News

This UNI Finance weekly news up-date, 9.6.2009 includes the following articles (for more details, see below):



-        ETUI research on finance sector trade unions' responses to the crisis



-        Collective Barganining Network conference in Budapest



-        Insurance social dialogue in the new member states: Final Report - 08.06.2009



-        New action plan for UNI Africa Finance - 08.06.2009



-        Partnerships key in addressing global challenges, says Barclays Africa - 08.06.2009



-        Deutschland: Beschäftigungssicherung bei Neuordnung der Landesbanken - 05.06.2009





Financial crisis



ETUI research on finance sector trade unions' responses to the crisis - 09.06.2009

UNI Finance affiliates participate in research on trade union responses to the financial crisis. The research is carried out by the labour market research center, European Trade Union Institute



Other news



UK: UNI affiliate Unite reacts to 510 Lloyds job losses - 11.06.2009

Unite has expressed disappointment at the news that 510 jobs are to be lost at the Lloyds Banking Group. This brings the total job losses at the group to nearly 3,000 since its formation in January.



Collective Barganining Network conference in Budapest - 09.06.2009

UNI Europa Finance's Collective Bargaining Network met in Budapest to discuss the results of the survey on collective bargaining systems and explore the future ways of working in the network





Workshop on Economic Partnership Agreements and Ecobank - 09.06.2009

Before the 2nd UNI Africa Finance Conference took place, some delegates met in Tunis to discuss economic partnership agreements (EPAs), multinationals and global tools to engage with them.



Insurance social dialogue in the new member states: Final Report - 08.06.2009

Final report of the project: “Facilitating the integration in the European Social Dialogue of Social Partners of the new member states in the insurance sector”



New action plan for UNI Africa Finance - 08.06.2009

THE 2nd UNI Africa Finance Conference has adopted a new four-year action plan which will be reviewed annually.



Partnerships key in addressing global challenges, says Barclays Africa - 08.06.2009

BARCLAYS Africa has said that partnership between labour and business is key in addressing global challenges



Germany: job security in reordering of Landesbanken - 05.06.2009

UNI affiliate ver.di demands consolidation of Landesbanken without redundancies and with guarantees of jobs and branches.



Deutschland: Beschäftigungssicherung bei Neuordnung der Landesbanken - 05.06.2009

UNI Finanz Mitglied ver.di fordert Konsolidierung der Landesbanken ohne Entlassungen mit Beschäftigungs- und Standortsicherungen.



Future meetings



UNI Europa Finance CBN conference, Budapest, Hungary

04.06.2009 - 05.06.2009“Concluding Collective Agreements in the Finance Sector under Different National Prerequisites”, Budapest, Hungary, 4-5 June 2009



UNI Europa Finance Steering Group meeting, Prague, 18.6.2009

18.06.2009 - 18.06.2009The next UNI-Europa Finance steering group meeting is scheduled to take place in Prague, Czech Republic on 18 June 2009



UNI Finance workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 19.6.2009

19.06.2009 - 19.06.2009 - On 19 June the will be a UNI Finance workshop with bank and insurance unions in Central and Eastern Europe with the participation of the members of the UNI Europa finance Steering group



UNI asia & pacific Finance Regional Conference

26.07.2009 - 27.07.20093rd Regional Conference will focus on Responsible & Sustainable Financial System



Danske Unions Conference

14.09.2009 - 16.09.2009



EU Social Dialogue Insurance Working Group (?)

22.09.2009 - 22.09.2009



20th ESCB SD meeting, Frankfurt, Germany, 15-16.10.2009

15.10.2009 - 16.10.2009The next ESCB Social Dialogue meeting will take place on 15-16.10.2009 in the ECB, Germany.



EU Social Dialogue Insurance Plenary (?)

23.11.2009 - 23.11.2009



UNI-Europa Finance Conference

10.12.2009 - 11.12.2009