Workers who formed a union at the Hotel Tharabar Gate in the heart of the country's famous Bagan Archeological Zone have been fighting for rights and recognition since 2015. On August 24 this year, management terminated the union chairman, along with 11 other workers, including two members of the union executive and 7 active union members. 
A series of well-publicized strikes over tipping and minimum wage abuses by workers at TGI Fridays in the UK and support from Unite and the IUF have achieved important initial results.
The five leaders and members of the independent union at the Coca-Cola Bandung factory continue to refuse to leave the factory they have remained inside since November 12. The 5 reported as usual for work that day and refused to sign letters endorsing their termination as a consequence of what had earlier been described as a 'voluntary' retrenchment program
Management of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bandung, Indonesia is stepping up repression against the independent, democratic union at the facility. Following the October 19 disciplinary action against union president Sovi Fradina, who now risks instant dismissal in retaliation for informing members of their legal rights, management has now terminated 3 union officers and two active members for rejecting participation in what was presented by management as a 'voluntary' redundancy scheme.
Hotel housekeepers around the world took action to highlight their fight for rights and recognition during the IUF 5th Global Week of Action from October 8-14.
IUF General Secretary Sue Longley, IndustriALL Global Union General Secretary Valter Sanches and Unilever CEO Paul Polman signed a joint memorandum on union rights and recognition with global consumer goods maker Unilever on October 31 at the regular bi-annual meetings with the company which have taken place since 2010.
Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia is taking disciplinary action against the
Protests launched by the IUF-affiliated hotel and tourism workers' union federation, HLOB, on September 10 have escalated into strike action by hotel workers in the Bagan Archaeological Zone, a major tourist attraction and cultural heritage site.
On October 17, the IUF-affiliated independent national hotel and restaurant workers' federation FSPM held its fourth mass protest action in front of Accor's luxury Pullman Jakarta Hotel.
On October 10, local UNITE HERE union local leaders in all the US cities involved in the 
Workers at the largest tobacco company in the Philippines have been on strike since September 28, protesting factory closures and mass lay-offs.
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations; the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; hotels, restaurants and catering services; all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF is composed of 425 affiliated trade unions in 127 countries representing over 10 million workers.
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How to contact the IUF:
Email: [email protected]
Post: Rampe du Pont-Rouge, 8, CH-1213, Petit-Lancy (Switzerland)
Phone: + 41 22 793 22 33
Fax: + 41 22 793 22 38
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