Unionised workers from Prosegur in Santiago de Chile drove 80 armoured vehicles belonging to the company to La Moneda, the Presidential Palace, to present a letter to the country’s President Michelle Bachelet.
The workers’ action occurred after the killing of their work colleague Rafael Pardo Triviño last Friday the 31st of July in a shooting in the city of San Antonio in Chile.
On the third anniversary of the mass dismissal of 327 unionized employees by Prosegur Paraguay, workers protested in front of the local head offices of Spanish bank BBVA and Prosegur in Asuncion. BBVA is one of the principal clients for Prosegur in Latin America.
Spanish security firm Prosegur continues to make huge profits while plagued with allegations of ongoing human rights abuses of their workers in South America.
30 July 2015 marks the third anniversary of the mass dismissal that left more than 300 Prosegur Paraguay workers and their families without an income. The 327 workers belonging to the trade union SITEPROPASA were dismissed in 2012, in Paraguay, for no other reason but for establishing a legal trade union and demanding a collective agreement, decent working conditions and the right to strike.
Cash in Transit unions in 13 Brazilian states are threatening a national one-day strike, against abuses by the Spanish security firm Prosegur in the country. Prosegur is responsible 60% of the Cash In Transit market in Brazil.
$500 will provide shelter throughout the winter to a family that lost its home in the Nepal earthquake.
The UK government crackdown on trade union rights is reminiscent of former Chilean dictator Augustus Pinochet and an attack on democracy itself, UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings has said.
UNI deplores worrying trend as workers' rights deteriorate across the globe
A UNI-led campaign to highlight workers’ rights abuses at Amazon received widespread press and social media coverage after fantastic support from affiliates and other global unions.
Amazon’s Prime Day sale, which marked the company’s 20th anniversary, was renamed Shame Day during a joint campaign with UNI affiliate Ver.Di.
Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer is today celebrating its 20th birthday, by highlighting its commercial success story. For many Amazon employees, the reality is quite different. The real story behind the vast profits is a company that is consistently breaching the fundamental rights of its staff.
