Silicon Valley's invisible low-paid workers
The vast majority of cleaners, security workers and landscapers at the U.S. tech hub are employed by contractors instead of the firms themselves.
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The Sintrasaludcoop story - women organising for change and winning
In 2011, 23 women in Colombia formed a union in their workplace. These women have faced a roller coaster ride of organising drives, negotiations, legal challenges and employer hostility, but less than three years later their private health workers’ union has grown to more than 10,000 members and now covers huge segments of the Colombian private health company they work for.
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Women's Equality Day in the USA - August 26
On Women's Equality Day in the USA, the anniversary of the day Congress stopped denying women the right to vote women workers in low paid industries all over the country have participated in a day of action to highlight that women's equality is still a huge issue, not least in the workplace where women still earn only 77 cents f
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KOREAN BANK WORKERS RALLY AROUND FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REFORMS
Korean Finance Industry Union (KFIU) members voted in favour of strike action – 91% voting in favour of the strike call demanding the Korean Government to introduce meaningful reforms in Banking Industry. KFIU opposes the appointment of politically patronized incompetent management in Banks to control the finance industry.
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The care sector tech revolution
Private care providers and governments are increasingly looking to technology to reduce budgets and improve productivity in aged and other home-based care services.
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Solidarity message with Torsten Wacker (Verdi)
The german Bank Volksbank Kraichgau dismissed the Chairman of the Work Council Torsten Wacker using the suspicious accusation of taking advantage of commission payments.
But the Work Council has not given its formal approval as requested by German law !
The case is now at the German Labour Court.
Thorsten Wacker has been employed by the bank for 33 years and has built up a strong Work Council through his courageous commitment and dedication to the interests of employees.
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Polish state airline LOT dismisses trade union leader!
On 25 July 2014, the President of LOT Polish Airlines has dismissed the vice-president of the ITF and ETF affiliated cabin crew union ZZPP, Andrzej Jeżewski.
This dismissal is a violation of trade union rights, and an unacceptable attempt to disrupt on-going collective agreement negotiations.
The state-owned airline holds a bad record of similar anti-union practices. Over the last five years, the airline dismissed eight trade union leaders.
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Turkish Security Workers union activists sacked for trade union work
6 activists from the Turkish Security Workers union have been dismissed for taking part in trade union activities last week.
The 6 workers are activists in the union Guvenlik-Is, an affiliate of Turk-Is and UNI. They are based in Antalya and have been dismissed by their employer over allegations of extortion and poor perfoemance. They have between 6 and 9 years length of services and have been heavily involved in the last few years in successfully building a union in the security sector.
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Greek Women Cleaners on strike - Solidarity Day 20th September
Dear Comrades and Friends
Support the 595 women cleaners at the Ministry of Finance in Athens who are in the front line against austerity in Europe
Every so often a dispute arises which symbolises the mood of the time.
The resistance by 595 sacked cleaners is such a dispute - arising directly from the austerity measures imposed on Greece by the so-called Troika (of the International Monetary Fund, the European Union, and the European Central Bank).
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Turkey Union Guvenlik-Is signs 13 Collective Agreements!
Guvenlik-Is the union in Turkey for Security workers has signed an amazing 13 collective agreements with security companies in Turkey. The union which has been working in partnership with UNI Property Services and UNI SCORE has just completed a week of actions in Antalya airport to in crease membership and win recognition. But outside of this campaign the union is completing agreements covering over 2,340 workers in these companies as they start their campaign to unionise this massive sector.
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