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UNI unites unions in 150 countries to help service workers build power through organizing & collective bargaining. We are workers in retail, banking, post, care, media, sport, printing, tech & telecoms, gaming, property services. Repost not endorsement
@uniglobalunion.orgHappy #WorldPostDay! On 9 October we honour more than 4 million postal workers around the world who keep us connected, day in, day out, come rain or shine. The post is built on the universal service obligation – YOUR right to send and receive mail at an affordable price. But it's under threat.
@uniglobalunion.org🌍 Today on #WorldPostDay we pay tribute to more than 4 million postal workers worldwide who deliver for us, no matter where we live, no matter who we are. Thank you!
@uniglobalunion.org✊ Today, 7 October, is the World Day for Decent Work, and young workers are leading the call for decent jobs, secure work and a wage they can live off.
We spoke to UNI Youth Global President Crisnalda Nhamucale about what decent work means to young people https://ow.ly/4ZuH50ZV3ly
@uniglobalunion.orgBrenita Cloete, deputy president of our South African affiliate, #SACCAWU, has been a shop worker for over five decades. This week she joined UNI and other affiliates for a meeting at the the ILO in Geneva about safety in retail
@uniglobalunion.orgThousands of call centre workers in Morocco and Tunisia have lost their jobs after a new French law banning unsolicited calls came into force in August. Unions are calling for consultation ahead of major changes to the industry, retraining and better income protection. https://ow.ly/5M6850ZSZYE
@uni-europa.bsky.socialReposted by @uniglobalunion.orgAfter a 2-year fight and a credible strike threat, Norway's hairdressers won a major victory: advance sick pay, higher wages and paid unsocial hours. This victory is exceptional in a traditionally non-union sector. We sat down with hairdresser-turned-union leader Vivian Jacobsen to learn about it.
@uniglobalunion.org🎉 sverigesingenjorer.bsky.social and @unionen.bsky.social sign a collective agreement with King, advancing worker voice and fair conditions in the games industry.
This victory matters beyond Sweden. It's further proof that games jobs can be good jobs, and that when workers stand together, they win!
@uniglobalunion.org🇹🇭 We're proud to support creative workers in Thailand, who are drafting the first-ever guidelines for a fair contract in the sector. ✊
https://ow.ly/o3qj50ZR4bR
@uni-europa.bsky.socialReposted by @uniglobalunion.orgToday, we rallied in Brussels outside the @ec.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu together with workers and trade unionists from all across Europe against deregulation and social dumping.
We will keep fighting to "fix or sink the EU Inc" that would allow companies to evade national labour standards.
@uniglobalunion.orgAs part of the global trade union movement, UNI stands in solidarity with our union siblings in Turkey.
Read the full statement: uniglobalunion.org/news/global-...
@uniglobalunion.orgFollowing a shocking attack on trade unionists by police in the Argentinian province of Tucumán, UNI is backing a complaint filed with the International Labour Organization’s Committee on Freedom of Association by our affiliate, La Bancaria. https://ow.ly/zujF50ZOllT
@uniglobalunion.org🚨BREAKING! G4S promised its guards in India 8-hour shifts & decent pay.
A new report tells a different story: no written contracts, 12-hour shifts with no seating, guards fired for unionizing. #G4SFailure
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@uniglobalunion.org⚠️UNI stands with more than 1,300 workers at Encore Boston Harbor, the Wynn Resorts casino resort in Massachusetts, USA, who are on strike ✊ Follow the strike at local26.org/encore. UNITE HERE Local 26 Teamsters
@uniglobalunion.org🚨"What can I give them? Because I've got nothing." — a G4S guard on payday, despite working full-time.
New UNI Global Union report: 16-hour days, poverty wages, sexual harassment for better posts. Across SA, Uganda, DRC. #G4SFailure
@uni-europa.bsky.socialReposted by @uniglobalunion.orgAs millions of workers and their families are suffering from today’s affordability crisis, the EU Procurement Act is a clear opening to remedy some of their material concerns. Our press release on today's presentation of the EU Procurement Act.
@uniglobalunion.org✊ Solidarity with Concentrix workers and our Spanish affiliates CC.OO and UGT who are planning to take legal action after the outsourcing giant failed to justify further job cuts at its A Coruña operations. Around 160 of the site's 360 jobs have gone since July. https://ow.ly/l7OG50ZJimp
@uniglobalunion.org🚨36-hour shifts. Wage theft. Sexual harassment for a "better" posting.
A new UNI report exposes what G4S guards face while protecting valuable mines & security operations in South Africa, DRC & Uganda. #G4SFailure
Full report: uniglobalunion.org/news/failure...
@uni-europa.bsky.socialReposted by @uniglobalunion.orgThe EU has a historic opportunity to improve workers’ livelihoods by setting an example in how it chooses to spend public money.
Oliver Roethig urges @steph-sejourne.bsky.social and @ec.europa.eu to follow Australia's and Scotland's examples for the upcoming EU Procurement Act.
@uni-europa.bsky.socialReposted by @uniglobalunion.orgBREAKING🇨🇿: In under two years since setting up their union, Microsoft workers in the Czech Republic have won a landmark collective bargaining agreement. They secured better pension benefits, higher severance packages and better company communication.
@uniglobalunion.orgIn response to the ongoing illegal attacks on Palestinians throughout the occupied territories, UNI Global Union calls on the Israeli government to end the impunity of settlers who commit acts of extreme violence against Palestinians. Read our statement.
