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Building Worker Power worldwide

We are a global union representing more than 20 million workers in the services sectors in 150 countries.

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50+ GLOBAL AGREEMENTS

Global agreements and protocols securing the rights of millions of workers.

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20M WORKERS

Millions of cleaners, care workers, postal employees, tech workers, professional athletes, printers, cashiers, security officers, and more organizing for decent jobs, better lives and just communities.

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1000s OF TRAINED LEADERS

Workplace activists and union leaders trained on every continent to build a more powerful movement for social and economic justice.

Global Impact

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In a world where influence and wealth are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few, UNI Global Union builds union power to improve workers’ lives everywhere. As a global union federation with affiliates in 150 countries, we use our collective strength to expand collective bargaining, advance social and economic justice, hold corporations accountable and transform an unfair global economy.

UNI has negotiated over 50 global agreements and protocols that have secured the rights of tens-of-millions-of workers worldwide. These agreements are vital tools to level the playing field between workers and multinational corporations, and they create frameworks for workers to organize and negotiate free from fear and intimidation. Many also establish global rights on issues like gender equality and workplace safety.

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Evolution Gaming workers’ bravery wins UNI’s Freedom from Fear Award

13.11.24

DONATE AND SUPPORT STRIKING EVOLUTION WORKERS IN GEORGIA Georgian trade union LABOR has won UNI Global Union’s Freedom from Fear Award, recognizing workers’ bravery and determination in the face of violence, intimidation and intransigence from Swedish-owned online casino giant Evolution. The LABOR members have been on strike at the company’s Georgian operation since July this

UNI Asia & Pacific: Women demand transformational change

20.11.24

The second day of the UNI Asia & Pacific Women’s Conference featured a dynamic agenda, as participants elected new leadership and charted an ambitious path forward for transformational change. Key priorities included advancing gender equality by ensuring safe workplaces, adopting gender-sensitive approaches to occupational health and safety, and intensifying efforts to encourage young women to

Striking postal workers in Canada need our support

20.11.24

Canadian postal workers are a lifeline for their communities. However, on 15 November, over 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW – STTP) were forced to go on strike after nearly a year of negotiations with Canada Post yielded insufficient progress. Postal workers are defending their working conditions as well as the

Global Agreements

UNI has negotiated over 50 global agreements and protocols with multinational companies and other bodies to secure and support workers’ rights throughout their operations. While all of these agreements establish and reinforce the right to organize and collectively bargain without fear or intimidation, many have been expanded to cover additional issues, such as discrimination, gender-based violence, occupational health & safety and remote work.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to build power and lift standards for working people through strong unions and effective collective bargaining. We can only achieve democracy at the workplace and beyond when workers shift the balance of power.

We are united for a sustainable and inclusive global economy, for democracy built upon a foundation of social and economic justice and for decent work for all. 

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