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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It’s the EU’s week of action for fair work. Oliver Roethig, UNI Europa Regional Secretary, outlines what is needed: ✊🏽 expanded collective bargaining ☂️ ensure all working people have access to declared work 🔎 well-financed & functioning labour inspectorates
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EU country leaders meet tomorrow to decide on whether or not to give their green light to an ambitious Covid-19 recovery plan. Service sector workers have been at the forefront of the crisis. As the economic fallout looms, many service jobs are in the balance. As lockdown measures begin to life across the continent, Oliver…
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UNI Europa calls on EU to back Work-free Sunday “Do we really want to live without a Sunday, without a day where we don’t work?“, asks Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of the European services workers union UNI Europa. “Often workers don’t have a choice anymore. With all the negative consequences for their private lives. Our demand…
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Happy New Year from UNI Europa, the European Services Workers Union, and its 268 unions with 7 million members across Europe. Looking back on 2018 we were successful in putting the demand for a more Social Europe back on the agenda. But it is clear that we have a lot of work to do together…
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