07.2000
Metro denies
takeover, top director is replaced
21.07.2000
Wal-Mart workers on strike in Germany
Uni World Executive Board Resolution on Wal-Mart strike in Germany, English
Uni World Executive Board Resolution on
Wal-Mart strike in Germany, German
Price war also in Argentina - Wal-Mart and Carrefour refuse good practices
20.07.2000
Wal-Mart continues its price war in Britain and Germany, unions warn of job and wage losses
Ahold takes over Bompreco in Brazil and ICA expands to Denmark
19.07.2000
Ahold will establish itself in Slovakia
German press insists that Wal-Mart is discussing a take-over of Metro
Wal-Mart buys
garments from Burma, ties to drug baron reported in press
Wal-Mart tries once again to stop union election
13.07.2000
Wal-Mart is preparing to take over Metro?
Uni Commerce and USDAW will support organising in Tesco
19.06.2000
Ikea to open twenty new stores in the United Kingdom
Spanish commerce unions say Carrefour violates trade union rights
UGT signs agreement with Tengelmann on integration of Rewe workers
15.06.2000
German project will help commerce trade unions to influence changes in working life
C&A closes its stores in the United Kingdom, 4800 jobs are lost
Uni Commerce and DAG will help Russian trade union organise in Metro
Irish commercial workers picket Aldi for refusal to negotiate working conditions
30.05.2000
In Spain, Carrefour is told to sell 12 hypermarkets
Carrefour must sell stores, Uni says Wal-Mart should be disqualified
28.05.2000
Court in Arkansas dissolves Wal-Mart injunction to deny basic workers'
rights
26.05.2000
Workers win in Belgium- Carrefour-GB will pay bonus
25.05.2000
Metro is accused of union-busting in Turkey
23.05.2000
French commerce unions protest against
demands for Carrefour to give up 13 hypermarkets
Metro AG invests heavily in e-commerce
09.05.2000
Carrefour expands in Argentina, Uni-Europa Commerce continues works council preparations
Australia's
largest retailer Coles Myer joins GlobalNetXchange
08.05.2000
We are proud that we stood up, say Jacksonville workers as Wal-Mart shows its ugly face
01.05.2000
New organising victory for UFCW- U.S. Labour Board rejects Wal-Marts move to deny representation
11.04.2000
Tesco expands in Central Europe and Asia, Uni Commerce wants Works Council
07.04.2000
Wal-Mart established its own e-business exchange
Ikea expands in the Czech Republic
06.04.2000
Tesco will have ten thousand workers in Taiwan
Ikea opens first store in Moscow
Will self scanning be the next big job killer in
commerce?
Carrefour
now number one in Greece, will go to Cyprus, Macedonia and Albania
05.04.2000
Uni Commerce helps unions organise in leading commerce multinationals
Sainsbury Metro and Kroger join GlobalNetXchange
WorldWide Retail Exchange brings the second electronic marketplace to world retailing
Uni Commerce will consolidate union positions in Ahold
Metro crosses the Atlantic
18.03.2000
Workers
win again at Wal-Mart - New organising victory for UFCW
10.03.2000
Ahold continues its
global expansion, takes over U.S. Foodservice
Wal-Mart makes bigger
than expected losses in Germany
Wal-Mart
was fined for child labour violations in Maine
07.03.2000
Wal-Mart
is not doing so well in Germany
05.03.2000
Wal-Mart
cuts away meat cutting departments from its stores
29.02.2000
Update
on multinationals, including Wal-Mart, Rewe, Carrefour, Tengelmann,
Ahold
21.02.2000
UNION
YES! Texas workers unionize first Wal-Mart in the United States
25.01.2000
European
Commission approves of merger: Will Carrefour have to sell hypermarkets
in France and Spain?
21.01.2000
Turmoil
in European commerce: Companies prepare themselves for Wal-Mart's next
move
Here is a list of the FIET
Commerce multinationals pages, from 1997 until the end of 1999:
19.11.1999
FIET
Commerce and Metro AG help Turkish partners establish ground rules
European Works Council was
established in Ikea
5.11.1999
What's
wrong with Wal-Mart? It's a threat against wages and working conditions in global
commerce.
European Works Council
was finally established in Metro AG
Euro-FIET Commerce
Steering Committee discussed social dialogue, multinationals and organising, in Bonn on 19
- 20 October
2.8.1999:
.Euro-FIET writes to
the European Commission, raises questions about Wal-Mart
11.6.1999:
FIET Commerce
focuses on Wal-Mart: Global trade union campaign targets world's largest retailer
FIET General
Secretary: Tony Blair should not be carried away by Wal-Mart
FIET
Commerce meets Solidarnosc - Metro project moves forward
26.5.1999:
FIET
Commerce meets personnel managers of Metro, discuss organising in Poland
25.5.1999:
Euro-FIET Commerce
negotiated European Works Council agreement with Metro
Earlier dates:
Apro-FIET
discusses workers' rights at Carrefour and WalMart at November seminar in Seoul, Korea
FIET and Apro-FIET support
trade union recognition struggle at Carrefour in Korea
Korean commerce trade
union organises Sinsegye (ex-Huyndai) department store workers
Poor
labour relations at Carrefour in Brazil
European Works Council in
Metro to be negotiated in 1998
Brazilian
unions stage demonstration against WalMart
FIET Commerce
helps Swiss workers to agreement with Toys"R"Us
Collective agreement
with Toys"R"Us was signed in Geneva
Australian
affiliate wins pay increases for Toys"R"Us workers
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