UNI Europa Finance delegation at EU social dialogue protests against Barclays “Transform Strategy”

13 June 2014 -- uni-finance

The workers' delegation of UNI Europa Finance at the European social dialogue in the banking sector expressed its concern about the envisaged 21.000 redundancies at Barclays throughout Europe. A declaration was presented at the meeting of the European social dialogue committee on 13 June 2014 in Brussels. This committee had signed an agreement on Corporate Social Responsibility committing to redundancies being only the last resort in a restructuring process.

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French unions call for second strike following breakdown in negotiations

11 June 2014 -- tom.myers.478

After the historic strikes on 11 June in Saran, with over 250 employees going on strike, Confédération Genérale du Travail (CGT), Force Ouvrière (FO) and l’Union Syndicale Solidaires (SUD) led calls for Amazon.fr employees to strike again on 20 June in order to bring Amazon back to the negotiation table.

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UNI Gaming Supports Striking Casino Loutraki Employees!

11 June 2014 -- uni-gaming

UNI's affiliate in Greece, OSETYP (Greek Federation of Gaming Employee Unions) informed us about the strike in Club Hotel Casino Loutraki. 1400 employees are on strike demanding the company to sign a collective agreement. After more than two weeks of the strike action, the casino management stopped operations. Such action is prohibited by the Greek Law. This is an unusual situation as the last lock-out in Greece happened 33 years ago. This clearly demonstrates the hostility of the management towards the union and thier unwilingness to enter into negotiations.

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Trade unions and EWC delegates from Auchan, Carrefour, H&M, Metro and Tesco discuss UNI Europa Action Plan on EWCs

11 June 2014 -- uni-europa

On 4 and 5 June 2014, 35 trade union representatives and EWC delegates from the following companies: Auchan, Carrefour, H&M, Metro and Tesco met under the coordination of UNI Europa Commerce to discuss the implementation of the Action Plan on EWCs endorsed by UNI Europa last year.

Participants assessed the quality of the information and consultation in their respective EWCs and made concrete proposals to make the process functioning better. The EWC should be more pro-active and decide what information they want and not just limit themselves to the information they get.

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Global Cleaning and Security unions send solidarity messages to Bust the Australian Budget

11 June 2014 -- tom.myers.478

Australians are facing the biggest attack on the Australian Fair Go, and all the things that union members have fought for throughout Australia's history. The conservative government is proposing an austerity budget that will see cuts to education, unlimited fees for university students, the end of universal health and attacks on pensioners and the unemployed. Meanwhile, the wealthiest individuals and corporations will benefit enormously from the budget changes.

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Japan Post innovates to serve its senior citizens ... and babies

11 June 2014 -- uni-post

Japan Post has launched a new service for the elderly residents of Japan which includes reporting on health and living conditions to their families, transport to senior care centers as well as providing basic nursing care services. Japan post can also provide personal shopping services for senior citizens. These services can be provided against a set payment.

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One year on : ERT is open – NERIT is broken

11 June 2014 -- uni-mei

One year ago, the Greek government with the complicity of the Troika shut down ERT. But today is also the 1st anniversary of the resistance to the unmaking of independent public service broadcasting in Greece.

Today, Greece has state broadcaster “NERIT” run by the Finance Ministry without editorial independence. And there is a truly public service broadcaster: ERTopen run by the former ERT staff and their unions, which provides Greek citizens with independent, diverse public service programing in all Greek regions including the former ERT 3 TV channel from Thessaloniki.

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Power Walking to Equal Opportunities

11 June 2014 -- uni-asia

Women participants at the “Women’s Empowerment Leadership Development Workshop” were roused through a “Power Walk” activity where they were demonstrated how their social positions allow them to make a difference and take up leadership roles in a trade union. The workshop was held at the Community Education Center Malabe, Sri Lanka.

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