Before many of the 327 workers fired by Prosegur Paraguay, in Sunday mass in the city Asuncion, Pope Francis asked for empathy for "the persecuted and the unemployed”. This month is the third anniversary of the mass dismissal of 327 unionized workers by Prosegur in Paraguay.
UNI Europa is cautiously optimistic about Eurozone governments having agreed to start negotiations on an ESM programme with Greece.
But scepticism remains as to who will have to pay for that. Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of UNI Europa said, 'Greece has to be rebuilt for the Greek people, not for satisfying a neoliberal austerity model for the EU’s future.'
On July 10, Randstad Group signed an agreement establishing the European Works Council in the company. UNI Europa TAW together with its affiliates has been driving the process for a few years.
UNI affiliate ver.di have won the guarantee of job security and pay rises for thousands of workers after weeks of strikes in Deutsche Post-DHL
UNI Global Union congratulates UNICARE affiliate UNIA on the forming of 'Together for good care work', a new national group for carers from Central Eastern Europe in Switzerland.
Read below for more information about the initiative, and check out the UNIA webpage which has information in multiple languages here.
UNI Post & Logistics' affiliate the Communication Workers Union launched a new campaign today to defend postal services and the rights of postal workers in Great Britain. Following privatisation of the Royal Mail in 2013, CWU members have been threatened by unfair competition and a Conservative government intent on eroding univeral postal services.
UNI APRO Director Rajendra Kumar Acharya explains what happened in Kathmandu at 11.56 on the morning of 25th April 2015.
UNI Europa and the ETUC are united in calling for the Greek people not to be penalised for voting against austerity. The EU must react by backing a workable debt rescheduling and debt relief system.
UNI Europa Regional Secretary Oliver Roethig said, “The Eurogroup must work out a solution as quickly as possible so that the Greek crisis doesn’t spiral out of control even more. EU leaders have a political and moral obligation not to push Greece out of the Eurozone – this would endanger the European Union project as a whole.”
HomePlus labour union mobilises over potential sale of HomePlus stores (Tesco Korea)
The Executive Committee of OTOE, Greece's bank employees' union, has issued a press release outlining their position on the upcoming referendum in Greece: 'We urge the Government HERE and NOW to withdraw the referendum, which divides our people and leads our country to an adventure, while at the same time is degrading a key democratic process.
