Auchan trade union representatives from France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain met on 29 January in Brussels to discuss common problems in Auchan stores in Europe and to coordinate a common strategy with the help and support of UNI Commerce.
UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings reacted today to news of a global stock slide amid concerns over emerging markets.
“A whirlwind has hit the emerging markets. It’s the Year of the Horse in the Chinese calendar and financial bucking bronco is underway,” Jennings said.
“The financial rodeo opens with a stampede from the emerging markets with cowboy traders in the saddle, but where’s the regulatory sheriff?
A White Paper on "Providing Non-Bank Financial Services for the Underserved" has just been published by the Office of Inspector General at the USPS (United States Postal Service).
It takes a strong stance in favour of the U.S. Post being authorized to extend its range of basic financial services to serve the quarter of all U.S. households, or some 68 million adults, that are currently suffering from lack of access or of affordability of financial services.
UNI Finance asks the public to send a message to the Nordea board condemning a EUR 900 million cost cutting scheme which could see jobs slashed.
The German National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines (NCP) today issued a joint statement agreed upon by UNI, ITF and Deutsche Post-DHL.
UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings reacts to President Obama’s State of the Union address.
“President Obama talked the talk in all the right ways apart from the most important one of all – collective bargaining.
“While it’s great that the President is intent on tackling income inequality and the gender gap, he cannot expect every American worker to become another Oliver Twist - to form a line outside the CEO office and ask for more.
Nordea, one of Europe’s largest banks, is expected to slash jobs despite reaping more than 4 billion EUR in profit during the last year.
The Nordic finance giant has announced a total 900 million EUR savings plan for the next two years after a similar move in 2011 cost around 2000 jobs. The unacceptable cuts come at the same time as planned salary increases for Nordea board members.
Migros and Coop continue to refuse to sign the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, despite the deaths of 1800 people in the last seven years due to unsafe factories.
UNI Affiliates in Cape Verde Islands SITIF and SITTHUR, joined the Country National Centre UNTC-CS after a long period of discussions and negotiations with employers and Government, and called an industrial action on 20th January 2014 to show displeasure on a number of issues affecting workers in the country. The centre stage of the mass action took place in Santo Antäo and Brava Islands with a total of more than 30,000 workers attending the manifestations, which were recorded as the biggest in the Countries history.
The UNI Europa Professionals and Managers (P&M) steering group met on 27 and 28 January to discuss the objectives and challenges of P&M work in the next months. At the end of a successful meeting during which an ambitious work plan for P&M activities was agreed upon, several members had the opportunity to meet with officials in the European Parliament.
