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Showing posts with label trade unions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trade unions. Show all posts

February 17, 2014

Thousands protest at axing of Coca-Cola bottling plants in Spain

MADRID: Thousands took to the streets in Madrid Saturday in protest at the closure of four bottling plants of US soft-drink giant Coca-Cola that would affect 1,250 workers.

November 26, 2013

H&M aims to pay all textile workers ‘living wage’ by 2018

Hennes & Mauritz, the world’s second-largest clothing retailer, laid out a plan on Monday to pay a fair “living wage” to some 850,000 textile workers by 2018, saying governments were acting too slowly.

August 16, 2012

Virgin Trains loses West Coast Mainline franchise

Virgin Rail has lost its bid to continue running the West Coast Mainline and will be replaced by the UK's largest rail operator, FirstGroup.