Workers
Uniting is the name of the new international union created by Unite
the Union - the biggest union in the UK and Republic of Ireland and
the United Steelworkers - the biggest private sector union in the
US and Canada.
We represent 3 million members protecting jobs,
pay and benefits in the face of the ever increasing power of
multinational companies.
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download a leaflet with further information
Workers Uniting - Responding to the global economic
crisis
Workers across the world are victims of the worst global
recession in nearly a century. Unite and USW members are suffering
as the economic downturn claims millions of jobs and livelihoods,
and jeopardises the future for working families everywhere.
Every sector has been impacted. In response to the economic
freefall, Workers Uniting has produced an action plan for how
governments should address this global crisis - click
here to view the Executive Summary
or alternatively click here to
download the full report.
- Bangladesh denim workers’
victory Workers Uniting, the world’s first global
union, is celebrating a major victory for workers in the developing
world. In June 2009, Metro Group – the world’s third-largest
retailer – announced it would keep work at the R.L. Denim factory
in Bangladesh and drastically improve the treatment of the workers
there.
- Campaigns to
Win In today’s competitive marketplace, USW recognizes
that labor-management cooperation is vital to achieving
productivity, profitability and good pay and benefits for workers.
Unfortunately, not all employers recognize this.
- The
Miami Five - ten years on a joint union campaign to bring
visiting rights to the families of the Miami Five who have been
imprisoned for ten years in the United States for attempting to
protect their homeland from terrorist attacks.
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Twitter
Twitter is a free service for organisations, friends, family,
and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the
exchange of quick and frequent messages.
Workers Uniting is using the service as one of the many
ways we communicate with our members and colleagues—especially when
they’re timely.
It's another way we stay connected to you so that you can
always know what the union is doing in short, bite sized
updates regarding our campaigns, breaking stories and all our
news.