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As we mark the\u00a0second anniversary\u00a0of the pandemic, workers around the world are showing strength in the face of continued uncertainty.<\/p>\r\n

Life is returning to something more \u201cnormal\u201d for many. States and employers are dropping restrictions put in place to contain the virus. Masks are falling by the wayside in countries where vaccination rates are high or where the Omicron super wave has made it possible for the population to build immunity. But still the virus is spiking in many parts of the world, and war threatens to destabilize economies still in recovery.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe have seen incredible resilience and courage from workers the world over, and there have been amazing rays of hope\u2014Fresenius workers<\/a>\u00a0in Slovenia organizing for better conditions,\u00a0DHL drivers<\/a>\u00a0in Nigeria winning a first collective agreement,\u00a0retail workers<\/a>\u00a0in Australia and\u00a0Japan<\/a>\u00a0curbing customer violence,\u201d said Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union.\u00a0 \u201cBut unfortunately, many are still without the safe jobs, decent wages and union rights that they deserve.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe pandemic accelerated technological change\u2014transforming how millions of us work while further enriching<\/a> already unfathomably wealthy tech giants. It exposed and exacerbated the extreme degree of\u00a0inequality within countries<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0between nations<\/a>. It has also shown the fundamental role of unions and collective bargaining in addressing these imbalances.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

UNI Global Union and our affiliated unions are taking action to ensure that the world of work does not merely revert to its pre-pandemic standards but emerges better than before. We have put forward research and guidelines for bargaining to address\u00a0the explosion of remote work<\/a>. Unions are organizing to elevate\u00a0essential workers<\/a>\u00a0who are keeping their communities safe, fed, clean and healthy during the pandemic.\u00a0We are advocating for the International Labour Organization to make occupational safety and health\u00a0a fundamental right<\/a>\u00a0for all.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe cannot allow old problems to fester in the new normal. Occupational health was a global crisis before COVID-19, but the call for worker safety was made more urgent by the pandemic\u2014where an untold number of workers were infected on the job,\u201d said\u00a0UNI\u2019s Hoffman<\/strong>. \u201cUnions everywhere are heeding this call by demanding vaccine equality, stronger regulations, greater investment, more training and collaboration on workplace safety. These are critical steps to ensure that by this time next year, COVID-19 is behind us and a future with safer jobs lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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