UNISON hosts event to mark second anniversary of the forced disbandment of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
The article Showing solidarity with Hong Kong’s independent trade unions first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON hosts event to mark second anniversary of the forced disbandment of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
The article Showing solidarity with Hong Kong’s independent trade unions first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Speaking on a composite on the war in Ukraine, Unite executive head of operations Gail Cartmail gave an impassioned speech in which she said Unite “unreservedly condemns Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and stands in full solidarity with the millions who are victims of that attack”. Gail highlighted the UN General Secretary’s report on children and […]
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To celebrate the 2023 International Youth Day on August 12, Unite Construction Executive Council (EC) member Stuart Grice contacted UniteLive on behalf of the EC and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) to highlight a campaign day hosted by the BWI. Tomorrow (August 12), the BWI is calling on its affiliates, partners, and young […]
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UNISON is ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill as it gets its second reading in parliament today
The article Fighting to protect workers’ rights first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON is ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill as it gets its second reading in parliament today
The article Fighting to protect workers’ rights first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite, together with trade unions across the world, achieved unprecedented new policy guidelines for promoting the UN’s Decent Work Agenda for the agri-food sector, after intense negotiations in May. The International Labour Organization (ILO) convened the meeting in early May, which brought together representatives from unions under the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) umbrella, […]
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Unite’s ground-breaking campaign for free and safe late-night transport to be provided to workers has been adopted as a policy at the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) conference, held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ITF consists of 700 affiliated trade unions from 153 countries, representing more than 20 million working people across the world. The […]
The post Get Me Home Safely motion carried at ITF global union conference appeared first on Unite Live.
As Irish trade unions, including Unite, step up to challenge the false narratives of the far right today, we draw inspiration from events nearly 40 years ago, when Dunnes Stores workers took strike action after a colleague was suspended for refusing to handle goods from apartheid South Africa. The suspended worker, Mary Manning, had refused […]
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Unite has called on prime minister Rishi Sunak and home secretary Suella Braverman to stop with “racist and inhumane, dog-whistle announcements” after the government published its Illegal Migration Bill, which has been widely condemned. Unite executive head of operations Gail Cartmail wrote to the prime minister and home secretary this week, urging them to focus […]
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Union members and branches are invited to donate in solidarity with the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.
The article Ukraine: Solidarity one year on first appeared on the UNISON National site.
On the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, with no sign of peace, the trade union movement prepares to launch a new appeal for trade unionists displaced by the war
The article Ukraine: one year on first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia
The article Colombian trade unionist addresses young members first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms
The article Blog: We need a new law to protect human rights and the environment first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON demands that a migrant workers centre is created in Qatar, as the key legacy of the sporting event
The article UNISON stands with migrant workers in Qatar – beyond the World Cup first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Gonul Erden faces charges of ‘terrorism’ for her trade union work, when she was co-president of the public health and services union SES
The article UNISON attends trade unionist trial in Turkey first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Kurdish woman died after three days in a police cell in Iran
The article UNISON condemns the death of Mahsa Amini first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Abortion is still illegal in the UK, with a recent report revealing that a woman was arrested straight after a stillbirth in Cornwall and remains under investigation
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In a court in Ankara, I saw first-hand how the Turkish state is determined to deny justice to trade unionists accused of ‘terrorism’ for doing their union duties
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In the run-up to elections in Colombia at the end of May, UNISON is highlighting four women social leaders who have been subject to violence due to their activism
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International committee welcomes IFJ’s complaint to the International Criminal Court regarding Israel’s targeting of journalists working in Palestine
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