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...States and the Soviet Union”....
...A striking feature of life in the commercial capital, say locals, is the underlying sense of menace, papered over with the semblance of the new normal....
...At least 15 grocery workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which covers about 900,000 grocery workers and 250,000 meatpacking and food processing employees, have...
...“There has been no ‘threat’ to discourage employees from returning to work,” wrote Kim Cordova, president of United Food & Commercial Workers union local 7, in a response to JBS....
...They signed up to process meat,” says Kim Cordova, an official at the United Food & Commercial Workers union, which has members at a JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, where more than 200 workers tested...
...The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which represents 250,000 meatpacking and food processing workers, said 20 people in the sector had died and 6,500 had been infected or exposed to the virus....
...Under one federal programme, some 20m low-income workers in the private sector receive subsidised meals or food vouchers — and more than 23,000 nutritionists are employed to guide employers....
...A statement issued by 100 organisations including online and offline vendors, traders organisations and workers unions criticised the proposed acquisition of Flipkart as “the latest step in a series of developments...
...said Amy Ritter from Making Change at Walmart, a group representing the United Food and Commercial Workers....
...But Ma Haiqin, a 28-year-old worker at a local software company, now often buys tuna sashimi from a foreign-owned supermarket in the Sichuan Province city....
...Meanwhile, non-union retailer Walmart was being targeted by a similar effort, called “OUR Walmart”, backed by the 1.3m-member United Food and Commercial Workers union....
...Local police are increasingly tracking people using signals emitted by their cell phones. Meanwhile, commercial dragnets are blossoming....
...The union, which represents 120,000 office cleaners and other property workers nationwide, also organised rallies on Wednesday in Philadelphia and Washington, where contracts expire on Friday....
...John Marshall, an official at the United Food and Commercial Workers union, said: “We hope the [Obama] administration will remind Walmart that the company’s poverty-level wages are the primary impediment...
...The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here, by Lynda Gratton, HarperCollins, RRP£14.99 What does a fast-changing world hold for workers, confused about the way forward?...
...Tesco’s rapidly-expanding Fresh & Easy US grocery business is facing its first formal call for union recognition from its workforce, following organising efforts by the United Food and Commercial Workers...
...The United Food and Commercial Workers union represents almost 90,000 people in southern California....
...As corporate earnings decrease and workers are laid off, the cycle of delinquencies and defaults will get worse....
...And in India, there is more demand for more money, because of the increase in cost of living there,” says K.V....
...At full capacity, next year, it will employ 1,000 local workers producing clothes for the UK....
...And at the very back stood the head of the local United Food and Commercial Workers union, accompanied by several thickset lieutenants in jackets and ties....
...Two years ago southern California was the setting for a four-month strike by members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), called in response to moves by the big three US supermarkets – Kroger...
..., adding to the pressure on the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in southern California....
...Wal-Mart – lord of the value segment – is now the largest food retailer in the US....
...Supermarkets such as Albertson’s tend to recognise unions, pay higher wages and offer better healthcare insurance than Wal-Mart....
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