On 27 April, trade unions from six countries gathering in Brazil launched a global campaign against Sodexo, demanding the French catering and food services giant to respect the rights of employees. Unionists from the United States, France, Colombia, Morocco and the Dominican Republic joined organisations from Brazil at a press conference to highlight what they say are glaring abuses by the company which employs some 380,000 people in 80 countries. “Sodexo must respect the rights of workers to organise, respect the laws of different countries, ” Jean-Michel Dupire, representative of the French CGT union CGT, told a press agency, “We also have demands for decent wages, better working conditions and respect for workers in general.” Just over half of Sodexo's global work force is employed in the six countries from where unions gathered in Sao Paulo.
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