BREAKING: Trade unions from 11 different European countries have written to data protection authorities across the bloc asking them to investigate Amazon’s data surveillance practices.
#MakeAmazonPay
💥BREAKING: New report
#AmazonPanopticon
👁🗨Amazon workers are unwilling subjects in a sophisticated and all-encompassing experiment in digital surveillance, one that is having disastrous impacts on their bodies and lives.
#MakeAmazonPay
🗣️
#WEF20
is over but the need for profound change remains.
We need a power shift from corporate elites🕴️♂️to working people, says UNI GS
@CHoffmanUNI
Read below👇
"Martin Luther King would tell us to fight hard to bend the long arc of the universe towards justice. Here and now this means pushing to
#MakeAmazonPay
."
@CHoffmanUNI
via
@ProgIntl
.
@Amazon
workers are not robots! Working at Amazon can be a health hazard. That's why workers like Andreja are fighting to
#OrganizeAmazon
for decent pay and working conditions on
#BlackFriday
Unions’ commitment to health & safety has saved countless lives during
#COVID19
& beyond.
⚕️Health & Safety committees
👩🏿🎓Training
🦺Safety standards
👊Union representation
📢It’s time to make health & safety a fundamental right for all!
#HealthSafety4All
#WDDW2021
👩🏿⚕️🧑🏻Care workers around the world need urgent action from governments & employers to put life at the center of care.
This means:
✅Safe Jobs
✅Family-Sustaining Wages
✅Quality Training
🚨Time to
#InvestInCare
#CAREday21
Valuing essential work fairly would:
⬆️raise millions out of poverty
😷protect communities and frontline workers
⚖️shift the balance of power—and wealth—from the few to many
writes UNI GS
@CHoffmanUNI
for the
@OECD
🎥“Time to come together as a global mvnt to
#MakeAmazonPay
. We can unite and win. We’ve done it before. When we come together in our unions, in our communities, w our elected officials we can be more powerful than we can imagine.”
@CHoffmanUNI
💥
📢Today we're standing with
@CommerceUni
unions to say enough is enough - there is
#NoStoreForViolence
in Commerce.
We're urgently calling for:
✒️Ratification of
#ILOC190
🛑An end to abuse, harassment and violence
🏬Safe workplaces
👏Dignity and respect
"The horrific execution of an athlete cannot be without consequence or justice" says
@WorldPlayersUtd
as it calls on international sport to make five essential commitments in response to the execution of Iranian wrestler
#NavidAfkari
#Justice4Navid
➡️
Message of solidarity from UNI GS
@CHoffmanUNI
- we are so proud to stand with
@_verdi
strikers in their fight for a solid collective agreement and bargaining rights at Amazon!
#OrganizeAmazon
🚨 ALERTE A L’ACTION: Les syndicats du monde entier sont solidaires des chauffeuses et chauffeurs de DPD Suisse et exigent:
🚫Pas d’antisyndicalisme
🚫Pas d’exploitation par la sous-traitance.
Faites preuve de
#solidarit
é en réclamant le
#RespectAtDPD
👾How do we
#organizingftw
in the video game sector?
📢Building worker power across border.📢
💡Lots of excitment and ideas in the first global assembly of tech & game workers at
@FESonline
in Berlin.
Learn more👉
👊🏾We have the right to join a union.
💵We have a right to decent pay & dignitity on the job.
🌲We have the right to clean air.
🕵🏾♂️We have the right to privacy.
⚖️We have the right to strike, to protest, to demand justice.
🚨We have the right to
#MakeAmazonPay
“The biggest challenges humanity faces can only be solved by international cooperation, solidarity, and collective action—and they are challenges which cannot be solved without the aid of the international trade union movement.”--
@jeremycorbyn
#uni18
#MakingItHappen
📢Myanmar needs YOU!
This
#DemocracyDay
on 15 September, join our webinar in solidarity with workers in 🇲🇲Myanmar as we call on banks to STOP financing the military coup.
⏰13:00 CEST
📌Register here:
#Workers4Myanmar
#AcceptNUG
#EssentialWorkers
deserve more than applause, tokens of appreciation, and short-term bonuses.
They should have fair pay forever.
Read UNI General Sec
@CHoffmanUNI
's new piece on essential work here:
📢 BREAKING: Amazon’s monitoring system makes workers feel “stressed, pressured, anxious, like a slave.”
@TIME
's
@billyperrigo
reports on UNI's first ever Amazon workers survey with data from 8 countries.
#MakeAmazonPay
🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇺🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸🇵🇱🇬🇧
On
#WDDW20
, unions around the globe are demanding
#EssentialRights
for essential workers:
💶A wage with dignity
😷Safe jobs
🌡️Paid sick leave
🤝Union representation
✊Respect
Now is the time to act!
Now is the time to win!
