Taxation and the redistribution of wealth looks set to dominate the economic and political agenda in the twenty-first century. Inequality is currently the buzzword amongst academics, politicians and business leaders around the world, and the redistribution of wealth is the logical and most efficient means of addressing the problem. Tax avoidance and offshore finance are the primary obstacles to a coherent redistribution of wealth. Without a re-evaluation of taxation in the modern global economy, we will have to endure a future of poverty, state failure and conflict.

The Danish affiliated union FS Forbundnet took part in a joint delegation with management representatives to the UNI HQ in Nyon, Switzerland. Managers from Securitas, G4S and Loomis were part of the group who spent an afternoon with UNI staff, learning about UNI^s Rena Plaza campaign and the processes of the Bangladesh Accord. They also had a presentation on organising in Africa and the importance of global agreements in relation to human rights and the raising of standards. The group was brought to UNI by Forbundnet President Peter Jorgensen.

After workers at the Huhtamaki plant in California presented management with a letter regarding two workplace concerns that they would like to address, the company reacted extremely by circulating an anti-union leaflet and prohibiting workers from discussing any cause or organisation during work time.