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Sector agreements for bank workers in Romania show the way forward through collective bargaining

Bank workers in Romania and their union FSAB have achieved major pay, income security and remote work improvements. Two new agreements raise minimum standards for over 25,000 people who work in the banking sector. The minimum wage has been increased by 24%. Experience and loyalty have been given increased recognition, with salary increases set for

Greek banking unions make key gains in new sectoral agreement

UNI Global Union affiliate, the Greek Federation of Bank Employee Unions (OTOE), has achieved a new sector-wide agreement with Greek banks that includes a pay rise of 5.5 per cent as well as a commitment to safeguard jobs and an outline for remote working. In a statement by the union on 4 April, OTOE President, Giorgos Motsios, said:

Defending the right to a collective agreement in Germany’s banking sector

UNI GS in Italy to learn about sectoral bargaining victories, key issues for country’s union movement

UNI and European banks commit to end sales pressure on employees

Sasbo wins hard-fought agreement at Old Mutual

The agreement will cover the 3793 Old Mutual workers who are members of Sasbo and will run for the next five years After a long struggle, UNI Global Union finance affiliate Sasbo has concluded an agreement with insurance giant, Old Mutual, which will see Sasbo members represented directly at the bargaining table. Although a previous

25,000 finance workers strike in Tunisia

South African bank workers prepare for national strike at Capitec

Strike vote comes after a five-year struggle for a collective agreement

South African finance union wins recognition with Capitec Bank

UNI in solidarity with South African affiliate SASBO as they call for national strike

UNI stands with South African affiliate SASBO – the finance union representing 73,000 members– in their call for a national shut down of the country’s finance sector on Friday 27 September 2019.

State Life Insurance Employees win 15% pay raise on basic pay

The life insurance employees of Pakistan are celebrating a new collective bargaining agreement that gives them a 15% pay raise on basic pay and improved protections on the job. The agreement between the State Life Insurance Employees Union of Pakistan and the State Life Insurance Cooperation of Pakistan secures not only financial benefits with the

FSU in Australia calls out gender pay gap at CBA bank

UNI Global Union’s Australian affiliate, the Finance Sector Union (FSU), is calling on the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) to end pay secrecy and fix the gender pay gap that saves it an estimated half a billion Australian dollars (US$370m) a year. An FSU survey carried out in Australia for the report “The Price of Silence” revealed

Bank Unions Picket in Sri Lanka

Standard Chartered Bank inks the Collective Agreement with CBEU Sri Lanka

CBEU Appraise the Prime Minister on challenges of State-Owned Banks in Sri Lanka

Outrage over outsourcing: Italian finance unions denounce BNL

Outrage over outsourcing: Italian finance unions denounce BNL

Italian unions break off relations with BNP Paribas subsidiary BNL

Spanish bank trade unions save over 1000 jobs at BBVA

The employment regulation plan has been reduced by 1,073 people. BBVA’s initial proposal placed the number of dismissals at 3,798. 

ANZ Agrees to Landmark Settlement with Cambodian Farmers Displaced by Sugar Company It Financed

UNI affiliate FSU in Australia was part of the coalition that helped win the settlement

Finance workers strike against BNP Paribas in France

On #CEPOW, unions demand urgent action on climate change

With fears growing over the cost-of-living crisis, war and increasingly devastating extreme weather events, the time is now to climate and employment proof our work  Today, on the Global Day of Action to Climate and Employment Proof our Work (CEPOW), UNI joins the ITUC and unions all over the world to demand urgent action on

Charting Green Path in Partnership Toward Net Zero 2050

Cover photo: The Heritance Kandalama Hotel in Sri Lanka features the Kachchan swimming pool that blends in seamlessly with the waters of the Kandalama Lake, an irrigation tank believed to be built by King Saddha Tissa (137-119 BC), which demonstrates how thoughtful economic development can take place without compromising the environment and heritage conservation. Photograph:

Unions welcome Norges expectations on the workforce

Unions welcome the launch of Norges Bank Investment Management’s (NBIM’s) Expectation Document on Human Capital Management.

UNI condemns Zimbabwe for labelling trade union as terrorists

Pakistani bank union pushes back against informalization with win at industrial court

The ZTBL Union secured a significant victory when a decision handed down by the National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC) in Pakistan on 2 December found that contract workers working for the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), the largest public sector bank specializing in agriculture credit and financing services to farmers, should be recognized as permanent

Fighting for democracy in Myanmar

UNI Asia and Pacific lauds FSU’s launching of Human Rights Network

Global union movement stands with the Philippines on Human Rights Day

Solidarity with workers in the Philippines on Human Rights Day

UNI and the global labour movement are taking a stand against increasing repression and violence towards trade union leaders and labour organisations in the Philippines.

Sri Lanka: veteran union leader released from detention

Sri Lankan UNI affiliates join historic general strike

More than 100 trade unions from the public and private sector brought Sri Lanka to a stand still on 28 April as they joined forces for the first time in a one-day general strike calling on the government to resign and form an interim administration. The unions demanded that the government step down within a