Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 5 2. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL TRADE UNION NETWORK WITHIN THE NESTLÉ CORPORATION 9 2.1. The global company structure 9 2.2. Corporate strategy and organisation of production 10 2.3. The attitude of central corporate management 12 3. NETWORK ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IUF­FES NESTLÉ PROJECT 15 3.1. Network activities in the Asia-Pacific area: the meeting in Jakarta(Indonesia) in autumn 2002 15 3.2. Network activities in Eastern Europe: the meeting in Lviv (Ukraine) in spring 2003 18 3.3. Network activities in Africa: the meeting in Cape Town (South Africa) in spring 2003 21 3.4. Network activities in Latin America: the meeting in Buenos Aires(Argentina) in autumn 2003 26 3.5. Global network activities: the meeting in Oberjosbach (Germany) in spring 2004 29 3