{"id":13631,"date":"2024-04-29T16:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=13631"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:24:03","slug":"uni-commerce-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-commerce-action-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Future is Now! UNI Commerce adopts ambitious action plan to organize e-commerce workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
In its annual meeting held this year in Singapore on 21-23 March 2024, UNI Commerce\u2019s Global Steering Committee unanimously adopted a \u201cFuture is Now\u201d work plan to grow union power for e-commerce workers and to better take on the challenges posed by the ever-changing world of retail work.<\/p>\r\n
The workplan\u2019s platform calls for:<\/p>\r\n
In response to the ever-changing world of retail work, the workplan also commits to making UNI Commerce a hub for research, policy and bargaining best practices in the global retail sector through:<\/p>\r\n
\u201cGiven the fast pace of technological change in the commerce sector, for us, the future is now,\u201d said Mathias Bolton, Head of UNI Commerce<\/strong>. \u201cWe will implement this workplan with our affiliates to keep up with the pace of change and produce the best trade union response possible.\u201d<\/p>\r\n Discussing the impact of rapidly growing franchising in the food retail sector, the committee also adopted a declaration on franchising that highlights UNI Commerce\u2019s commitment to stop further expansion of franchising and to support and represent workers in the franchised stores. Noting that \u201cworkers are not for sale or rental,\u201d the declaration demands that any decision on franchising must be negotiated and agreed with the trade unions.<\/p>\r\n The meeting hosted by UNI\u2019s Singaporean affiliate \u2013 SSMMWU<\/strong> brought together trade union leaders from commerce unions across the globe.<\/p>\r\n Referring to the recent union victories in the sector in her remarks to the committee, “When we come together in global solidarity, we are unstoppable, let’s keep rising together,” said Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n The meeting also featured discussions on UNI\u2019s existing subsectoral work; organizing at IKEA and Amazon; the campaign against violence and harassment in commerce; sectoral dialogue; due diligence enforcement; and our numerous solidarity projects. \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In its annual meeting held this year in Singapore on 21-23 March 2024, UNI Commerce\u2019s Global Steering Committee unanimously adopted a \u201cFuture is Now\u201d work plan to grow union power for e-commerce workers and to better take on the challenges posed by the ever-changing world of retail work. The workplan\u2019s platform calls for: A new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":13632,"template":"","categories":[163],"global-issues":[],"sectors":[11],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-13631","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-tag","sectors-commerce"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n