UNI Global Union, formerly Union Network International (UNI), is a
global union federation
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for the skills and services sectors, gathering national and regional
trade union
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. It has affiliated unions in 150 countries representing 20 million workers. The head office is in
Nyon
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. UNI Global Union ratified over 50
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s with
multinational corporation
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as of 2021.
History
UNI was the result of the merger of four organisations:
(FIET),
Media and Entertainment International (MEI),
International Graphical Federation (IGF) and
Communications International
The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI) was a global union federation bringing together unions of communications workers worldwide.
History
While a meeting of unions of communication workers was held in Paris in 1911, no lasting ...
(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
Joseph de Bruyn (born 10 September 1949), is an Australian trade union official. He is National President of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) and a member of the National Executive of the Australian Labor Party (ALP ...
:2014:
Ann Selin
:2018: Ruben Cortina
References
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Trade unions established in 2000