Inauguration of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank: European trade unions call for more democracy and a better balance of power for Europe and the ECB/ Eurosystem
New strikes for a collective agreement with the online retailer Amazon continue at the Amazon site in Bad Hersfeld.
From the night shift, UNI affiliate ver.di has called on employees of the two fulfilment centeres FRA1 and FRA3 for a two-day walkout. The strike begins with the night shift and ends on Wednesday, 03.18.15 with the late shift.
The UNI Finance affiliate ZIBAWU (Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union) raised serious concerns regarding poor corporate governance and weak regulatoray systems which resulted in many bank closures in Zimbabwe. In 2003/204 over 12 banks were closed. More recently, from 2011, a total of 9 Banks closed rendering 1222 employees and ZIBAWU members jobless.
On March 13th 2015, the Secretary General of the Communication Workers Union, Joseph Remy, issued two public statements, which we reproduce.
The Communication Workers’ Union, (CWU), has taken note of the announcement by the Telecommunication Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, (TATT), relative to their decision pertaining to the acquisition of Columbus Communications by Cable and Wireless Communications.
The Bogota Metropolitan Police again visited the offices of Prosegur today to look for Alejandro Agudelo, the manager legally responsible for the company in Colombia.
It was the second police visit to Prosegur in a week, with the objective of detaining Agudelo. Yet again Agudelo wasn’t in the building and apparently has not appeared to give explanations to the police during the past week.
An ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) official returns from India today after a fact-finding visit to investigate allegations made by Indian unions and workers – as well as in a report to be released today and a recent German TV programme – of serious injustices in the operations of logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL there.
The ITF and UNI Global Union work together to ensure that DP-DHL treats its workers fairly and with respect – wherever they are in the world (see www.dhlblog.org).
Singapore National Trade Union Congress (SNTUC) received a special award from UNI Professional & Managers Group for “Building union Power for Professionals & Managers” at the inaugural award ceremony held in Istanbul, Turkey on 11th March 2015 held in conjunction with UNI P&M World Conference.
SNTUC’s effort for securing new legal rights to organize and represent Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians in Singapore was commended by the UNI Professionals & Managers conference; and the award was presented to SNTUC.
Sri Lanka Post has chosen new path- a participative approach- to modernize its operations; we are counting on the support of all trade unions, and welcome suggestions from our employees to uplift the postal services to the community said Mr Rohana Abeyaratne Post Master General during a meeting with the Japan Postal Group Union Kanto Delegations visit to Sri Lanka on 27th February 2015.
Prosegur in Colombia has sent a communication to all its employees, questioning the integrity of police who went to the premises of the company in Bogotá to detain the legal representative in the country, Alejandro Agudelo.
UNI Global Union says the concrete factory collapse in Bangladesh, which has claimed many lives, is a terrible reminder of the need for better building safety standards. It is a further example that the Bangladeshi authorities are still failing to achieve the safety standards required.
We speak from bitter experience of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in April 2013 which cost over 1000 lives. Our drive to improve building standards in the garment sector was promised by the authorities to drive new standards throughout the economy.
