UNI Global Union
UNI Global Union, formerly Union Network International (UNI), is a global union federation for the skills and services sectors, gathering national and regional trade union. It has affiliated unions in 150 countries representing 20 million workers. The head office is in Nyon, Switzerland. UNI Global Union ratified over 50 Global Framework Agreements with multinational corporation as of 2021.[1]
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Founded | January 1, 2000 |
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Headquarters | Nyon, Switzerland |
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Members | 20 million |
Key people | Ruben Cortina, President Christy Hoffman, General Secretary |
Website | www.uniglobalunion.org |
History
UNI was the result of the merger of four organisations: International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET), Media and Entertainment International (MEI), International Graphical Federation (IGF) and Communications International (CI). They merged on 1 January 2000, to form Union Network International. On 2 March 2009, the federation changed its name to UNI Global Union.
Leadership
General secretaries
- 2000: Philip Jennings
- 2018: Christy Hoffman
Presidents
- 2000: Kurt van Haaren
- 2001: Maj-Len Remahl
- 2003: Joseph T. Hansen
- 2010: Joe de Bruyn
- 2014: Ann Selin
- 2018: Ruben Cortina
- 2023: Gerard Dwyer[2]
References
- Platzer, Hans-Wolfgang; Rüb, Stefan (2014). International framework agreements : an instrument for enforcing social human rights?. Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-3-86498-758-8. OCLC 915399297.
- "Australia's Gerard Dwyer elected President of UNI Global Union". UNI Global Union. 31 August 2023.
External links
Media related to UNI Global Union at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website