News

Financial Crisis



Crisis could cost EU taxpayer 16.5% of GDP - 24.06.2009

EU governments will provide roughly five percent of GDP, or around €600 billion, to stimulate the union's economy



Stimulating ASEAN Economy through Employment & Social Protection - 24.06.2009

Stimulating ASEAN economic activities through employment and social protection is a viable policy direction for ASEAN moving ahead of the global financial crisis.

UNI response to City worries on EU regulatory reforms - 23.06.2009

British Hedge Funds and Private Equity are jumping at shadows if they are worried about European initiatives on financial supervision and regulation



Council conclusions support Commission and de Larosière on supervision - 23.06.2009

Conclusions from the ECOFIN council and the European Council meetings supports the proposal from the Commission on future supervision structures



Commission launches public consultation on responsible lending - 22.06.2009

The Commission consultation on responsible lending is a major opportunity to influence regulation with key relevance to UNI Europa Finance affiliates



Nordic finance unions met at the annual NFU sector conference - 22.06.2009

The financial crisis and the cross border challenges were the main theme at the annual sector conference of the conferederation of Nordic finance unions, NFU



US overhaul of financial regulation is step in the right direction - 19.06.2009

President Obama’s proposals, announced this week, address regulation of financial firms and markets, protection of consumers and investors and would give the government tools to manage future crises.





Other news



Dublin Foundation report on skills and trends in the finance sector - 23.06.2009

The Commission published the final report by the Dublin Foundation outlining skills needs in the finance sector in different future scenarios



EWC Directive: Results of the Recast - 22.06.2009

Overview presentation by ver.di of the changes to the European works council directive - available in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.



Germany: New collective agreement for insurance - 21.06.2009

UNI Finance’s affiliate ver.di achieves a 2.5% increase in salaries. Moreover, demands of employers for performance related pay and Saturday work were averted.



Briefing note follow up from DG Internal Market meeting - 22.06.2009

The follow up to the briefing note from the meeting with Commission's DG Internal Market meeting 11 May is now available in English with links to the presentations from the meeting



Cleaners and Security Workers Demand Justice from Global Banks - 16.06.2009

On International Justice Day, June 15th 2009, cleaners and security workers around the world demanded justice from the Global Banks they clean and keep safe.







Future Meetings



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



Social dialogue Insurance working group? - not confirmed yet

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



Social dialogue Insurance plenary

23.11.2009 - 23.11.2009



UNI-Europa Finance Conference

10.12.2009 - 11.12.2009



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y trabajadoras del mundo entero.



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