Burkina Faso: UNI Joins Call for Civilian Transition
Burkina Faso’s trade union centres have called on the country’s military to step aside and allow a civilian-led transition to a new government.
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Deutsche Telekom CEE Union Alliance: raising standards for workers
On 30-31 October 2014 took place in Bucharest the Deutsche Telekom CEE Union Alliance annual meeting, organized by UNI Global Union, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, AFL-CIO Solidarity Centre and FSCOM.
A dozen unions from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland and United States participated in the event together with UNI Global Union.
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"Building Bridges for Global Union Power": UNI Metro Global Union Alliance
The UNI Metro Global Union Alliance recently held its annual gathering in Istanbul, Turkey under the banner “Building Bridges for Global Union Power”
Metin Ebeturk, President of the host union Soysal-Is, welcomed trade union members and leaders representing 15 countries where Metro Group operates. In his opening remarks President Ebeturk stated:
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Global Day for Decent Work at Walmart on Nov 19
On November 19, UNI Global Union, its union affiliates and supporters are holding a series of demonstrations worldwide to expose Walmart’s bad labor practices from the store through the entire supply chain. Walmart workers globally are calling for a living wage on this “Global Day for Decent Work at Walmart”, the world’s largest retailer.
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India Security Workers Settle Contract with G4S
The All Kerala Security Service Employees Association, representing 12,500 security guards, and G4S reached a settlement following a strike in Trivandrum, India. Approximately, 250 Activists marched and chanted through the streets of Trivandrum on October 29, preceding resumption of negotiations that afternoon.
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BIGWU seats 200 delegates at Conference
Over two hundred delegates observers an guests will be seated at this weekend´s Biennial Conference of Delegates of the Banking, Insurance an general Workers Union. The Conference which will be held at the Premier Quality Services Limited in Macoya. Two major statements will be delivered by the Union´s President, Vincent Cabrera and by UWI Lecturer, Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh.
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Recognition Agreement signed with Nampak Malawi Ltd
COWUMA has finally signed the Recognition Agreement with Nampak Malawi Ltd.
The agreement was signed on 29th October 2014 at Nampak offices in Blantyre in the presence of Mr. Ronald Mbewe, Vice President of the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU), Mr. Deus Sandram, President of COWUMA, Mr. Simon Itaye, Managing Director of Nampak Malawi Ltd, and a representative from the Ministry of Labour.
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Victory for caregivers on equal pay in Aotearoa!
An equal pay case taken by New Zealand caregiver Kristine Barlett to argue for higher wages for the primarily female caregiver workforce has been successful, with the employer appeal being dismissed in the courts yesterday.
The case taken by Service and Food Workers' Union (SFWU) member Barlett, was subsequently joined by more than 2500 caregivers from both the SFWU and New Zealand Nurses Organisation. Together they argued that if the work was done by men the pay would be higher.
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#ChangeZara - sign our petition for Zara workers in USA!
Sign the petition and join the social media conversation using the hashtag #ChangeZara
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Atento Workers in Mexico Fight for a Fair Union Vote
Workers at the 6,000-employee call center company Atento Servicios in Mexico face daily challenges on the job. These mostly young workers make low wages, work long shifts, face high stress demands from callers, and are subjected to yelling, sexual harassment, and other abuses. They are treated like an expendable workforce and are hired and fired at a nearly 80 percent annual turnover rate.
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