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ITF acts to put pressure on Nestlé
08/02/2012
The ITF acted today to put pressure on food producing giant Nestlé after a tip off from its sister global union the IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations).
General secretary David Cockroft contacted the Swiss-based multinational’s CEO, Paul Bulcke, to protest over abuses of trade union rights. He wrote: “We have been informed by our sister organisation the IUF of ongoing conflicts involving violations of fundamental trade union rights by Nestlé management in Indonesia and Pakistan. These conflicts concern us deeply. First, because as trade unionists we are committed to the defence of basic rights as an issue of principle. Second, because many of our members around the world are employed in transporting and delivering Nestlé products.
“Our members are following these conflicts, and are angered that management at the Panjang factory has arbitrarily and vindictively dismissed 53 members of the SBNIP (Serikat Buruh Nestle Indonesia Panjang) at a moment when mediation was in principle taking place. They understandably ask if they, too, could fall victim to similar violations of their rights.
“They are also angered by ongoing actions by management at the Kabirwala factory in Pakistan to undermine the rights of the union and its president in response to their efforts on behalf of the factory’s numerous contract workers.
“I therefore call on Nestlé to take concrete and immediate action to resolve these long-running conflicts. We would expect all dismissed SBNIP members to be unconditionally reinstated and local management to return to good faith negotiations for the long-delayed collective bargaining negotiation (we also closely followed that conflict as it was developing). Pakistan management must drop all charges against the Kabirwala contract workers, reinstate all dismissed workers and enter into good faith negotiations with the Kabirwala union on the employment status of the contract workers.”
The IUF has set up a dedicated website in support of its campaign, which can be seen at www.iuf.org/nespressure/en
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Letter to Nestlé CEO Paul Buicke from David Cockroft (259kb PDF)
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