Key stakeholders at Amazon came together to demand action to limit the company’s power at an historic symposium in Brussels in December 2019. Now, a report from the global symposium lays out the critiques and solutions to the company’s growing control over today’s economy and society.
Amazon is now the world's biggest online retailer and largest provider of web services, making a profit of US$10.5 billion in 2019.
UNI Commerce will run a year-long, global campaign to stop violence and harassment at work, following a decision made at its annual steering committee meeting in Barcelona on 20-22 January 2020.
In collaboration with UNI Equal Opportunities, UNI Commerce will launch “There Is No Store for Violence and Harassment in Commerce” on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2020.
Commerce workers are identified as some of the most vulnerable to violence and harassment at work, and a report of store workers by USDAW union in the UK found that 56 per cent of incidents go unreported.
The historic conclusions from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) inaugural Global Dialogue Forum on Decent Work in the World of Sport have identified that athletes must have their fundamental rights protected and the collective actions required to achieve this.
UNI General Secretary Christy Hoffman brought a powerful message to the CEOs and world leaders convening in Davos for the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum: “Unless this crowd is willing to give up some power and share it, it’s not going to get better,” Hoffman told the New York Times during the summit.
UNI Global Union has called on Walmart-subsidiary, Massmart, to halt plans to close up to 34 stores in South Africa, which could put around 1,400 jobs at risk.
At a meeting in Barcelona this week, the UNI Commerce Global Steering Committee unanimously adopted a solidarity statement urging Massmart and Walmart to revise their decision announced on 13 January, and to engage in constructive consultation with UNI affiliate, SACCAWU (South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union).
Speaking at the meeting, Louise Thipe from SACCAWU said:
Fresenius has avoided up to €2.9 billion in taxes worldwide through aggressive tax planning
UNI Global Union stands in solidarity with Na Sun-Ja, the President of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union (KHMU) who entered the 13th day of an indefinite hunger strike at Youngnam University Hospital today to demand the reinstatement of Park Moon-Jin and Song-Young Sook, two union activists fired in 2006.
The hospital, which hired the notoriously anti-union firm Creation Consulting Company, has resisted multiple calls to reinstate Park Moon-Jin and Song-Young Sook.
Sport is work and athletes must have their fundamental rights at work protected is the key message from a report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations agency responsible for decent working conditions.
Geneva, 20 January 2020. Athlete rights, health and representation will be the focus of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) inaugural global dialogue on decent work in the world of sport which opens today in Geneva.
UNI has urged the company to respect the commitments made in global agreement
