Europe: Interview with Mark Bergfeld, Director of Property Services at UNI Europa

Europe: Interview with Mark Bergfeld, Director of Property Services at UNI Europa

We chatted today with Mark about the two groups of workers represented by UNI Europa's Property Services department -- security guards and cleaners. (UNI Europa represents 7 million workers in 272 national trade unions in 50 countries.) Mark explained some of the issues that these workers face and the challenge of organising them into unions. When asked about union density in these sectors, he threw out the astounding statistic that in Belgium, over 80% of these workers are unioni...

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South Korea: Interview with Chanyoung Heo, Kuehne+Nagel Korea Labour Union

South Korea: Interview with Chanyoung Heo, Kuehne+Nagel Korea Labour Union

Chanyoung is leader of a small union in Korea that represents workers at Kuehne+Nagel, a German-owned logistics company. For 20 years, industrial relations at the company were good. Now they aren't....

10 Syys 16min

Interview with Sean Sweeney, coordinator of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED)

Interview with Sean Sweeney, coordinator of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED)

Sean Sweeney is the founder and coordinator of a global network of trade unionists who are trying change the way we deal with the global climate crisis. Instead of failed neo-liberal solutions, TUED ...

3 Syys 8min

Kenya: Interview with Joseph Ndiritu Karobia, General Secretary of the Public Transport Operators Union (PUTON)

Kenya: Interview with Joseph Ndiritu Karobia, General Secretary of the Public Transport Operators Union (PUTON)

Joe's union has managed to win a couple of legal battles ensuring that drivers working in Kenya's informal sector have rights. But employers are resisting and the struggle is not yet won. Joe tells u...

2 Syys 11min

Turkey: Interview with Kivanc Eliacik

Turkey: Interview with Kivanc Eliacik

According to the International Trade Union Confederation, Turkey is one of the worst countries in the world for workers' rights. Union leaders continue to be arrested and jailed. But recently, a num...

14 Elo 9min

Australia: Interview with Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

Australia: Interview with Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

The lowest gender pay gap ever recorded. Food delivery workers winning new workplace protections and a new minimum hourly rate of pay, above the minimum wage. Workers winning a 'right to disconnect'...

14 Elo 9min

Taiwan: Interview with Lennon Wang, from the Taidoc Technology Labor Union (TTLU).

Taiwan: Interview with Lennon Wang, from the Taidoc Technology Labor Union (TTLU).

Filipino women migrant workers at TaiDoc Technology Corporation, a medical equipment company based in Taiwan, R.O.C., have faced discrimination, forced labour conditions and union busting. In response...

3 Elo 8min

"The stronger the union, the cooler the workplace." Interview with union educator Stirling Smith

"The stronger the union, the cooler the workplace." Interview with union educator Stirling Smith

The International Labour Organisation estimate that 70% of the world's workforce is now vulnerable to extreme heat. How is this affecting workers? What can unions do? We interviewed Stirling Smith...

16 Huhti 10min

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