Brazilian unions: CUT, Forza Sindical and UGT, along with UNI Americas have gathered in Porto Alegre to participate in the Social Forum, exchange information, and denounce the company’s union busting actions.
In a January 18 press release, the Secretary General of the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU), Mr. Younouss Djibrine highlighted key development priorities for the postal sector in Africa up to the year 2016, top among them being electrification of post offices and internet connectivity.
Philip Jennings talked to Angela Barandun from Swiss German-language national daily newspaper, Tages Anzeiger.
The full article in German can be found here: http://bit.ly/1dOpY2u
This is the transcript of the interview.
Trade union leader Philip Jennings is coming to Davos for the 20th time. This year, he is intending
to name and shame Migros and Coop.
Twenty years ago you were the first trade union leader to come to Davos. How did that
come about?
General Secretary of UNI Global Union, Philip Jennings says the corporate world should no longer be driven by profits, and that the health and wellbeing of staff should be more important.
Union representatives from around Europe met in Brussels on 20-21 January to discuss the issue of work-life balance. UNI MEI, together with FIM, FIA and EFJ, organised the seminar in the framework of a European project on work-life balance in the audiovisual and live performance sectors. The seminar was the final event of the project which focused on examining the situation in eight European countries, these being France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. The seminar raised interest more widely, and several other countries took part as well.
UNI Global Union General Secretary, Philip Jennings, in the New York Times today says world leaders from Barack Obama to the Pope are waking up to the reality that inequality and jobs are the number one issue in the recovery and business must change its behaviour.
"We need to revisit some of the old struggles," he said, "We need to rediscover collective bargaining".
In a CNBC video interview, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, Philip Jennings warned that CEOs across the globe risk creating dangerous asset bubbles by sitting on "magic mountains" of cash and not reinvesting into the economy.
On 21 January 2014, on the occasion of a Conference at the European Parliament which gathered 120 participants, the European Sunday Alliance officially launched a Pledge for a work-free Sunday and decent work, ahead of the European elections 2014. The Pledge is aimed at committing European politicians to the promotion of a common weekly day of rest as well as a legal framework guaranteeing sustainable working time patterns based on the principle of decent work.
UNI Global Union’s General Secretary, Philip Jennings tells international media that the “world economy is twisted out of shape”, responding to a raft of heavy hitting reports highlighting growing inequality in the build up to Davos.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the United States has issued the largest-ever complaint against Walmart for breaking federal labour law by violating workers’ rights. The complaint filed by the federal government agency alleges Walmart illegally fired and disciplined nearly 70 workers, including those who went on strike last June to speak out for better jobs.
