Forward through collective bargaining

September 2021

#AmazonPanopticon

Over the summer, Amazon also opened its first warehouse in the Netherlands. FNV anticipated this by laying out their expectations of Amazon. As Oliver Roethig outlined in his message of welcome, they join a growing coalition around the world who are making Amazon accountable to workers & our democracies.

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#ProcuringDecentWork

UNI Europa received an answer from the EU Commission (available from here) following our letter co-signed by the elected leaders of 106 workers’ unions from 29 countries calling on the EU to change public procurement rules to guarantee workers a say.

We are also working to expose concrete examples which demonstrate that current legislation does not deliver for working people. We recently looked at how workers at one cleaning company pushed back against fire and rehire attempts which are spreading in outsourcing companies.

Make sure you show your support and stay up to date with the campaign by signing here and spreading the word.

EU Consultations

• on the AI Act
• on the review of the EU’s sectoral social dialogue
• on self-employment

In case you missed it

Upcoming events

• 3 September: Commerce – Digital Transformation – project steering group meeting
• 8-9 September: ICTS – Ericsson Global Trade Union Network
• 9 September: Commerce – E-commerce project steering group meeting
• 17 September: Haire & Beauty – personal services: sectoral social dialogue committee working group meeting
• 21 September: ICTS – UNI Europa ICTS Steering Committee
• 23 September: Cross-sector – UNI Europa Management Committee
• 28 September: Cross-sector – Social media and media training with Central & Eastern Europe affiliates
• 29 September: Commerce – E-commerce workshops on Poland, Hungary, Spain & Italy
• 30 September: Commerce – Social Dialogue meeting
• 1 October: Graphical & Packaging – capacity building Croatia seminar
• 5 October: Commerce – E-commerce project steering group meeting
• 7 October: Cross-sector workshop – Best practice in using social media to support organising and collective bargaining campaigns.
• 12 October: ICTS – UNI Europa ICTS Conference Steering Committee
• 12 October: Finance – Social Dialoge Insurance Internal Working Group Meeting
• 13 October:  Finance – Insurance Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee Plenary Meeting
• 13-14 October: ICTS – UNI Europa ICTS Conference
• 14 October: Cross-sector workshop – Using Facebook to generate leads in organising campaigns
• 19 October: Commerce – E-commerce training on guidelines
• 19 October: Temporary Agency Wokers – Social Dialogue Committee Plenary
• 20 October: Cleaning – Social Dialogue Plenary
• 21 October: Cross-sector workshop – Generating member engagement through instant messaging
• 26 October: Cross sector – Training for Central & Eastern Europe affiliates: designing and implementing comprehensive campaigns
• 27 October: Private Security – Social Dialogue Meeting
• 28 October: Cross-sector workshop – How to set up an organising and bargaining strategy