TNC UPDATE #26 07-2016 A regular update of IUF TNC activity exclusively for IUF affiliates. More detail can be requested from the individual IUF staff person identified with each entry. Contents AGRICULTURE Agriculture:
[email protected] Sugar: • Illovo Sugar Sugar: Illovo Sugar • Tongaat Hulett
[email protected] Palm Oil: On March 23, the National Union of Plantation • TNC supply chain (inc Wilmar) Agricultural Workers Union (NUPAAW) of • Publication: Global Palm Oil News Zambia concluded negotiations at Zambia Sugar Tea: Plc, Illovo Sugar’s flagship. The agreement • TNC supply chain provides for significant wages increases for both Beverages: permanent and seasonal workers. (More • The Coca-Cola Company information at the IUF Sugar site: • PepsiCo www.iuf.org/sugarworkers/) • IUF Coca-Cola & PepsiCo meetings Negotiations under the South African Sugar Breweries: Bargaining Council continue at a slow pace. • SABMiller/ABInBev/Asahi Matters were referred to the Commission for • Int’l Brewery Workers’ Conference Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) Catering: that recommended a 6.5% increase but • Sodexo employers, among them Illovo Sugar, offered Dairy Division: 5.5% at the latest round of negotiations on June • Arla 13. Employers are currently adamant on that no • BEL Group financial benefits will be negotiated this year. The • Danone Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) is one of three unions in the Council negotiating with six • Int’l Dairy Workers’ Conference employers, among them the sugar giants Illovo Fast Food: Sugar and Tongaat Hulett. • McDonald’s Fisheries: • Palm Oil: TNC supply chain Brussels Seafood Expo
[email protected] • Citra Mina/Philfresh • Seachill/Icelandic Group Field work at the Benso Oil Palm Plantation Food Processing: (BOPP) in Ghana was carried out by the IUF Sugar/Palm Oil Coordinator, along with the IUF • Mondelez Africa Regional Secretary and the IUF African • Nestlé (inc Froneri) coordinator for the Women’s Project.