“Qatar 2022 rising workers’ death toll: FIFA must abide by UNGPs and OECD Guidelines”
Ruggie and Nieuwenkamp: As a multinational enterprise FIFA should apply the OECD Guidelines and UNGPs in Qatar
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EU Parliament Youth Resolution is a step, not a solution
The six sectoral European Trade Union Federations (ETUFs), uniting over 30 million workers and organisers through the “Enough of their crisis – back to our future” campaign, appreciate the fact that the newly elected European Parliament has dedicated itself to addressing youth employment as a matter of utmost urgency.
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UNI Commerce leads calls for HomePlus Korea wage restructuring
After HomePlus Korea management refused to make any effort to find a solution to the wage problem in HomePlus stores in Korea, Head of UNI Commerce, Alke Boessiger, wrote to the CEO, Mr. Doe Seong-Hwan to demand an improvement of the situation.
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‘Guarding Wealth; Living in Poverty’ – Ghanaian union grows membership in G4S
UNI Global Union and our affiliate in Ghana, the Union of Private Security Personal (UPSP) have launched this year's organising blitz. G4S Security guards from around Ghana and international union leaders came together in Ghana to launch a 5 day blitz to talk to fellow G4S guards about the common issues and the need to come together in the union to have power to change their wages, working conditions and lives. This year's blitz action is focused in the industrial city of Tema, just outside of Accra.
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Serbian General Strike - pension and disability insurance key demands
Serbian workers across the country joined a general strike today against government plans to cut wages, working conditions and dismantle Serbia's social safety net.
The government has ignored established procedures and forced changes through parliament affecting minimum wage entitlements, employment provisions, pensions and disability insurance.
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Collective Agreement signed at Amcor Tobacco Packaging Izmir Plant
After 3 years of struggle, legal obstacles, jurisdiction and negotiations, the first CBA was finally signed on 11 July 2014 by Basin-Is and Amcor Tobacco Packaging Izmir Management with full support of members. This was just after Basin-Is got its legal authorisation from the Ministry of Labour.
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UNI Global Union’s Barclays Africa Alliance meeting in Accra: building union power to change workers’ lives in Africa
Accra, Ghana 15 July 2014 – Union leaders from seven African countries (Ghana, Botswana, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Nigeria) are meeting in Accra this week to launch UNI Global Union’s Barclays Africa Alliance and develop a strong network of union members throughout the continent.
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BBC interview: Jennings warns repercussions of Rana Plaza won’t go away
UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings told BBC World Service that the impact of the Rana Plaza tragedy in which more than 1,100 workers, mainly young women, died in April 2013, will not be forgotten.
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Industrial action vote to stop transfer of hundreds of jobs from north west of England
The union, which represents 70% of the Hewlett Packard staff at sites in Lytham and Warrington, is opposed to the company shifting 400 jobs from the region as part of cuts of 33,000 to its global workforce around the world.
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Gaza: call for UN ceasefire to be respected
UNI Global Union stands with the ITUC in demanding urgent implementation of the UN Security Council’s call for a ceasefire as the violence and death toll in Gaza continue to escalate.
The Security Council has urged “de-escalation of the situation, restoration of calm, reinstitution of the November 2012 ceasefire and respect for international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians.”
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