G7 to take coordinated action
The seven most industrialised countries agreed on five-point plan to address the deepening of the financial crisis. UNI Finance welcomes the steps taken but asks that more is done to address the crisis.
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UNI Global Union's approach to the financial crisis
In a circular to all its affiliates, UNI's General Secretary, Philip Jennings, sets out the global union's approach to address the financial crisis. The key objective for trade unions is to have a seat in the reform process that will follow up the crisis.
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Coordinated rescue plan agreed by Eurozone countries
After last weeks failed attempts to provide a unison European response to financial crisis, leaders of the Eurozone countries have now agreed on a coordinated bank rescue plan. The plan set out the framework of the rescue plans to be developed in the individual countries.
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KBC: Jobs protected in collective agreement
In its quest for safety for staff, UNI affiliate LBC-NVK (Belgium) succeeded in prolonging the Collective Bargaining Agreement on job guarantee at KBC. The agreement is fully extended until the end of 2009 and provides job security for all employees of KBC, a Belgium insurance group
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ECOFIN responses to financial crisis
The ECOFIN Council gathered in Luxembourg on Tuesday to discuss a coordinated European response to financial crisis. The conclusions adopted at the meeting address several of the key points raised by UNI-Finance with its 13 demands on regulation of financial markets.
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Qwest Reach New Tentative Agreement
The Communications Workers of America reported that the Union Bargaining Team has reached a new tentative contract settlement with Qwest Communications. The negotiations resumed Thursday, October...
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Conflicting views at the Forum about recent European Court cases
On 9 October 2008 the European Commission invited hundreds of participants from the Member States and the social partners to a Forum about the recent cases from the European Court of Justice; Laval...
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Child labour at work: Exploitation continues in India
It was a law that received much attention on 10 October 2006 when India passed the law to ban children below 14 working as domestic helps come into force under the Child Labour Act 1986. The empl...
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BEST EVER CA SIGNED IN AME HISTORY
We are pleased to inform that Association of Maybank Executives (AME) and Maybank has signed Collective Agreement for 25% salary adjustment...
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SIREN's new report findings on Human Trafficking Rescues
The past ten years has seen a dramatic change in the migration pattern in the ASEAN region. While there are domestic migration and migration across the borders,...
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