An analysis of the global financial crisis by Jacques Sapir, Research Director at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, argues that the neoliberal economic model promoted by the United States is at the basis of the current crisis.
In a letter to the members of the UNI World Executive Board, UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings responds to the Bush administration plan to spend up to $700 bn to bail out the US financial system...
On 23 September, a UNI delegation supported French Postal workers fighting against the privatisation of La Poste. UNI joined the 3000 postal workers, postal users, elected representatives and tra...
The jobs of 90 staff are under threat after paper manufacturer and supplier Mondi announced it had entered into a consultation process over the "likely" closure of its Holcombe mill in Bury, Lancashire.
Caroline Little, who brought Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive to profitability and is helping Guardian News & Media expand its digital presence in the United States, will be the keynote speaker at the annual World Digital Publishing Conference and Expo, to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 15 and 16 October next.
In the latest rescue plan for the financial system, US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Ben Bernanke, proposed a vast bailout of US financial institutions whereby the Treasury Department would buy up to $700 billion in toxic mortgage-backed securities.
Despite the global financial crisis, New Zealand affilate Finsec says that sales and referral targets are being held at their current levels or are being increased for most staff at New Zealand financial institutions. In its Statement of financial regulation, UNI Finance asks that companies make sure that pay incentives promote excellent customer service and good advice.
As they start the vote on the outcome of their employment negotiations the future for more than 1400 Transfield lines workers has become uncertain due to the major telecommunications contractor's...
The TUC recently set up a new informal public blog called ToUChstone blog - http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk.
The idea is to communicate more about policy work directly with interested stakeho...
How best to protect employees from negative effects of near- and offshore outsourcing is subject of this year’s UNI Europa ICT Forum. Following the MOOS project, the over 80 participants at the I...
