Unions call for IKEA to rehire unfairly fired worker, improve work-life balance
IKEA fired an Italian worker with 17 years at the company who needed schedule flexiblity to care for her disabled child.
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UNI backs Liverpool Mandela Memorial
Plans for a permanent memorial to Nelson Mandela in a Liverpool park have been given a significant boost on the fourth anniversary of his death, thanks to UNI Global Union
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UNI Deputy GS calls for business and government to deliver on human rights
At the closing of 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Christy Hoffman issued a call to action in order to make progress in the remedy pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
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UNI calls for world to “Make a Stand to End Modern Day Slavery”
UNI backs campaign for treaty to end modern day slavery, marking the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
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Women players from across the world battle for equality of opportunity and pay
In 2017 more professional sportswomen than ever have united to fight for the right to compete, better pay and improved working conditions. The new Gender Equality Principles of the World Players Association lead the way.
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UNI Global Union and World Players Association announce collective plan to establish independent Centre for Sport and Human Rights in 2018
UNI Global Union and the World Players Association, along with dozens of other leading global stakeholders involved in the Mega-Sporting Events Platform for Human Rights (MSE Platform), announced today their plans to launch an independent Centre for Sport and Human Rights next year.
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UNI GS to Uber boss: 'Don't let workers fall through the trapdoor’
UNI GS discusses how the sharing economy is shaping the Future World of Work at ILO event
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NSZZ "Solidarność" wins Sunday commerce victory in Polish Parliament
The Polish Parliament passed a union-backed law on limiting the commerce on Sundays.
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After a 47-day strike, Korean health care workers win a huge pay rise
More than 1,500 members of KHMU—a UNICARE affiliate—made it after happen a long strike.
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16 pledges to end gender based violence at the workplace
On November 25th, 1960, the three Mirabal sisters were assassinated for their political activism against the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. Their deaths became a symbol of feminist resistance and since 1981, this date became synonymous throughout Latin America as a day to combat and raise awareness on violence against women.
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