Key Congress Documents
UNI Congress Background Reports
Businesses must respect the human rights of workers, no matter where they are in the world. Our goal is to establish effective and legally binding instruments to hold MNCs accountable That means ensuring a role for unions at all stages of binding due diligence and holding investors responsible for respect for rights across their portfolio companies.
The past years have emphasized the need for workplace representation and regulation to protect workers’ health and safety. UNI and our affiliates also continuing to develop strategies to organize — and bargain — around health and safety and to promote independent health and safety committees.
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As digitalization of the world of work accelerates, UNI and our affiliates are building collective union power to negotiate the impacts of the digital transformation. Workers should share the benefits of remote work, algorithmic management systems and artificial intelligence programs, and unions have the tools to address their risks.
A sustainable future requires a new, inclusive and green economic model. This will require coordinated action to achieve increases in pay and purchasing power for all. Social protection which safeguards a decent standard of living must be expanded, and we will continue our campaigns for a more inclusive global economy.
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UNI is proud of its track record in working towards a peaceful world, but geo-political tensions sadly ensure that we are a long way from achieving peace for all. UNI is clear that universal and lasting peace can only be established through social justice, respect for human rights and a decent standard of living for all. This means we must continue to protect but also seek to expand democratic space and continue to campaign for disarmament so that the money that goes for arms can be used instead for social protection and inclusive growth and development. Countries of specific concern will also be highlighted under this agenda item.
This brief takes stock of the current state of labour unions and worker power in the United States. In 2023, it is the best of times, and the worst of times, for the American labour movement: union approval and interest from workers has reached highs not achieved in many decades, but private sector union density sits near all-time lows.
