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Ivory Coast Workers Say Unilever Is Violating Their Union Rights Amid Share Sale, Documents Show
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Ivory Coast workers say Unilever is violating their union rights amid share sale, documents show
The bargaining agreement, dated from 2004, was confirmed by management in 2007 and remains valid, according to Lex Ways lawyer Soualiho Lassomann Diomande, who represents local staff.
Unilever Accused of Violating Union Rights in Ivory Coast
Employees at Unilever Côte d’Ivoire have alleged that the company severed its collective bargaining agreement with employees amid plans to sell its local operation to a consortium led by SDTM. Documentation demonstrates that Unilever rejects ensuring severance pay or medical coverage in the case of a layoff following the transaction. What does the existing agreement...
It is a high-voltage press conference held on Thursday, June 12, 2025, three staff unions from Unilever Côte d'Ivoire. In front of journalists, Melagne Bedi Abel (SYNAGBUCI/UGTCI), Kpodjahon Anani Kofi François (SYNATEB/FESACI) and Olivier Djédjé (SYNTRA UCI/Dignité) launched an alert cry.
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By Richa Naidu LONDON/ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Unilever workers in Ivory Coast say the global consumer goods giant is violating their collective bargaining agreement in refusing to ensure severance pay if layoffs take place after the company sells its business there, documents show. British-based Unilever is selling all of its shares in its struggling Ivory Coast unit, which employs some 160 people, to a local consortium of investors led by wholesale …
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