Trade Unions Push Back On Sale Of Nestlé Waters

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) A demonstration against the proposed sale of Nestlé Waters to a partner brought together around a hundred people at the company headquarters in Vevey on Monday. Trade union delegations came from seven European countries to make their voices heard. This content was published on September 29, 2025 - 16:03 3 minutes Keystone-SDA

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The demonstrators had travelled from France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg and England to voice their concerns about the fate of their jobs and production sites. Waving flags from a dozen European trade unions, they marched from the Place du Marché to the headquarters of the food giant, behind a banner proclaiming“The future of Nestlé Waters workers is not for sale”.

“Experience has shown us that Nestlé's partnerships and disposals too often result in plant closures, job losses and the undermining of acquired social rights. We cannot allow this to happen again,” explained the demonstrators in a leaflet distributed at the event.

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Christoph Kauffmann, co-chairman of Nestlé's European Information and Consultation Committee (CICEN), told Keystone-ATS news agency that this was not the first time Nestlé had divested a division such as its bottled water business in this way.

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