“2021 is a time to give meaning to all of this.” Oliver Roethig looks ahead to a year of building services workers’ power. With the 5th UNI Europa Conference on the horizon, unions are poised to set a common agenda and push forward on three fronts: organising, policy advocacy and multinational coordination.
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As scrutiny over Amazon’s anti-union practices, environmental impact, tax avoidance and worker safety intensifies in Europe and the United States, UNI Global Union, Progressive International, Oxfam, Greenpeace and dozens of civil society organizations, environmentalists and tax watchdogs are joining forces on Black Friday to #MakeAmazonPay. Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of UNI Europa was with Progressive International to hand over our common demands to their lobbying office…
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The second wave in Poland is having a devastating effect, with nursing homes heavily hit. In Torun, one of the early hotspots, nursing home workers have taken a stand to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19. With under-staffing, shortages of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), and a lack of overall resources, these long-term care workers…
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Cleaners have been at the forefront of efforts to contain the virus. Yet for too long the companies who rely on their work have tried to cut costs by cutting them out of decent pay. Cleaners at the offices of a UK government depratment took a stand. By coming together in their union PCS Union, they…
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Today is World Day for Decent Work. Service workers’ unions from across the world are uniting to demand essential rights for essential workers. UNI Europa marked the launch of this campaign with a joint video message. “Many employers have been allowed to cut corners and unleash a race to the bottom on these workers’ conditions…
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