Forthcoming meetings organised by Finance Watch
We would like to inform you about 3 meetings which might be of interest to the UNI Finance affiliates
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LBC-NVK says workers are paying high price for austerity measures
Ferre Wyckmans, General Secretary, LBC-NVK explains that today’s General Strike in Belgium is an inevitable consequence of the austerity measures that have targeted workers and the unemployed
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France to Start Financial Transaction Tax, Urges Other States to Join
French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that France will implement a tax of 0.1% on all financial transactions beginning in August.
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Korean media workers unions in fight to defend freedom of speech
UNI MEI joins Korean media union at MBC TV in its demand for respect of editorial freedom and supports strike action
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UNI Affiliate IBOA Condemns RBS Bonus Offer
UNI affiliate IBOA, the Irish and UK financial sector union, denounced the hypocrisy of the RBS bonus offer of £1 million, on top of an annual salary of £1.2 million, in the midst of job cuts.
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UNI in solidarity with UK Unilever workers fighting pension cuts
UNI General Secretary, Philip Jennings joined Unilever workers in Davos who are protesting about plans to slash pensions to Unilever CEO, Paul Polman
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UNI Scoop! – Occupy Movement to launch new global currency - OCCCU
UNI Global Union learns that the Occupy Movement is to launch an alternative global currency - the "OCCCU" in Davos
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Gathering to commemorate the late Prof John Gennard
UNI Europa Graphical & Packaging, UNITE and the University of Strathclyde recently held a memorial service for the late Prof John Gennard at the Scottish Trade Union Centre in Glasgow.
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Social Cohesion will shatter under austerity measures
Philip Jennings, UNI General Secretary, in Davos for the annual gathering of world leaders, told journalists that current austerity measures risk destroying the global social fabric.
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First project on Co-operatives was launched by UNI Europa Commerce
The project is aimed at exploring industrial relations and social dialogue in consumer cooperatives in several European countries
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