UNI and IndustriALL Unions Stage Global Protest against K-Cs Restructuring Plans

Global unions IndustriALL and UNI held a day of action on April 11 against Kimberly-Clark’s restructuring plans and the company’s contempt for unions and workers around the world.

UNI and IndustriALL global unions have condemned Kimberly-Clark’s global restructuring plans and their contempt towards engagement with the trade unions representing workers across the globe. The two global unions are launching a campaign against what they claim is irresponsible behavior of Kimberly-Clark, which is putting at risk the livelihoods of thousands of workers and families worldwide.

Kimberly-Clark has just announced the closure of a plant in Ingleburn, Australia—where 220 workers, members of the CFMEU will lose their jobs—and a major restructuring at their Northfleet UK plant which will force up to 130 workers into redundancy.

This follows the closing of three plants in the US, one plant in Brazil and one plant in the Dominican Republic in 2018.

UNI and IndustriALL Global Unions, together with their affiliates, adopted a joint resolution in July 2018 denouncing the plan as irresponsible and one that would put Kimberly-Clark employees, their families and communities into critical difficulties.

UNI and IndustriALL Global Unions are once again calling for an open and constructive social dialogue based on a healthy and transparent relationship between employer and employees. “We once again offer to have a core group meet with the company on a confidential basis to provide input to the decisions before they are made.”

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