{"id":26154,"date":"2024-11-13T09:25:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=26154"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:35:41","slug":"evolution-gaming-workers-bravery-wins-unis-freedom-from-fear-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/evolution-gaming-workers-bravery-wins-unis-freedom-from-fear-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution Gaming workers\u2019 bravery wins UNI\u2019s Freedom from Fear Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgian trade union LABOR has won UNI Global Union\u2019s Freedom from Fear Award, recognizing workers\u2019 bravery and determination in the face of violence, intimidation and intransigence from Swedish-owned online casino giant Evolution.<\/p>\r\n<p>The LABOR members have been on strike at the company\u2019s Georgian operation since July this year in protest of unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, poverty pay and harassment from management, among several other serious issues.<\/p>\r\n<p>Workers have continued their picket despite masked thugs acting as security at Evolution threaten \u2013 even beat \u2013 workers.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Giorgi Diasamidze, Chairman <\/strong>of UNI affiliate <strong>LABOR <\/strong>in Georgia, who accepted the award online, alongside striking Evolution workers, said:<\/p>\r\n<p><em>\u201cThank you to UNI Global Union and our fellow unions around the world. On behalf of all the workers involved in this struggle, we are deeply grateful.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>&#8220;Despite Evolution&#8217;s power and influence in our country, we stand united in fighting against injustice at the company. We\u2019re here to say clearly: we\u2019re not stopping until we win.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>\u00a0&#8220;<\/em><em>They\u2019ve tried to intimidate us through violence and harassment.\u00a0They\u2019ve tried to silence us with lawsuits. They\u2019ve tried to threaten us with demands for our arrest.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>&#8221; <\/em><em>But these tactics only make us stronger. We are not afraid, and we are not backing down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-6.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-6-300x238.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-6-768x611.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-6-252x200.jpeg 252w, https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-6-504x401.jpeg 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The company was recently fined after managers were found guilty of sharing security camera footage of female workers getting undressed in changing rooms. The company has also been reprimanded for screenshots of private messages between managers advocating physical violence against subordinates. These messages included racist, sexist, humiliating, insulting, and mocking remarks about employees&#8217; physical appearance.<\/p>\r\n<p>Evolution\u2019s profits have surged since establishing in Georgia in 2018. The company, whose multitude of big name clients include BetFair, Paddy Power, Caesars and Grosvenor Casinos,\u00a0 have increased 12 fold in the past five years, reaching profits of <a href=\"https:\/\/igamingbusiness.com\/finance\/full-year-results\/evolution-revenue-growth-pushes-net-profit-up-2023\/\">1.07 billion euros in 2023<\/a>. However, workers are paid as little as 1 to 3 euros an hour.<\/p>\r\n<p>The company, which employs around 8,000 workers in Georgia, refuses to negotiate with the union and has rebuffed offers from UNI\u2019s Swedish affiliates Unionen and Engineers of Sweden to assist in negotiations.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, <\/strong>said:<\/p>\r\n<p><em>\u201cThese workers, mostly young and all courageous, are the embodiment of Freedom from Fear. Their determination shows that this struggle is about more than a few more euros an hour. It is about dignity and it is about justice. It is about the fundamental values of our movement and we will be with them, in solidarity, until they win.\u201d<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgian trade union LABOR has won UNI Global Union\u2019s Freedom from Fear Award, recognizing workers\u2019 bravery and determination in the face of violence, intimidation and intransigence from Swedish-owned online casino giant Evolution. 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