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Bad press
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Former manager sues Unilever over ‘illegal’ sacking
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http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Former-manager-sues-Unilever-over-illegal-sacking-/1056-1431282-ei34nh/index.html
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Atwoli: dismissal of Unilever tea workers illegal
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http://www.hivisasa.com/posts/3912
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"The court heard that the Kericho-based tea company dismissed a group of workers on diverse dates between November 2013 and April 2014 on allegations of violating a document termed as Code of Business Principles... The Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union on Thursday moved to the industrial court to stop the eviction orders by the tea company claiming the code of business principles was not brought to the attention of the employees."
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Unilever Code of Business Principles
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https://www.unilever.co.uk/Images/4394-cobp-code-policies-booklet-external.v12_tcm1252-409220_en.pdf
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===11 APRIL===
===11 APRIL===
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Revision as of 12:26, 4 May 2017

4 MAY

Unilever
https://www.unilever.com/legal.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilever

"Unilever is organised into four main divisions: Personal Care (production and sale of skin care and hair care products, deodorants and oral care products); Foods (production and sale of soups, bouillons, sauces, snacks, mayonnaise, salad dressings, margarines and spreads); Refreshment (production and sale of ice cream, tea-based beverages, weight-management products and nutritionally enhanced staples sold in developing markets); and Home Care (production and sale of home care products including powders, liquids and capsules, soap bars and other cleaning products).[78] In the financial year ended 31 December 2013, Unilever had a total turnover of €49.797 billion of which 36% was from Personal Care, 27% from Foods, 19% from Refreshment and 18% from Home Care. Unilever invested a total of €1.04 billion in research and development in 2013.

Unilever is one of the largest media buyers in the world, and invested around €6 billion (US$8 billion) in advertising and promotion in 2010."

Products - 13 $1 billion brands

  • Axe
  • Dove
  • Heartbrand
  • Hellmann’s
  • Knorr
  • Lipton
  • Lux
  • Magnum
  • Omo
  • Rama
  • Rexona
  • Sunsilk
  • Surf


Lipton Tea
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1073495-d3655567-Reviews-Lipton_s_Seat-Haputale_Uva_Province.html

Anual Report 2015
https://www.unilever.com/Images/annual_report_and_accounts_ar15_tcm244-478426_en.pdf

More reports
https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/sustainable-living-news/reports-and-publications/index.html

Bad press
Former manager sues Unilever over ‘illegal’ sacking
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Former-manager-sues-Unilever-over-illegal-sacking-/1056-1431282-ei34nh/index.html

Atwoli: dismissal of Unilever tea workers illegal
http://www.hivisasa.com/posts/3912
"The court heard that the Kericho-based tea company dismissed a group of workers on diverse dates between November 2013 and April 2014 on allegations of violating a document termed as Code of Business Principles... The Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union on Thursday moved to the industrial court to stop the eviction orders by the tea company claiming the code of business principles was not brought to the attention of the employees."
Unilever Code of Business Principles
https://www.unilever.co.uk/Images/4394-cobp-code-policies-booklet-external.v12_tcm1252-409220_en.pdf


11 APRIL

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http://bugmenot.com

10 APRIL

pzi pad
https://pad.pzimediadesign.nl/p/ifl.hnimeeting_100417

evernote
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s368/sh/be246973-d2c6-4610-9b59-14fdeeca02ff/cf92fe33ff257154f038298668861bc6

Balázs Bodó - Libraries in the post-scarcity era
https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/2341818/162448_Libraries_in_the_post_scarcity_era.pdf

4 APRIL

evernote
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s368/sh/527452fc-0b88-4c3c-b169-63d34a849344/f1e8ac2e39abd89abeceeb1e47c93fc6