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Forward through collective bargaining

June 2021

Welcome to our new monthly newsletter. We highlight key topics for service workers at European level over the past month and look ahead to what’s coming up over the next.

Conference 2021

Unions representing 7 million service sector workers from across Europe came together for the first virtual edition of the UNI Europa Regional Conference. Over 900 delegates and trade union guests attended the online event, which was hosted by UNI-affiliated unions from the three trade union families of Belgium.

Delegates voted to pass eight resolutions and two statements which set the organisation’s political priorities for the next four years and named UNI Europa’s new leadership.See the keynote address of Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary, for a summary of the key political priorities for the mandate.

#ProcuringDecentWork

With the recent launch of our campaign for no public contracts without collective agreement, we are working towards the next step. 15 June is Justice Day and we will be putting our demand at the centre of our actions. We will again be turning to the European Parliament and calling on MEPs to pledge their support for our key demand.

#MakeAmazonPay

Last week was a major week of work on Amazon. We joined Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), first i n the streets for the Brussels rally of the #MakeAmazonPay campaign, then in the European Parliament itself for the Amazon Hearing. The consensus with which MEPs from all groups called out the corporation’s abusive labour practices was encouraging. We will be keeping up the momentum with the publication of research into Amazon’s surveillance of its workers over the next month.

To keep up with the developments on UNI’s work on Amazon, make sure to sign up to our dedicated Newsletter.

In case you missed it

Opinion: Workplace, public space: workers organising in the age of facial recognition

EU Social Summit: 3 concrete actions services workers’ unions want to see

Sector agreement: film workers in Germany win improved working hours

Collective bargaining for European service workers in the twenty-first century: a snapshot

IBM CEO requested to provide transparency and guarantees to IBMers

Call for tender: SDC EU funded project The world of work in the postal sector in 2030

Tax break ruling shows need for political answer to Amazon

Collective bargaining systems in Europe

Upcoming events

8 June: FERA-FSE-UNI MEI workshop on collective bargaining for creators
8 June: ISS Trade Union Alliance meeting (property services: cleaning)
8-9 June: Final conference of project on mapping the commercial live performance sector (day 1 – day 2)
8-9 June: Finance: insurance social dialogue working group meeting
9 June: Securitas Trade Union Alliance meeting (property services: security)
10 June: Roundtable on cash
15 June: Justice Day
16 June: Cross-sector project workshop
16-17 June: Policy making working group
17 June: Capacity building project: 2nd seminar in Turkey
17 June: Webinar – remote work: who will be the real winners?
18 June: EURO MEI Executive Committee meeting
18 June: Webinar on dignity at work in film and TV production
21 June: Webinar – post-Covid: a changed environment for insurance workers and trade unions?
22 June: Working group meeting of the EU audiovisual social dialogue committee
23 June: UNI CARE Europa steering committee meeting
23 June: Finance regulation working group meeting
24 June: EWCs network creation in the Temporary Agency Work sector
24 June: F inance – DG FISMA consultation meeting
24 June: UNI Europa ICTS 6th CPM
25 June: Social dialogue committee postal services working group meeting
28 June: Working group meeting of sectoral social dialogue committee on live performance
28-29 June: Domestic workers: 10 years of ILO Convention 189
29 June: 3rd webinar on digital skills and tools (UNI MEI – focus on production)

Newsletter – June 2021

Forward through collective bargaining

June 2021

Conference 2021

#ProcuringDecentWork

#MakeAmazonPay

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Upcoming events

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