.
@Teleperformance
needs a credible plan to prevent workers' rights abuses.
Employees from Colombia, the Netherlands, and many others report serious problems.
If
#TeleperformanceCares
, it will consult with unions, not just promise to do so.
📢 Eh DPD!
🛑Halte à l’antisyndicalisme!
👍Commencez à négocier avec le syndicat choisi par les chauffeuses et chauffeurs !
Nous soutenons les travailleuses et travailleurs suisses de la logistique syndiqués
@UniaSuisse
pour obtenir le
#RespectAtDPD
.
🕵🏼♀️"Workers have the right to know if video & audio recordings, social network information, trade union membership status or any other data collected by Amazon is being used against them in violation of EU privacy laws.”
#MakeAmazonPay
@NOYBeu
There is no democracy without racial justice.
There is no economic justice without racial justice.
That is why the global labour movement is saying with one voice
#BlackLivesMatter
.
🪧This is what
#MakeAmazonPay
Day looks like!
There's more to come as the wave of strikes and protests for workers' rights at
#Amazon
continues into the weekend and next week.
Stay tuned!
The United States Postal Service is being held hostage and should not be used as a pawn in an election campaign, says UNI General Secretary
@CHoffmanUNI
as thousands of postal workers take action in the US today to
#SaveThePostOffice
"Banks must demand the companies suspend all payments to the
#Myanmar
state-owned entities, and save this money in a trust until democracy is restored. If the companies are unable to do so they must end business with the junta," says UNI's
@lisarnathan
#Workers4myanmar
🩷 Thank you
@billybragg
for standing shoulder to shoulder with cleaners & security officers on International Justice Day.
✊"There's power in the union" to fight for justice, fair pay, safety and respec for all!
#BuildingJustice
#IJD2023
#J4J
#UnionsForAll
🌏This
#BlackFriday
, workers from around the world will stand shoulder to shoulder to
#MakeAmazonPay
.
🌐Strikes & protests in over 30 countries for dignity on the job & a sustainable future for all!
✊ Join us❗️
On
#BlackFriday
, we strike to make Amazon respect our rights. We protest to make Amazon listen to workers and communities. Together, we will
#MakeAmazonPay
!
”Amazon’s repulsive behavior towards workers who want better, safer jobs shows why unions and by regulators must act to hold the company accountable.”
@CHoffmanUNI
#AMZN
👾🎮GLOBAL SURVEY: Video game workers confirm that low pay (66%), excessive work hours (43%), inadequate benefits (43%), & workplace discrimination (35%), are the driving forces behind push for game unions
UNI condemns the labelling
@ZctuZimbabwe
as a terrorist organization and is greatly concerned for the safety of its president and UNI member
@MutasaPeter
, who has been forced to go into hiding after being named on a government 'Wanted' list.
#Zimbabwe
📢
The Summit to
#MakeAmazonPay
is here!
📍Manchester, UK 🗓️27-28 Oct 2023
🤝Workers, unions, civil society & parliamentarians from 20+ countries united to demand justice for workers & the planet!
🫴🏾Co-convened by
@UNIGlobalUnion
&
@ProgIntl
👉Join us!
🚨It's International
#DemocracyDay
!
✊Join us in solidarity with workers in Myanmar at our webinar today as we demand that banks stop financing the military coup.
⏰13:00 CEST
📌Register now:
#Workers4Myanmar
#AcceptNUG
🚨Amazon has grown into a $1.5 trillion dollar corporation while Amazon warehouse workers risk their lives on low pay.
🗣We all know this is wrong.
👊Time to
#MakeAmazonPay
#OrganizeAmazon
#BlackFriday
An amazing message of solidarity from
@POTUS
Joe Biden.
"Unions give workers a voice. People everywhere should have a free and fair chance to organize and bargain collectively--it's good for families and for our common future."
#UNIRisingTogether
✊📢 ONE UNION, ONE FIGHT!📢✊
🚨✊ Today, thousands of trade unionists brought international solidarity to the streets of Philly and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with
@32BJSEIU
workers fighting for fair pay!
💪 When we fight, we win!
#UNIRisingTogether
👁🗨 “In his 27 years as Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos has championed highly invasive tactics where workers are relentlessly monitored, evaluated, & subjected to grueling conditions.” By
@CHoffmanUNI
#MakeAmazonPay
via
@ProgIntl
This week entertainment unions are meeting employers and governments at
@ilo
to shape the future of their sector.
Unions are pushing for:
⛔ Action on violence and harassment
⚕️ Health and safety at work
💪 A robust recovery from Covid-19
⛓️ Collective bargaining rights for all
🕹 WATCH: Around the world, video game workers like Gustav, Pierre-Étienne, Lucija, Ada-Claire and Lauren are building unions,
#OrganizingFTW
and transforming the industry for the better.
