In an interview with Australian broadcaster ABC, Head of UNI World Athletes Brendan Schwab called for a greater focus on the prevention of doping violations, rather than the current emphasis on deterrence and punishment, even at the expense of athletes who are not cheats but inadvertently breach anti-doping regulations.
After more than a year of difficult and hard-fought negotiations, Finnish unions reached sufficient approval for the “Competitiveness Pact” to take effect.
Workers’ rights have weakened further in most regions of the world and are being worsened by severe crackdowns on freedom of speech and assembly, according to the 2016 ITUC Global Rights Index.
Restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly increased by 22% globally, the report found, with 50 out of 141 countries surveyed recording restrictions.
The ITUC Global Rights Index ranks 141 countries against 97 internationally-recognised indicators to assess where workers’ rights are best protected, in law and in practice.
UNI Global Union Deputy General Secretary spoke at the OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct in Paris.
UNI World Athletes, the world players’ association across professional sport, today applauded German speed skater Claudia Pechstein for her immense courage and sacrifice in challenging sport’s justice system, and vowed to continue to press for reform
UNI Global Union General Secretary, Philip Jennings cites the success of the Bangladesh Accord and calls for ILO Convention on Supply Chains
UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings calls for stronger implementation of ‘priceless’ OECD Guidelines for Multinationals
Airport workers will unite across borders Wednesday, 1 June, to deliver the message that while airlines and airports are getting richer their workers are being paid less, worked more, and having their job security torn away.
CWA to take down pickets; company agrees to add good union jobs on the East Coast; first contract for retail wireless workers; improves workers’ overall standard of living
UNI Global Union’s Management Committee shows its support for striking Verizon workers and CWA union
