UITA   Unificando los trabajadores agroalimentarios y de hostelería en todo el mundo

To: Mr. Johan Nel

Director, Human Resources

SABMiller plc

One Stanhope Gate

London W1K 1AF

England

Fax: + 44-20-7659-0111

Cocerns: Labour dispute at Cervecería Hondureña

Dear Mr. Nel

The IUF is the global trade union federation representing over 11 million workers throughout the food chain, including in the beverage sector. We regroup 373 affiliated unions in 122 countries among wich are many organizations representing SABMiller workers. The Union of Beverage and Related Industry Workers of Honduras (STIBYS) - representing the workforce at our subsidiary Cervecería Hondureña S.A.- is one of them.

STIBYS has informed us of the overall situation that forced the union to opt for industrial action at Cervecería Hondureña starting on January 11, 2008. These include –among others- local management violations of the 2003 colective labour agreement, interference in union affairs and a clear lack of willingness to negotiate a new collective agreement with the union, as witnessed by the failure of all local dialogue, mediation and conciliation initiatives over the past 17 months.

Lastly, during the hole day of December 28, Cervecería Hondureña’s management refused to receive the union delegation that came to file the strike notice with the company in compliance with local legislation and eventually let the union representatives in only after the authorities were involved by the local inspectorate of labour. We are shocked that a leading global brewer as SABMiller allows its Honduras management to employ such practices in order to deny fundamental human rights such as freedom of association and collective bargaining.

We urge you to use your good offices and swiftly intervene with you Cervecería Hondureña S.A. management requesting that they enter into meaningful, good faith negotiations with STIBYS for the renewal of the collective labour agreement with no further delays and concretely address the longstanding union log of claims.

We are informing our worldwide membership of STIBYS-reprsented workers’ just demands and of local SABMiller management’s reaction to them. We monitor this conflict very closely and will act accordingly.

Awaiting your response, I am

Yours sincerely,

Ron Oswald

General Secretary

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-Kathryn Hinchcliffe, Chief Executive Office, SABMiller plc +44 20 7659 01 40

-Carlos Reyes, General Secretary, Union of Beverage and related Industry Workers (STIBYS), Honduras  +504 233 45 25

-Gerardo Iglesias, Regional Secretary, IUF Latin America +598 2  9030905

-Brian Revell, National Organiser Food & Agriculture Sector, T&G section of Unite the Union , UK + 4420 7611 25 55

-Cervecería Hondureña S.A. +504-550-0141