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UNI Finance Conference

The UNI Finance Conferences will take place in August 2023 in Philadelphia, with the UNI Europa Finance Conference on 23 August and the UNI Finance Conference on 24 August.

Hundreds of trade unionists from all over the globe will be coming together to build strong finance unions and rise up together to increase worker power.

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Remote Work

To assist affiliates worldwide, UNI has built a database of union-negotiated agreements and clauses on remote work—119 agreements from 25 countries.

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Algorithmic Management

In a growing number of economic sectors, employers are using algorithmic management systems (AMS) to ratchet up productivity at the expense of workers’ health, privacy and wages.

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Due diligence

Human rights due diligence legislative initiatives are being won across Europe. These provide opportunities for a better application of workers’ fundamental rights.

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Latest Collective bargaining

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

12.04.22

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

07.04.22

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

28.09.21

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

07.02.20

UNI and European banks commit to end sales pressure on employees

07.05.20

Sasbo wins hard-fought agreement at Old Mutual

13.10.22

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

06.07.21

South African bank workers prepare for national strike at Capitec

02.03.20

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

South African finance union wins recognition with Capitec Bank

01.07.20

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

13.09.19

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

30.09.22

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

08.03.22

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

22.03.21

Standard Chartered Bank inks the Collective Agreement with CBEU Sri Lanka

14.07.21

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

28.06.20

Latest Remote Work

Act now to guarantee good working conditions in the insurance sector post-Covid

24.06.21

Italy’s insurance sector unions signs landmark agreement on remote work

26.02.21

Spanish unions win major gains for finance workers on teleworking and right to disconnect

05.10.20

Latest Digitalization

Final conference of project on trade union’s role in Fintech

16.05.22

Final conference of project on trade union’s role in Fintech On 10 May, the final conference of the EU-funded research project (VS/2020/0113), which has been studying the impact of Fintech companies on the financial sector, as well as the role that trade unions could play in securing good working conditions throughout the sector, took place

Finansforbundet breaking through for decent work in the FinTech sector

11.11.21

FinTech workers reach groundbreaking sectoral agreement in Denmark

07.05.21

India´s central bank pulls for-profit digital payment system

25.08.21

UNI. AISBISF, IT for Change, JACAFRE advocated for a fairer system

LatestGlobal agreements and MNCs

UNI signs a new global agreement with Societe Generale strengthening Group employees’ rights

27.06.23

Paris, 27 June 2023 Societe Generale has signed a new worldwide employee rights agreement with UNI Global Union building on previous 2015 and 2019 agreements. The accord reinforces UNI’s stakeholder role in the bank’s Duty of Care plan, establishes new rights for Group employees, modernizes trade union rights and acknowledges the bank’s commitments implemented with

Credit Suisse workers need a rescue package

24.03.23

The employees of Credit Suisse, as well as those of UBS, are facing major uncertainty following the Swiss government’s brokered deal for a takeover by UBS. The Swiss Bank Employees Association (SBEA), an affiliate of UNI Global Union, is in contact with the leadership of both companies and the Swiss government. SBEA is calling for

Outrage over outsourcing: Italian finance unions denounce BNL

17.02.22

Outrage over outsourcing: Italian finance unions denounce BNL

Italian unions break off relations with BNP Paribas subsidiary BNL

25.06.21

Spanish bank trade unions save over 1000 jobs at BBVA

10.06.21

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

04.03.20

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

Finance workers strike against BNP Paribas in France

13.10.20

Latest Sustainable finance and a just transition

UNI & affiliates meet with Norwegian investment fund to discuss progress on workers’ rights 

07.03.23

Along with affiliates HK Norway and FSU Norway, UNI Global Union met recently with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the investments of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund – the world’s second largest – to discuss implementation of its recently issued expectations on human capital management, including workers’ rights. The meeting was a milestone

On #CEPOW, unions demand urgent action on climate change

22.06.22

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

23.08.22

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:

KB Financial Group Union mobilizes to improve corporate governance

16.02.23

The KB Bank Union will exercise its shareholder rights at Korea’s largest financial group’s annual meeting to be held on 24 March.

UNI finance unions pave way for dialogue on the circular economy in South Asia

06.04.23

A UNI Asia & Pacific (UNI Apro) Finance delegation led by Regional Secretary Rajendra Acharya and UNI Apro Finance President Mr Kitamuara Sato, visited the secretariat office of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 5 April 2023. SAARC is an economic and political regional organization of eight countries in

UNI Asia Pacific pays courtesy visit to Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka

15.06.23

A joint delegation from UNI Global Union affiliate, the Ceylon Bank Employees Union (CBEU) and UNI Asia & Pacific (UNI Apro) paid a first visit to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on 13 June 2023. The delegation, comprising UNI Apro Regional Secretary Rajendra Acharya, UNI Apro Finance Sector Director Jayasri Priyalal, CBEU President Channa

Latest Human rights and democracy

Unions welcome Norges expectations on the workforce

14.09.22

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

Human Rights Due Diligence – trade union toolkit

25.01.23

Human rights due diligence legislative initiatives are being won across Europe. These provide opportunities for a better application of workers’ fundamental rights. UNI Europa has put together a trade union toolkit on human rights due diligence. It provides guidance for worker representatives on how they can use legislative requirements to assess the due diligence of

UNI condemns Zimbabwe for labelling trade union as terrorists

05.08.20

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

15.12.22

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

11.11.21

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

24.09.21

Global union movement stands with the Philippines on Human Rights Day

08.12.21

Solidarity with workers in the Philippines on Human Rights Day

09.12.19

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

28.07.21

Sri Lankan UNI affiliates join historic general strike

29.04.22

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