Jennings tells ITUC meeting ‘climate change is union business!’
UNI’s General Secretary Philip Jennings makes call for action on climate change
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Organised Athletes: a critical voice in sports governance
By Brendan Schwab, Head of UNI World Athletes.
This article is part of a series drawing on articles from the Global Corruption Report: Sport.
The crisis of confidence in the governance of sport, especially at the global level, has justifiably reached new levels in 2015.
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German retailer KiK must pay promised compensation to Pakistani factory fire victims
On the 3rd anniversary of Pakistan’s worst-ever industrial disaster, UNI, IndustriALL and the Clean Clothes Campaign call on KiK to honour its promise to provide long-term compensation to victims
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UNI tells UK government – “temporary agency workers should not be used as strike breakers”
UNI demands the UK government withdraws its proposal to remove ban on temporary agency workers replacing striking workers
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UNI supports HomePlus workers in struggle for job security
Workers at HomePlus, Korea’s second-largest discount supermarket chain, have been left vulnerable to the potentially negative impact of restructuring after private equity fund, MBK’s acquisition of the chain from British supermarket giant Tesco.
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WEF proposal for new road map of economic growth
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has thrown its weight behind the global policy push to bring about inclusive growth.
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UNI joins ITUC in backing UN Migrant Call
UNI Global Union has joined with the ITUC in backing a UN call for Europe to accept, initially, up to 200,000 migrants...
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Death threat against Prosegur union leader
UNI Global Union condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the death threats against Prosegur union leader in Medellín, Colombia, Ovidio Quiroz. The wife of Quiroz received an anonymous phone call, with an electronically disguised voice, saying that she could expect to receive the body of her husband “in pieces”. UNI Global Union is extremely concerned for the life and physical safety of Ovidio Quiroz.
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7-Eleven accused of chronically underpaying workers in Australia
Supermarket giant 7-Eleven have been accused of underpaying workers after a report found that two-thirds of 7-Eleven shops are underpaying their workers, many of whom are foreign students.
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Global Slowdown and Refugee Crisis Require Extraordinary Action From G20
“The G20 has the chance to set the world of work on a different trajectory – workers are looking for extraordinary recommendations as we meet in extraordinary times."
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