The Global Union for Skills and Services with 15 million Members in 900 Unions
UNI Structure 4 Regions 12 Sectors 3 Inter-Professional Groups Campaigns & Organising Trade Union Development, Training & Capacity Building
Sectors are increasingly dominated by a shrinking number of multinationals Global companies require global unions The organised to help the unorganised UNI Sectors are becoming global unions for global industries Global organising
Global Unions for Global Industries UNI Commerce Global Union UNI GamingUNI Property Services Postal Telecom
Organising – reversing A declining trend Connecting with new members - young people, women, atypical, informal Global as well as national organising Global agreements with multinationals to ensure union access and worker rights Create new unions as work moves
Globalise the Wal-Mart Biggest company in the world Anti-union at home Driving down pay and conditions “Wal-Mart is not just a UFCW problem. It’s not even an American problem. It’s a Labour problem,” Joe Hansen, President UFCW & UNI
Global Agreements Telefonica, Carrefour, OTE, ISS, H&M, Portugal Telecom … and more to come
Building alliances in France Telecom in Quebecor in Securitas
Reaching new workers - around the world