Kimberly Clark Tocancipá Colombia

11 November 2013 -- Michael Hollingdale

The first union recognition agreement, with Kimberly Clark in Colombia, has been signed in Tocancipá.

Andy Snoddy head of UNI Graphical & Packaging said “This is an historic moment for both the union, Sintrapulcar, and the company and I congratulate all involved in reaching this agreement. UNI Americas has shown what can be achieved when all parties work together”

The agreement comes after a long organising campaign by the local branch of the Union supported by both UNI Global and the US Steelworkers.

 

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Amandla - Power to the Youth!

11 November 2013 -- uni-asia

The 13th UNI-LCJ Youth English Camp was held in Nagasaki on 27 - 30 September 2013.

21 young union activists from Commerce, Finance, ICTS and Postal sectors in Japan exchanged labor issues and trade union experiences with three resource persons from South Africa, Nepal and Myanmar.  This annual youth event has become one of the most popular initiatives by the UNI Liaison Council Japan.

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Walmart workers hold mass rally in Los Angeles

8 November 2013 -- tom.myers.478

Walmart has come under fire from its own workers yet again after one of the largest acts of civil disobedience against the company took place in Los Angeles.

Around 500 workers took to the streets to demonstrate against the world's largest retailer's poverty-level wages. More than 50 workers and supporters were arrested without incident after the demo.

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Amazon worker Matthias: "We are humans, not robots"

8 November 2013 -- Michael Hollingdale

Matthias works for Amazon in Leipzig, Germany. During a typical shift he walks about 30kms. The hand-held scanner he works with controls every step he takes, monitoring the efficiency of his work. Amazon-prices are low, as are the wages for the workers. That is why Matthias and his colleagues are fighting for a collective bargaining agreement.

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Low interest rates feed neither demand nor people - wages do

8 November 2013 -- uni-finance

With its latest lowering of interest rates the ECB confirms the sluggish state of the European economy and its expectations of a weak recovery. Low interest rates are necessary but not sufficient to spur growth in an environment of constant pressure on costs, affecting both wages and jobs.

Wage-led growth is the key: decent and growing wages in line with productivity - and not lagging it as has been the case in the last decade - will lead to healthy household purchasing power and demand, leading to growing and more sustainable economies.

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UNI Apro Bulletin - Joint Sector Conference

8 November 2013 -- uni-asia

This issue hears reports from the 4th UNI Apro Sector Conferences held for the Commerce, Post & Logistics, Finance, ICTS, Graphical & Packaging sectors, and the UNI Apro MEI Founding Conference. 

Read about the Joint Session where more than 560 trade union representatives converged to discuss the theme of "Engaging You, Enabling Inclusive Growth".

The issue also includes photo highlights from the 4th UNI Apro Sector Conferences as well as the 14th UNI Apro Women's Committee Meeting and the 9th UNI Apro Youth Committee Meeting.

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UNI condemns raid on Greek public broadcaster

7 November 2013 -- tom.myers.478

UNI Global Union and the entire trade union community in the public service broadcasting sector is outraged by the raid by police on the ERT headquarters of this morning 7 November.

Early this morning, riot police, accompanied by a public prosecutor, raided the headquarters of ERT the occupied public broadcaster which was officially shutdown by the Greek government on 11 June. The Government seeks to silence “ERT open”, which has been run by our colleagues and former ERT staff for the last 5 months to preserve independent and universal public service broadcasting in Greece.

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