UNI Global Union
@uniglobalunion
UNI unites unions in 150 countries to help service workers build power through organizing & collective bargaining. We are workers in retail, banking, post, care, media, sport, printing, tech & telecoms, gaming, property services. Repost not endorsement
📢 32,000 current and former ALDI workers in Australia are set to receive AU$55 million after our affiliate, the SDA, settled a long-running class action over claims for unpaid hours. https://uniglobalunion.org/news/aldi-workers-australia-win-aud-55-million-in-settlement-for-unpaid-hours/
The right to organize belongs to every worker, whatever their immigration status. That's our message to the UN Human Rights Committee. Proud to stand with BWI, @psiglobalunion.bsky.social and @idwfed.bsky.social in making this call. uniglobalunion.org/news/at-un-u...
After Denmark became the first country in the world to end letter delivery, it became a case study in why we must protect our postal infrastructure. Danish postal workers urge the EU not to prioritize profit over public service as it prepares to rewrite EU postal rules. https://ow.ly/NbT850ZpJRN
🎉🇵🇭 A huge victory for 2 million call centre and business process outsourcing workers in the Philippines, as they win a formal, dedicated seat at the table to shape their industry. https://ow.ly/Qezr50ZoVkS
Solidarity with workers at Concentrix Tunisia and their union #UGTT as they gear up for a 21 July strike. The contact centre workers are set to walk off the job to defend their wages, their rights and respect for the commitments made by management. https://ow.ly/gt3U50ZoOS3
In Argentina, unions aren't taking it lying down. UNI's Christy Hoffman joined La Bancaria's congress marking 100+ years of activism, a model far-right President Milei wants to weaken. And it's not just Argentina. Unions across the Americas are pushing back. https://ow.ly/XGtz50ZnMXg
Call centre workers in Italy and Spain are striking to demand protections and real say in how #AI reshapes their jobs. https://uniglobalunion.org/news/workers-italy-and-spain-strike-ai-protections/
It's not complicated. It's common sense. And it's what unions are fighting for. Full report: uniglobalunion.org/report/weath...
Our new report, Weathering It, spells out what unions, employers and governments need to do. Shade. Water. Rest breaks people actually take. Uniforms made for the climate we've got, not the one we used to have. The right to stop work when it isn't safe.
Extreme heat is a workplace hazard. Workers everywhere are feeling it right now. 71% of the cleaners and security guards we surveyed said the climate crisis is affecting their health. The people on the door when it's 42°C. 🧵
Better wages. Safer workplaces. Stronger representation for women & young workers. That's the goal of a new 3-year project from UNI Africa, with support from Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus SASK, for services workers in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. https://ow.ly/RLec50Zk0UX
A huge victory for postal workers in Pakistan as plans to cut 30 per cent of Pakistan Post's 30,000-strong workforce have been withdrawn after intervention by their union 💪 https://uniglobalunion.org/news/pakistan-postal-workers-win-major-victory-against-job-cuts/
🚨✊ STRIKE DAY IN ITALY! ✊🚨 Today, Amazon drivers in multiple locations in Italy are walking off the job and UNI Global Union stands with every single one of them. 💪🇮🇹 To every driver on the picket line today: you are not alone. 🌍❤️ United together we will win. Together we will #MakeAmazonPay!💥
Theorist Media workers have chosen a union – let's help them win! Media workers voted for representation with Writers Guild of America West and IATSE // #IASolidarity Local 700. Now management is stalling. Send a message to Theorist and Lunar X today 👇 bit.ly/SendMessagetoTheoristCEO
🌡️ NEW REPORT: Weathering It: Protecting Cleaners & Security Officers in an Era of Extreme Weather. Workers need: ✅ Water, shade, rest ✅ Weather-appropriate uniforms ✅ Paid leave during weather emergencies ✅ The right to refuse unsafe work #Weathering It #JusticeDay2026 #ClimateJustice
Finland's Social Democrats have approved a landmark resolution calling for EU legislation to recognize and protect the rights of AI trainers, data annotators and content moderators. 🔗https://uniglobalunion.org/news/finlands-social-democrats-move-to-protect-invisible-workers-of-ai/
We stand with our Romanian affiliate @fasbuni as they call on the CEO of Italian multinational bank UniCredit to end union busting and systematic purging of workers after merging with Alpha Bank. https://ow.ly/TISw50Z5eEX
Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) says it respects freedom of association. So why did company filings disclose more than $2 million spent on union avoidance consultants between 2018–2025? And why are management job ads still instructing HR directors to guide managers on “union avoidance”?
Bill Winters, CEO of Standard Chartered bank "should remember that we are talking about thousands of people and families, not human capital,” said Angelo Di Cristo fromUNI. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-22/bill-winters-draws-union-ire-despite-lower-value-human-apology
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ "We are at a critical moment globally, with the rise of the far right. Increased trade union commitment to LGBTI+ workers’ rights is urgent." Find out what UNI unions and workers are doing to tackle discrimination online and offline here: https://ow.ly/o11850Z34RS
UNI Global Union's General Secretary, Christy Hoffman, on the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the right to strike: "There is no right to organize without the right to strike!" ➡️Full statement: uniglobalunion.org/news/icj-right-to-strike
UNI denounces the interception by Israeli military forces of boats participating in the latest Global Sumud Flotilla and calls for the immediate release of all those who have been detained. https://uniglobalunion.org/news/uni-calls-for-release-global-sumud-flotilla-detainees-condemns-mistreatment/
A new Greenpeace report, “Amazon’s Toxic Web Services,” reveals for the first time how systematically AWS does business with companies that are criticized worldwide for serious environmental or human rights violations. #MakeAmazonPay www.greenpeace.de/pdf/Amazons_...
📢 The UNI 2025 Impact Report is out! From taking on Amazon to supporting workers in the AI age, UNI and our affiliates spent 2025 building the counterweight to unchecked corporate power 🔗https://ow.ly/JCbJ50Z1FAm
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️LGBTI+ rights are workers' rights 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ On 17 May, the International Day Against LGBTI+ Discrimination - #IDAHOBIT - we stand with our LGBTI+ siblings in our global union family. https://uniglobalunion.org/news/idahobit2026/
We stand with Bectu and our French affiliates as they choose the Cannes Film Festival to highlight dangerously long working hours in the global film industry. #Cannes2026 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/uk-french-entertainment-unions-protest-long-working-hours-1236595774/
Trade union leaders representing postal workers from Senegal to Spain and Germany to Japan gathered at our offices in Switzerland this week to defend the right to regular, affordable postal deliveries - known as the universal service obligation. https://ow.ly/y5BB50YW3fP
1,000+ union activists - one message: workers will shape Colombia's future. Presidential candidate Iván Cepeda joined the Building Social Change summit in Bogotá -backed by UNI Américas. https://uniglobalunion.org/news/cepeda-joins-1000-union-activists-at-labour-summit/
📬 One of the post's super powers is that it can reach us all. #StampOutHunger, organized by @lettercarriers.bsky.social, shows why that matters. Postal services can deliver more than letters and packages. They can be vital lifelines for communities in need. www.nalc.org/community-se...