Korea – One million candlelight vigil calling for democracy
More than one million Koreans took part in a candlelight vigil calling for President Park to stand down and return the country to democracy.
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NEW REPORT: TiSA is Bad News for Workers and Communities
ITUC releases jaw-dropping report analyzing the dangers of TiSA for planet, people and democracy. UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings comments:
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UNI Global Union congratulates Guy Ryder on his re-election as Director-General of ILO
Former union leader Guy Ryder reconfirms his commitment to shaping the Future World of Work
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From the Caribbean to Europe, UNI Global Union Alliance of Liberty Global Workers Take Action for Job Security
UNI Global Union is a global federation of trade unions in the services sectors, including telecommunications, with more than 20 million members in more than one 140 countries throughout the world. The employees of Cable & Wireless and Columbus Communications, now part of Liberty Global, are among some of the Liberty Global work places that form the UNI Liberty Global Trade Union Alliance in the Caribbean and Europe.
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UK Cleaners - The Kinsley Three - enter 8th week of strike action
Three school cleaners whose jobs were outsourced to a private cleaning company are now on their 8th week of strike action after losing wage rates, sick pay and holiday pay following a transfer of their employment. They are employed by a local cleaning company `C and D`who took over the contract from the local authority in West Yorkshire, UK. The company has refused to meet with the cleaners' trade union, UNISON, and have refused to pay back any of the lost terms unless the local authority pays for it by inreasing the money in the contract for them.
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Promoting social dialogue in audiovisual media companies
Following a two-year project involving workers from major European audiovisual media companies, the trade unions in the European media sector issue a guide to assist workers and unions in building a good information, consultation and participation culture in European Works Councils.
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Jennings tells UNIA Congress: “This must be our industrial revolution”
UNIA, the largest trade union in Switzerland held their Congress in Geneva with the slogan "Solidarity in society, strong in the workplace". The re-elected Unia President Vania Alleva celebrated UNIA’s steady growth, with several thousand new members added since their last Congress in 2012.
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UNI Finance Trade Union Alliance of RBC established in Trinidad & Tobago
Port of Spain, 1st November, 2016 - Caribbean Trade Unions who are affiliates of UNI FINANCE have established a Trade Union Alliance to address the securing of union rights for all RBC workers in the region. This is intended to ensure that Trade Union rights for RBC workers are protected and respected and also ensure their right to freedom of association, union recognition and a workplace free from fear.
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HK Handel: A union in motion
Congress Adopts Action Plan – re-elects Per Tonnesen
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Jennings tells CNN: “Workers need a pay rise!”
General Secretary of UNI Global Union Philip Jennings welcomed the increase in the London Living Wage in an interview with CNN Money journalist Nina dos Santos.
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