UNI Finance Head Marcio Monzane and UNI Finance Americas Director Andre Rodrigues visited the UNI Caribbean Finance Unions from  September 14-20 2014 and  while they found that most major Caribbean Banks are  already organized by UNI Unions, there are still a few exceptions. In Trinidad and Tobago, the workers of RBC Royal Bank have been waiting for 3 years to get their Union-BIGWU, officially recognized to represent them.

Following the recommendation of the National Leadership of Bank Workers, coordinated by Contraf-CUT (The Brazilian Confederations of Financial Sector Workers), the vast majority of bank workers’ assemblies, held on Monday 6, approved the new proposal presented on Friday by Fenaban (The National Federation of Banks), the employers’ association, ending a nationwide strike which began on September 30. According to the agreement, wages will raise 8.5% (real growth of 2.02%), the wage floor will raise 9% (2.49% above inflation) and meal vouchers, 12.2%.