{"id":24716,"date":"2024-08-28T16:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=24716"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:48:00","slug":"uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr"},"content":{"rendered":"

With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away this week. Andy was Deputy General Secretary, Telecoms & Financial Services, at the Communications Workers Union (UK) and Global President of UNI\u2019s ICTS sector for nine years, stepping down in April.<\/p>\r\n

Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union said:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n

\u201cAndy\u2019s dedication to working people was matched only by his kindness. He was a tireless champion for justice, and his leadership built power for unions in the UK and around the globe. It was an honour to call him a friend. We will miss his wit, his militancy and his indomitable spirit. Our deepest condolences to his family.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

Due to his lifelong commitment to trade unionism and immense contribution to representing workers, Andy Kerr will be remembered as one of the most influential leaders in the history of the CWU and its predecessor unions.<\/p>\r\n

Andy also helped guide UNI\u2019s ICTS sector through a massive expansion of the sector\u2019s footprint, ranging from tackling outsourcing and the Uberization of work to negotiating a landmark global agreement in Teleperformance as well as the work on surveillance and monitoring and generative AI and its implications to workers, expanding our reach to include new sectors in global tech and video games industries.<\/p>\r\n

So Soulemane,\u00a0the newly elected Global President of UNI ICTS,\u00a0and President of SYNATEL, Burkina Faso said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n

\u201cWhen we last saw Andy, he told us ‘Workers united will never be defeated, and we should never ever forget that.’ He believed in the power of collective action to change not only our jobs but also our world. As a movement, we must keep the fire Andy lit glowing and carry his passion into the challenges we face. Andy was a wonderful comrade, and he will continue to be an inspiration for trade unionists around the globe.”<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

Please see the CWU\u2019s statement<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24718,"template":"","categories":[163],"global-issues":[],"sectors":[12],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-24716","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-tag","sectors-ict-related-services"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UNI Global Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-28T14:48:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964-768x630.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/\",\"name\":\"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-28T14:47:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-28T14:48:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964.png\",\"width\":768,\"height\":887,\"caption\":\"Portrait of Andy Kerr.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/\",\"name\":\"UNI Global Union\",\"description\":\"UNI Global Union\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNI Global Union\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png\",\"width\":1255,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"UNI Global Union\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr","description":"With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr","og_description":"With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away.","og_url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/","og_site_name":"UNI Global Union","article_modified_time":"2024-08-28T14:48:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964-768x630.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/","name":"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964.png","datePublished":"2024-08-28T14:47:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-28T14:48:00+00:00","description":"With heavy hearts, we inform the UNI family that Andy Kerr, a legend in the global trade union movement, has passed away.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/andy-kerr-e1724856472964.png","width":768,"height":887,"caption":"Portrait of Andy Kerr."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-mourns-the-passing-of-andy-kerr\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UNI mourns the passing of Andy Kerr"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/","name":"UNI Global Union","description":"UNI Global Union","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization","name":"UNI Global Union","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png","width":1255,"height":710,"caption":"UNI Global Union"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24719,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24716\/revisions\/24719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24716"},{"taxonomy":"global-issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-issues?post=24716"},{"taxonomy":"sectors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sectors?post=24716"},{"taxonomy":"cross-sector-groups","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cross-sector-groups?post=24716"},{"taxonomy":"workers-rights","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workers-rights?post=24716"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=24716"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=24716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}