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UNI Europa & COZZ Conference

The Final Conference of European Union funded project “Bridging the gap – improving knowledge and skills of Central Europe's workers in representation within Multinational companies" will take place 26-27 April in Warsaw and bring together trade unionists from all over Central Europe. The conference will aim to bridge the gap and improve the knowledge and skills of workers seeking to organize trade unions at multinationals.

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4 Key Themes

The UNI Europa COZZ Conference will focus on 4 key themes:

  • Building union power

  • Winning against the odds

  • Collective bargaining to overcome rising costs of living

  • Increasing collective bargaining coverage

Latest News

UNI’s COZZ celebrates 5 years of union building

05.05.22

The Advisory Board of UNI’s Central and Eastern European Organising Center (COZZ) met in Warsaw on 28 and 29 April to review five years of campaigning and union growth in the region. 

Czech union organizes four more care homes

19.10.22

The ALICE union, which has been supported by UNI’s European Organizing Centre COZZ since June 2020, is pushing to improve working conditions and change lives at one of Czechia’s largest elderly care providers Workers at Alzheimer Home in České Budějovice, Zlínn, Česká Lípa and Filipov are celebrating a big win after simultaneously founding unions at

Czech union wins collective agreement with country’s largest private care home provider

22.03.23

With support from UNI Global Union, care home workers in Czechia have signed the first ever company-wide collective agreement with Alzheimer Home, the country’s largest for-profit nursing home provider. Trade union, ALICE, which represents social services workers as part of UNI’s Czech affiliate, UZO, signed the two-year collective bargaining agreement with the company in Prague

Essential Workers win first agreement at Czech nursing home

13.04.22

After six months of bargaining, ALICE union representatives at Alzheimercentrum Jihlava have signed their first collective agreement on 6 April 2022 that will improve working conditions for employees at one of the largest private providers of social services for the elderly in Czechia. “We managed to negotiate a wage increase of CZK 1 500 (US$66)

Supporting healthcare workers in Ukraine organizing in war      

17.03.23

Health workers in Ukraine continue to stand up for their rights, fight injustice and build their trade union, despite the constraints of martial law, the constant threat of bombardment, and the added pressures of working in the healthcare profession during a time of war. Unions Help Refugees (UHR), which was set up by COZZ, UNI

UNI builds programme to support Ukrainian refugees

16.03.22

Preparations are underway for a UNI supported programme to help Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland. The project, being run through COZZ – UNI’s Central European Organising Centre in Poland – will provide support and advice to ensure that Ukrainians in Poland know their rights and receive help finding work. According to the UN, three million

UNI maintains support for Ukrainian refugees one year on

27.02.23

As we mark one year since the war in Ukraine, UNI Global Union continues to provide necessary support for refugees who have fled the conflict. UNI has been assisting Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland through its Union Help Refugees (UHR) programme. Set up in March 2022 by UNI’s COZZ Organising Centre in Warsaw, one of

UNI refugee programme kicks off in Poland

24.03.22

UNI Global Union has begun providing practical advice to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

UNI support for Ukrainian refugees continues with helpline

12.04.22

A new helpline for Ukrainian refugees, supported by UNI Global Union, is up and running and providing advice for people looking for work in Poland. The helpline, which started at the beginning of April, is part of a support programme called ‘Unions Help Refugees’ set up by UNI’s Warsaw-based Central European organizing centre, COZZ, in

Ukrainian refugees fight for rights in Poland

01.09.22

Unions Helping Refugees is on the frontline of helping Ukrainian workers in Poland like Yana defend their rights.