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On 26th of January in Brussels, Barclays European Trade Union Alliance held a meeting in the frame of a European project, under the umbrella of UNI Europa Finance, entitled “Building trade union alliances: UNI Europa strategy to strengthen transnational workers’ representation in Multinational companies”, funded by the  EU Commission. As a conclusion of the meeting, the alliance adopted the following statement:

"The Barclays Trade Union Alliance is taking into serious consideration what’s happening in several countries across Europe in the frame of a comprehensive restructuring process at the moment. The future of thousands of Barclays’ workers and their families are at stake. Operations across Europe are being significantly reduced, causing the concern of workers whether they will be able to keep their job and if so, if the reduced workforce will still be able to provide quality costumer service. Additional plans to transfer activities from one location to another do not put the employees at ease either, because in most cases, these plans only lead to further redundancies in practice.

UNI Europa Finance and the Barclays Trade Union Alliance stand together in solidarity across borders. We will challenge and resist outsourcing, offshoring and job cuts. We call for a true social dialogue at company level and at group level in order to find solutions."