Airport workers at the Fort-Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Florida went on strike today to protest repeat labor violations by airline contractors, G2 Secure Staff and Eulen America that are preventing employees from organizing to improve poverty wages and poor working conditions. Both companies, which service Spirit, Southwest, American Airlines, JetBlue and others, are currently under federal investigation by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for violating workers’ rights.

ABN AMRO, FNV and UNI Global Union have signed a global framework agreement (GFA) designed to strengthen the social dialogue with trade unions. The agreement confirms that both the bank and the unions pursue responsible and sustainable business operations. Under the agreement, the bank commits to the International Labour Organisation’s Fundamental principles and Rights at Work, including the freedom to belong to a union. Sustainability is an important theme in the agreement, both with respect to employees and to clients and society.

UNI and the Prosegur Workers' Union Peru are investigating the death of a female Prosegur worker in Lima, Peru on Monday the 24th of August. The dead worker, who worked in Prosegur's Cash Management Division, went into a coma inside the company's premises in the Peruvian capital.

First reports from Prosegur workers indicate that their colleague entered a coma inside abathroom at the company, where she stayed until found by her work colleagues. The worker never woke from her coma and later died.