In the end of November, the National Confederation of Finance Sector Workers will hold the first national forum to discuss the issue of black workers’ invisibility in the Brazilian finance sector.
Despite record profits in 2011, pharmaceutical company Novartis announced on 25 October its plan to cut 1100 jobs in Switzerland, including 320 in Nyon where the factory is at risk to shut its doors.
The UNI Global Union World Executive Board passed a unanimous resolution in support of Fijian workers and unions who are fighting the oppressive regime of dictator Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
With 200 million unemployed people around the world, Occupy Wall Street, union protests and the Arab Spring the need for change is clear.
After employees’ organisations gave strike notice on Tuesday, the employer’s organisation Federation of Finnish Financial Sector (FFI) decided to declare a lock-out in the sector.
Over 70 trade unionists from eleven different countries and representing workers in 13 key multinational packaging companies in the hygiene and corrugated packaging sector met in Madrid
Voters in Ohio turned out in large numbers to support trade union rights giving a landslide victory for a referendum that overturned the state law stripping public sector workers of bargaining rights.
Almost 3,000 bank employees in Finland will strike from 6 a.m. on November 23 until midnight on November 30, unless the collective bargaining leads to an agreement prior to that.
H&M HK’s employees provided the opportunity to freely decide whether to join the union
Trade union leaders from around the world said organising workers and building collective bargaining rights are the key ingredients for changing the rules of the game in the global labour market.
