Thirteen union affiliates of UNI Finance met in Turin on February 25th 2014 to develop the strategy and action plan for the UniCredit Trade Union Alliance, to improve the rights and working conditions of the UniCredit employees. The event was covered by key media channels (TV, press) in Italy.

The Trade Union Alliance is strengthening the cooperation between unions both at the European and global levels by sharing information and implementing collective actions with the support and coordination of UNI Finance.

Unite, the union representing staff at HSBC, says the millions being saved by the bank’s plans to slash pensions for 10,000 staff is a drop in the ocean compared to pre-tax profits of £13.6 billion. 

HSBC has also cut its global full-time staff equivalent numbers by 41,000 to 254,000 over the past three years. 

The bank revealed that 239 of its staff had been paid  £1 million or more in 2013 and its CEO Stuart Gulliver was awarded a total pay package of £8 million for 2013, up from £7.5 million the previous year. 

A series of changes are impacting customers and the COPE 378 members who work in credit unions across British Columbia, Canada.

Coastal Community Credit Union (CCCU) saw some of the most significant technological changes so far, with the introduction of a banking call centre and “Interactive Teller Machines” or ITMs. Credit union members can now talk with a real person (also a COPE 378 member) working out of a central location, even outside of regular branch hours.