UNI Demands Jobs with Justice from Multinational Banks
UNI Property Services Demands Jobs with Justice from Multinationals —Banks Top the List
What do all these banks have in common?
PNB Paribas, Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank, Allied Bank of Ireland, Netherlandsche Bank, Millennium, CitiGroup, Société Générale.
They employ millions of workers across the globe. They are at the center of the worldwide financial crisis. Their decisions cost untold numbers of workers’ their jobs, a secure retirement, they destabilized public safety net programs and placed enormous debt at the feet of wage earners across the globe. Many are beneficiaries of trillions of taxpayer bailout funds, spent to prevent the collapse of the global financial system.
Yet, when UNI Property Services called on all of them to sign our Responsible Contractor Policy (RCP)—guaranteeing workers Jobs with Justice, including the right to form a union without interference-- not a single bank agreed to do so.
While these banks have signed off on generalized standards for workers included in the Equator Principles, the Global Reporting Initiatives and the UN Global Compact, not one of these banks has committed to giving workers (who they employ directly or indirectly) the assurance that if they want fair pay, a secure future and a voice on the job by joining a union that they can do so freely.
On June 15, International Justice Day, UNI Property Services launched its Responsible Contractor Policy (RCP) Campaign. What is an RCP? It is an agreement, reached between a company and a union, which guarantees basic rights for workers—the right to fair pay, respect for legal standards and the right to join a union. Janitors and security guards are some of the workers who need an RCP. Many work for minimum wage or less, many work in violation of wage and hour legal protections, many have little or no health insurance benefits or pension, no job security and no voice on the job. UNI stands with them in demanding fairness; for demanding Jobs with Justice.
To download or print our RCP brochure please clock on "Related Files".
For more information on our RCP, on Global Agreements, on the financial bailout and on the banks themselves, click here.