Israel-Palestine: UNI GS condemns latest violence and calls for investigation
Appalling working conditions sparks Amazon worker protest
TUC leads 10,000s marchers to demand a new deal for working people
UNI backs US writers' union in dispute with ITV
ITV’s Diversity Problems Extend to America: Action planned at ITV’s Annual General Meeting on May 10th
UNI and IndustriALL Global Unions lay foundation for WestRock World Trade Union Alliance
WestRock trade union colleagues from US, Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America, met on 20th April 2018 in London, UK. The meeting adopted a plan to establish a global alliance of all unions representing WestRock employees around the world.
A larger trade union conference will be held on 22-25 August in the USA. At that August meeting it is expected that all WestRock unions from around the world will participate in order to formally launch the global trade union alliance.
May Day: Building on hard-fought victories and the vital role of unions in the new world of work
UNI joins Google, policymakers to discuss employment protections in the future world of work
In these two videos made for an event by Google and Debating Europe, Christina Colclough offers UNI's views on the future of work, skills and why we all must unite to keep people in work.
GUFs demand freedom for Lula
Book-ending a week of actions across the world, UNI Global Union and its sister global union IndustriALL, took a letter of protest to the Brazilian consulate in Geneva, ending a week of protest which is set to continue until Lula is set free. At the beginning of the week, Belgian and international trade unions have demanded the immediate release from prison of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
UNI Resolutions Committee gets together in preparation for World Congress in Liverpool
ollowing the meeting of the Management Committee, UNI hosted the Resolutions Committee in preparation for the World Congress in Liverpool. The Resolutions Committee reviews all motions and amendments to these motions submitted by affiliates and makes recommendations, how all of these can be integrated.
The chair of the Resolutions Committee, Trevor Johnson of BIGWU (Trinidad&Tobago) will present these recommendations to Congress for adoption.