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Collective Bargaining at Swiss Nestl� Factory Follows IUF Intervention

Posted to the IUF website 13-Aug-2004

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When Nestl� decided to create a new production facility at Orbe, Switzerland, to produce Nespresso products, the IUF affiliated union that organises Nestl� workers in Switzerland, the FCTA/VHTL, expected that Nestl� would recognize the union and sign a collective bargaining agreement as it has in all other Nestl� production sites in Switzerland.

In 2003 difficult negotiations finally led to a new agreement at the Nescaf� factory also at Orbe. However for nearly a year, Nestl� refused to recognise and bargain with the union for the adjoining Nespresso facility. The reason given was that Nespresso does not fall under Nestl� Switzerland but directly under Nestl� Europe.

In the framework of the June meeting of the Nestl� European Council for Information and Consultation (NECIC), the FCTA/VHTL and the IUF asked top Nestl� management to intervene to encourage bargaining at the Nespresso facility. As of early August Nestl� and the FCTA/VHTL have begun collective bargaining at Nespresso Orbe. We will keep you informed of the progress of these negotiations.