UNI Global Union

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UNI global union

logo
legal form organization
founding January 1, 2000
Seat Nyon , Switzerland
management Joe Hansen (President), Philip Jennings (General Secretary)
Number of employees 106
Website www.uniglobalunion.org

UNI global union (UNI) is one of the global trade union federations linked to the International Trade Union Confederation as part of the Global Unions .

UNI Global Union is the mouthpiece of 20 million workers in the service sector in all parts of the world. Through its 900 member organizations, UNI represents workers in 150 countries and in all regions of the world and is active in the following sectors: cleaning & safety / maintenance services; Trade; Financial; Games & Betting; Hairdressing / cosmetics industry; ICTS; Media, entertainment & arts; Post & Logistics; Social insurance; Sports; Temporary agency workers and tourism.

The purpose of the alliance is to expand and strengthen member organizations and UNI Global Union to improve the working and living conditions of employees in service sectors and related areas.

history

UNI was created on January 1st, 2000 from the merger between FIET (International Association of Employees, Technicians and Managers), MEI (Media Entertainment International), IC (International Communication) and IGF (International Graphics Association).

In September 2001 the first UNI World Congress took place in Berlin, in August 2005 the second in Nyon. The third world congress took place in November 2010 in Nagasaki.

The fifth world congress is scheduled to take place in Liverpool from June 17-20, 2018

On March 2nd, 2009 UNI introduced its new logo. On this day it also changed its name from “Union Network International” to “UNI global union”.

UNI global union has concluded 51 global agreements so far (as of March 2018).

Objectives of the UNI

According to the statutes, UNI aims to:

a) Formation, growth and strengthening of independent and democratic unions of workers within the remit of UNI.
b) Promotion of peace, freedom and democracy through independent and democratic trade unions and respect for basic labor standards.
c) Cooperation between trade unions, regardless of citizenship, race, creed and ethnicity, while at the same time recognizing the independence of member organizations.
d) Realizing equality between men and women.
e) Safeguarding and promoting the interests of young members and future generations.
f) Building solidarity between unions in multinational companies with the aim of:
  • Create structures for information, consultation and collective bargaining;
  • Develop structures for union cooperation and coordination;
  • ensure that multinational companies respect basic labor standards and international guidelines and codes of conduct.
g) Creating a social dimension in the globalization of the economy through:
  • Combating social and economic exploitation in every form.
  • Promotion of the recognition and implementation of labor standards for all employees in all countries and of copyright, copying and performance rights of employees in the creative field.
  • Reject any form of discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture and belief.
  • Defending and promoting the economic, social and cultural rights of employees.
  • Representation and implementation of these goals in all suitable international organizations.
  • Defense and promotion of the professional interests of the affiliated members.
h) Creating a social dimension in regional economic integration by ensuring that trade unions have the opportunity to be heard and influence the decisions of the organizations concerned in order to promote social justice and develop a social dialogue between employers and trade unions.
i) Defend human rights, including freedom of speech, expression, creation, association, and universal suffrage and the rights of unrestricted access to the media and means of dissemination of creative activity, on which all other rights and freedoms depend.

organization

UNI President is Joe de Bruyn, General Secretary is Philip Jennings.

UNI's headquarters are on Lake Geneva in Nyon , Switzerland . The organization is divided into regions and professional areas.

Regional structure

  • UNI-Europa , headquarters in Brussels
    ("Europe" is however broadly defined here and also includes countries outside of geographic Europe - for more details see UNI-Europa)
  • UNI americas, headquarters in Panama
  • UNI asia & pacific, headquarters in Singapore
  • UNI africa, headquarters in Abidjan / Johannesburg

Number of members (end of 2006)

sector Europe Africa Americas Asia and
Pacific		 Global
Union
trade 2,171,457 193,828 807.122 733.760 3,906,167
Financial 1,216,603 141,925 448,676 555.397 2,362,601
Post and logistics 798,552 83,686 746.762 443.772 2,072,772
telecommunications 493.202 63,385 398.881 589.263 1,544,731
IBITS (employees and managers
in industry, ICT employees )		 855.540 65,345 69,716 63.141 1,053,742
Security and maintenance 382.014 79.271 382,619 72,559 916.463
Graphic industry 399.742 54,139 221,587 60,338 735.806
Social Security and
Health Services		 183.164 24,846 271,800 55,188 543.998
Media, show and art 318.496 13,494 145.961 64,282 542.233
Gambling 31,163 27,323 109.902 9,698 178.086
electricity 43,451 3,559 46,311 10,375 103,696
tourism 57,233 9,086 10,966 4,965 82,250
Hairdressing and cosmetic services 40,952 9,157 100 4,761 54,970
Temporary employment agencies n. v. n. v. n. v. n. v. n. v.
all in all 6,991,569 769.044 3,660,403 2,667,499 14,088,515

Groups of people

  • UNI women
  • UNI youth (-35 years old)
  • UNI executives

literature

  • Heinz Bendt, Worldwide Solidarity, The Work of Global Trade Union Organizations in the Age of Globalization, Bonn (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) 2006, in particular pp. 111–114 ( online version ; PDF; 2.3 MB)
  • Michele Ford, Michael Gillan (2015) The global union federations in international industrial relations: A critical review. Journal of Industrial Relations 57 (3): 456-475
  • Philip Jennings, UNI - a global union in a global economy, in: Michael Sommer / Lothar Schröder / Michael Schwemmle, New thinking - new acting, work and unions in digital capitalism, Hamburg (VSA-Verlag) 2001, pp. 242–249
  • W. Kruse, Die FIET: Structure and Politics of the International Federation of Private Employees (1945–1991) in: Michael Kittner, Trade Union Yearbook 1993, Cologne (Bund-Verlag) 1993, pp. 661–675
  • Torsten Müller, Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb (2010), The global trade union associations face the challenges of globalization. In: International Politics and Society Online: International Politics and Society. - 2010, 3 ( PDF, 17 pp. , Accessed on February 24, 2018)
  • Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Torsten Müller; The global and European trade union federations. Handbook and analyzes of transnational trade union policy. 1st half volume, Berlin (edition sigma) 2009 ( table of contents ; PDF; 35 kB); therein pp. 261–297: Union Networt International (UNI)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Platzer / Müller (see literature), p. 267
  2. ^ Platzer / Müller (see literature), p. 297
  3. ^ "5th Uni Global Union World Congress Liverpool 17-20 June 2018" , accessed on March 22, 2018
  4. ↑ UNI Global Union's Global Framework Agreements , accessed March 26, 2018
  5. ↑ Articles of Association (see web links)
  6. ^ Platzer / Müller (see literature), p. 264