“The workers are continuing his fight for just wages and decent jobs.”
Tanduay strikers defy police threats, mark 10th death anniversary of Nestle unionist
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Ten years of boycotting Nestlé, and counting
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com “Good morning sa inyo! Sweet and mild ang kasama ko…” sings the young woman in the commercial of Nescafe’s new coffee mix. But Nestlé, maker of Nescafe, has deprived good mornings to the children of Nestlé workers who have stopped schooling since the start of the strike in January 2002.…
Global campaign against conglomerate Nestle continues
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The global boycott against giant transnational food and nutrition company Nestle Corporation continues as a high profile protest is slated to take place on Saturday, May 21 in the United Kingdom. Through alerts on Facebook and other social networking sites, organizers of the protest led by anti-milk formula group…
The long road to justice for union leader Ka Fort continues
A six-year span of time could make a child out of an infant after he or she is able to crawl, stand, walk, run, read, write and even tie shoe laces. However, the nearly six-year-old campaign for justice for the killing of Diosdado “Ka Fort” Fortuna has long been taking baby steps when a flawed report almost pushed the campaign back to square one.
Noynoy, DOLE Chief Asked to Resolve 8-Year Strike at Nestlé
By MARYA SALAMAT
The striking Nestlé workers had asked the new president as soon as he was inaugurated to help resolve the issues that had brought them to their nearly nine-year strike.
The Blood in Your Coffee (and Milk) Thickens: Nestlé Replaces Union on Strike, Continues to Flout SC Decision
By MARYA SALAMAT
There is blood in your coffee – This aptly describes Nescafe and other Nestle products after the series of violent attacks on the Nestle workers’ picket line, the death of 10 striking workers due to poverty and illnesses, and the political killing of Diosdado Fortuna, union president. And yet, eight years later, the management still refuses to budge, despite a Supreme Court ruling favoring the workers.
News in Pictures: Workers Demand Justice for Slain, Arrested Unionists
Carrying the pictures of their loved ones, relatives of slain and arrested union leaders and unionists demanded justice for workers who suffered “state-sponsored” repression under the Arroyo regime during a protest march to Mendiola last Sept. 18. The said protest, led by Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), was part of the campaign to highlight violations of…
New Zealanders Express Solidarity with Nestlé Philippines Workers
A New Zealand-based group of trade union and human rights advocates held a protest action today at 2pm at the Nestlé head office at 1 Broadway, Newmarket to express solidarity with Nestlé workers in the Philippines. Today marks one year of the brutal dispersal of Nestlé workers by elements of the Manila Police District (MPD)…