European Supervisory Authorities reappoints their stakeholder groups

17 December 2013 -- uni-finance

Operational since 2011, the objective of the European System of Financial Supervision and its three authorities is to improve the functioning of the internal market by ensuring appropriate, efficient and harmonised European supervision.

Over the summer and autumn the three European supervisory authorities have reappointed their four stakeholder groups. In these stakeholder groups, seats are reserved for consumer representatives, users of financial services, financial market participants, financial institution employees, small and medium sized enterprises and academics.

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Social partnerships for digital jobs in Europe

17 December 2013 -- uni-icts

UNI Europa ICTS, together with PIN SME – the association representing SME employers in the ICT sector – organised a conference in Milan on 5 and 6 December 2013. Under the motto “Social partnerships for digital jobs in Europe”, employers’ and workers’ representatives met to discuss the situation of social dialogue in Europe with a particular focus on the ICT sector, in which no formalised European social dialogue exists so far.

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Clean Start Collective Agreements signed in Australia!

17 December 2013 -- tom.myers.478

The contract cleaning industry and community supporters came together in Canberra today at a historic ceremony to mark the re-signing by 16 cleaning contractors on to Clean Start Collective Agreements.

The first Clean Start Collective Agreement was signed in Canberra in 2008 after a long, hard and often noisy battle by cleaners for fair pay, better jobs and higher standards in Australia’s crisis-ridden contract cleaning industry. The latest Agreement includes a 4% pay increase and stronger protection against immoral sub-contracting practices.

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UNI supports striking workers in PIN Mail Berlin

16 December 2013 -- uni-post

Ver.di member workers at PIN Mail in Berlin are on strike: while it seems ver.di have made every effort to negotiate a collective agreement with PIN since June, the company has refused.

On behalf of the more than 3 million postal workers around the world UNI Post and Logistics Global Union calls on PIN Mail to demonstrate to the world that a constructive relationship based upon social partnership is a successful model and to bargain in good faith with ver.di and the members it represents.

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Final call before Christmas for Swiss supermarkets to sign Accord

16 December 2013 -- Mike Sunderland

Global labour leaders have come together in Switzerland to demand that supermarket chains Migros and Coop sign the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety before Christmas.

More than 120 global brands have signed the Accord, a legally binding document which aims to bring safety and sustainability to the Bangladeshi garment sector following a string of deadly tragedies. But the two Swiss commerce giants have so far refused to add their name to a list that includes a number of global supermarket brands.

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Successful outcome of Collective Bargaining in MMP Chile

16 December 2013 -- uni-americas

On November 26, 2013 collective bargaining was achieved between the company and the union in MMP Chile, this union is affiliated to the National Graphical Confederation of Chile (Conagra). This collective bargaining highlights some very important aspects for workers, such as:

1 - For the first time there were negotiations in accordance with Chilean law in this matter and developing the process accordingly.

2 - The agreement improved the benefits already obtained in the previous agreement. (This is usually not a common practice in this country).

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German Amazon workers protest at U.S. headquarters

16 December 2013 -- Mike Sunderland

A delegation of German Amazon workers is taking its grievances to the United States today with a protest at the retail giant’s world headquarters in Seattle.

Workers from the trade union Ver.di, which represents hundreds of thousands of retail workers in Germany, will be joined by a number of U.S. unions during the protest, which is taking place in tandem with planned strikes at Amazon sites in Germany.

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Deutsche Telekom workers face daily threats, bullying and aggression

13 December 2013 -- tom.myers.478

Employees at Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile, are working in a pressure cooker atmosphere to meet almost impossibly difficult performance standards. That is a key finding of a new survey released today which lists a catalogue of abuse against Deutsche Telekom’s global staff located outside of Germany, including threatening behaviour, bullying, and humiliation.

The survey was launched this morning in Bonn, at a press conference held by ver.di and UNI Global Union, the global voice for telecommunications workers, and its affiliates.

 

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Canada Post goes for drastic cuts instead of innovation

13 December 2013 -- uni-post

On December 11, Canada Post announced a series of drastic proposals to cut postal services to millions of Canadians in a purported plan to return Canada Post to financial viability. The proposals include eliminating door-to-door delivery service in urban areas and replacing it with “community mailboxes”, replacing post offices with franchise postal units and increasing postage rates by as much as 70 percent.

Initial reports suggest the proposals would eliminate between 6,000 and 8,000 staff and reduce postal services for millions of Canadians.

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