🔥 Join Us!
🚨 It's time to make a stand.
❌ It's time to eradicate violence and harassment in commerce.
⛔ Because no one deserves abuse at work.
#NoStoreForViolence
“In support of workers in Myanmar, we are asking multinational banks to stop financing the coup and withdraw their investments in companies linked to the military junta,” says UNI General Secretary
@CHoffmanUNI
on International
#DemocracyDay
#Workers4Myanmar
#AcceptNUG
🔥Supporting striking writers is supporting fairness and justice in the entertainment industry.
🖊️Add your voice by signing the official petition and let's make a difference together.
#MakeAmazonPay
#WGAStrike
🗳️In Colombia & around the world, unions can make a different to promote the right to fair elections carried out in an environment of peace, freedom and democracy.
@TuMuevesCol
🚨We are in Bessemer, Alabama, supporting the
#BAmazonUnion
workers in this historic
#Amazon
union election.
🚢"It's like we are taking that giant ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal, turning it around and transforming the labor movement."
#MakeAmazonPay
@BAmazonUnion
@RWDSU
On 7 Oct 2020-the World Day of Decent Work-unions from around the globe will be demanding
#EssentialRights
for essential workers.
Decent work means:
💵Wages with dignity
😷Safe jobs
🤝Union representation
➕and more!
Join the call on
#WDDW20
for
#EssentialRights
!!!
The global union movement is united: The Indonesian government must repeal the Omnibus Law on Job Creation.
It attacks workers rights, endangers the environment, & puts corporations first.
Respect human rights. Protect the Environment. Repeal the law.
🙍🏼👮🏿 International
#JusticeDay2022
is coming up!
We
#BounceBackTogether
with the millions of workers in the cleaning & security sectors who play an essential role in our societies and demand:
✅Fair pay rises that beat inflation
✅Healthy & safe workplaces
✅Respect at work
🚨The U.S. National Labor Relations Board says that Amazon "has been interfering with, restraining and coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed" by federal labor law.
#MakeAmazonPay
📢Workers in dozens of countries are set to walkout on the busiest shopping day of the year demanding better pay and working conditions from retailing giant Amazon. via
@GMA
#MakeAmazonPay
"As prices of food, fuel, and basic necessities soar through the roof – & wages, in contrast, continue to fall – workers, climate activists, and citizens are uniting on Nov 25 to turn
#BlackFriday
into
#MakeAmazonPay
Day."
@RajendraUNI
&
@ParminderJS
📢 🗣️ Highlights of an incredible speech last night 🔥✊
🔥✊ It was an honour to have Senator
@BernieSanders
inspire our World Congress and advocate for income equality, workers' rights and building trade union power!
#UNIRisingTogether
✊ Support for
#ScreenwritersEverywhere
is happening...everywhere!
Here are some of our unions in 🇯🇵Japan, 🇰🇷Korea, 🇬🇧UK and the 🇵🇭Philippines taking part in the 14 June global day of action in solidarity with writers in the U.S.
#WGAstrike
“Amazon workers in Germany & everywhere are fighting for better pay & decent working conditions... they expect to keep their constitutional rights intact & have private conversations without Big Brother watching over as they organize online.”
@CHoffmanUNI
🙍🏼👮🏿 Hoy es el Día Internacional de la Justicia.
Los trabajadores de la limpieza y la seguridad saben que sólo
#SalimosDeEstaJuntos
.
#BounceBackTogether
✅Aumentos salariales por encima de la inflación.
✅ Empleo de calidad.
✅ Respeto en el lugar de trabajo.
👊
@CHoffmanUNI
in the
@ips_journal
: "Amazon's rise to the top of the winner-take-all economy is a call to action to progressive forces who still believe in the politics of the common good & are willing to fight for the affirmation of the dignity of work."
📢Global unions and leading brands reach new, expanded Accord for garment worker safety!
We call on all brands to
#ProtectProgress
and sign the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry!
🚨WATCH! Without the respect and dignity that comes with decent pay, adequate training and a voice at work home care work cannot be properly done.
#COVID19
#ProtectHomeCareWorkers
It's
#primeday2019
and workers' wish list includes:
✅Living wages
✅Safe jobs
✅Union rights
✅Collective bargaining
Stand with workers who want to
#OrganizeAmazon
, and spread the word that it's
#PrimeTime
for Amazon stop union busting!
🗣️BREAKING: "Amazon should stop interfering with efforts by its workers to unionise ahead of a pivotal vote in Alabama, said a group of more than 70 of its investors."
⚡️"Whatever the final outcome in Bessemer, the close vote is a testament to the passion of the workers. It shows their ability to face down relentless union busting and the guts of the union to take on this difficult campaign..."
@CHoffmanUNI
@BAmazonUnion