The shock of sky-rocketing food prices in 2007 and 2008, which led to food riots around the world and in our region, exposes the failure of the current global food system. More than one billion people are now in the grip of hunger and the food crisis confirms that many of us are, in fact, food insecure.
Although food prices have fallen as a result of the October 2008 global financial meltdown and the current deep recession, the ranks of the hungry have not diminished and the underlying system requires immediate change.
IUF-A/P is committed to stepping up the campaign for Job Security and Food Rights for all in the region.
For members of the IUF in Asia/Pacific and for workers in IUF sectors generally, the problem of hunger is a daily reality stalking their lives.
Successfully achieving food security in the long term, ultimately, can only be done through food rights and food workers’ unions.
Read the full statement adopted by trade unions representing food workers from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji, Pakistan, India and Sweden at the IUF-Asia/Pacific Food & Beverages Sector Meeting, held on 15 October 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. A statement released by the IUF on 16 October 2009 is also available.
The shock of sky-rocketing food prices in 2007 and 2008, which led to food riots around the world and in our region, exposes the failure of the current global food system. More than one billion people are now in the grip of hunger and the food crisis confirms that many of us are, in fact, food insecure.
Although food prices have fallen as a result of the October 2008 global financial meltdown and the current deep recession, the ranks of the hungry have not diminished and the underlying system requires immediate change.
IUF-A/P is committed to stepping up the campaign for Job Security and Food Rights for all in the region.
For members of the IUF in Asia/Pacific and for workers in IUF sectors generally, the problem of hunger is a daily reality stalking their lives.
Successfully achieving food security in the long term, ultimately, can only be done through food rights and food workers’ unions.
Read the full statement adopted by trade unions representing food workers from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji, Pakistan, India and Sweden at the IUF-Asia/Pacific Food & Beverages Sector Meeting, held on 15 October 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. A statement released by the IUF on 16 October 2009 is also available.
