{"id":1037,"date":"2020-05-01T02:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T01:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2020-05-01T02:25:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T01:25:20","slug":"video-uni-global-union-demands-a-better-world-as-workers-mark-mayday2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/video-uni-global-union-demands-a-better-world-as-workers-mark-mayday2020\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: UNI Global Union demands a better world as workers mark #MayDay2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the 2020 Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, is celebrated May 1, under the most challenging condition created by the coronavirus pandemic which forced the world lockdown, UNI Global Union, has said everyone should seek this moment to demand a better world.<\/p>\n

UNI, an organisation based in Nyon, Switzerland, representing more than 20 million workers from over 150 different countries in the fastest growing sectors in the world, skills and services, said a total of 90% of new jobs are expected to be in these sectors in the next decade.<\/p>\n

It said UNI and its affiliates in all regions are driven by the responsibility to ensure these jobs are decent and workers\u2019 rights are protected, including the right to join a union and collective bargaining.<\/p>\n

Through its Sector Global Unions, UNI represents workers in Cleaning and Security, Commerce, Finance, Gaming, Graphical and Packaging, Hair and Beauty, Information, Communication, Technology and Services Industry (ICTS), Media, Entertainment and Arts, Post and Logistics, Private Care and Social Insurance, Sport, Temp and Agency workers, and Tourism industries as well as Professionals and Managers, Women and Youth.<\/p>\n

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UNI\u2019s Breaking Through strategy is about changing the rules of the game in the global labour market and ensuring justice and equality for working people. UNI is working with its affiliates to organise the global service sector workforce at a time of unprecedented precarious work, and record youth unemployment.<\/p>\n

In June 2018, UNI held its World Congress in Liverpool which met under the theme: \u201cMaking it Happen\u201d and\u00a0brought together almost 2,000 participants from 523 organisations in 113 countries.\u00a0During the Congress,\u00a0Ruben Cortina was unanimously elected as UNI Global Union President and Christy Hoffman was unanimously elected as UNI Global Union General Secretary with Alke Boessiger taking up the position of Deputy General Secretary .<\/p>\n

The Congress constituted the largest single global union gathering in the UK in 2018 and reinforced UNI’s determination to break through for workers all over the world.<\/p>\n

Celebrating this year,’s Workers’ Day with a call for a better world, UNI said, “We must seize this moment to demand a better world<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\"May<\/span><\/p>\n

“May Day is when we celebrate our struggles and wins<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>recommit to fighting for a better world<\/span>,”<\/span>\u00a0said\u00a0<\/span>UNI Global Union General Secretary Christy Hoffman<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hoffman said in her message: “On<\/span>\u00a0May Day<\/span>\u00a02020,<\/span>\u00a0there will be no<\/span>\u00a0major<\/span>\u00a0marches, protests, or rallies, but<\/span>\u00a0this does not mean that COVID-19 has silenced unions, far from it.<\/span>\u00a0U<\/span>nion<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0across the\u00a0<\/span>globe<\/span>\u00a0will be\u00a0connecting online<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on 1 May<\/a>, and o<\/span>ver the past\u00a0<\/span>few<\/span>\u00a0months,\u00a0<\/span>they<\/span>\u00a0have proven to be more important than ever.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“I<\/span>n every corner of the globe, u<\/span>nions\u00a0<\/span>have been fighting\u00a0<\/span>around the clock\u00a0<\/span>to protect\u00a0<\/span>workers\u2019 safety<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and income during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n