The Cornetto maker says it will comply with Russian law to permit staff to be conscripted.
  • MercuryUprising@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Unilever has been under pressure to pull out of Russia, but says the situation is “not straightforward”.

    Yes, what makes it complicated is that Hein Schumacher, CEO of Unilever, would get a smaller bonus if he didn’t support an attempted genocide. Just to repeat that for SEO purposes, Hein Schumacher and the board of Unilever support a genocide in Ukraine.

  • noqturn@lemm.eeEnglish
    01·
    1 year ago

    While I wish it was easy to condemn Unilever for this, I get it. They have a lot of employees in russia and shuttering operations would have a decidedly negative effect on those people, and it’s not like they can prohibit their employees from taking legally required actions.

    • BeardyGrumps@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Then why not say every rouble made in Russia will go to humanitarian aid? I’ll tell you why; it’s because they are still making money by being in Russia. It’s corporate greed through and through. These fuckers make no sacrifice until it hurts their bottom line.

      • noqturn@lemm.eeEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        Agreed, but the alternative is not much better. Unilever dips, Russia probably tries to take over their properties and make it a state owned venture.

    • dimath@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      It’s not about prohibition, no one wants to be drafted and people are hiding from it, it’s about sharing employees details and location with military recruiters.

      • noqturn@lemm.eeEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Genuine question: where in the article is it mentioned that Unilever is sharing those details? I don’t doubt that they are, but I don’t see that here.

        By no means am I defending Unilever here-I consider myself very anti corporate and I don’t think any company should exist that is the size of Unilever, but the real world is less black and white.

    • ivanafterall@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      “Shuttering operations would have a decidedly negative effect on those people”

      Yeah, that’s why they’re still operating there. It’s for the good of the employees.