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 | | ANZ National has announced nearly 100 job cuts this week, most of which are the latest in the bank’s move to cut costs by offshoring work to Bangalore. Bank workers union Finsec (New Zealand) says the bank has also backed away from prior public commitments to provide all affected staff other work. |
| 02/06/2009 |
| | In early January, leaders of five UNI Caribbean Finance Unions met in Trinidad to consider the implications of the acquisition by the (RBC) Royal Bank of Canada of the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT) in mid 2008. Strategic and coordinated action by UNI affiliates in the region has become necessary as the effects of the acquisition on job security as well as on terms and conditions of workers is very uncertain. |
| 01/22/2009 |
| | Ver.di, UNI Finanz deutsche Mitgliedsorganisation, beurteilt die Teilverstaatlichung der Commerzbank als Stärkung einer systemrelevanten Bank und daher als notwendig. |
| 01/09/2009 |
| | UNI Fiance's affiliate ver.di regards the partial nationalisation of Commerzbank as necessary for strengthening a systemically-important bank. It expects that the owners, especially the German government, will ensure that job losses are avoided as much as possible and the current takeover of Dresdner Bank is managed in a socially responsible way. |
| 01/09/2009 |
| | French and Belgium finance unions will work towards a guarantee of employment and existing collective agreements as well as a renegotation of the EWC agreement of BNP Paribas. [FR] |
| 12/23/2008 |
| | The European works council and Unicredit signed a Joint Declaration on Training, Learning and Professional Development. It defines common guidelines for the entire group's operations and provides for a joint monitoring mechanism. [EN, IT] |
| 12/19/2008 |
| | The conclusion of global framework agreements and the creation of trade union networks in multinationals is a key priority of UNI Finance. |
| 12/17/2008 |
| | On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a number of multinational companies CEOs signed a statement calling on governments to fully implement their human rights obligations and reiterating their commitment to respect and support human rights within their sphere of influence. |
| 12/17/2008 |
| | 1,900 jobs will go next year in the UK as the Spanish-based bank integrates the operations of Alliance & Leicester as well as the branches and deposits of Bradford & Bingley. These two banks were acquired this year and follow the acquisition of Abbey in 2004. |
| 12/15/2008 |
| | On 20 and 21 November 2008 took place the 8th meeting of the UNI-Americas network for the BBVA Group. The network discussed issues such as job security, precarious employment, variable pay and stress. |
| 12/10/2008 |
| | The creation of the "Banco del Sur" (Bank of the South) was discussed by participants. |
| 12/10/2008 |
| | UNI Finance et ses affiliés font pression pour discuter d’urgence avec Citigroup qui projette de supprimer 75'000 emplois au plan mondial. |
| 11/25/2008 |
| | This year's meeting of UNI-Europa's Finance Multinationals Task Force takes place in Milan, Italy on 11 and 12 December 2008. |
| 11/11/2008 |
| 11/11/2008 |
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This year's meeting of UNI-Europa's Finance Multinationals Task Force takes place in Milan on 11 and 12 December 2008. |
| 10/22/2008 |
| | UNI Finance affiliate, Accord, asked the British government to impose tougher conditions on the HBOS-Lloyds TSB merger to protect staff from redundancies. There is speculation that between 14,000 and 40,000 jobs could be axed. |
| 10/20/2008 |
| | A Dutch newspaper reports that the country's central bank is in favour to selling the nationalised operations in the Netherlands of Fortis to Deutsche Bank. |
| 10/10/2008 |
| | October 7 is the World Day of Decent Work. Danske Bank and National Australian Group (NAG) received the UNI Decent Work Company Award. |
| 10/07/2008 |
| | BNP Paribas will become the biggest banking group in the Euro zone after taking control of Fortis in Belgium and Luxembourg as well as its Belgian insurance operations and Turkish banking unit. UNI Finance is concerned about the consolidation of the finance industry that is the result of the financial crisis. |
| 10/06/2008 |
| | UNI global union and the Brazilian banking trade union federation Contraf-CUT have met the country’s bank employers in Sao Paulo to press for a global agreement.
Contraf-CUT president Vagner Freitas urged the banks to join in a working group to examine the details of a global agreement - which would establish dialogue and rights in Brazilian banks as they grow their operations internationally. |
| 10/03/2008 |
| | Dexia, the second largest Belgian bank, is set to receive €6.4bn capital injection. Its chief executive officer and chairman will resign. |
| 09/30/2008 |
| | US giant Citigroup rescued Wachovia, the country's sixth-largest lender, in a government-sponsored bailout. Other financial institutions were taken over by their government this week in Germany, Iceland, the United Kingdom and Belgium. UNI Finance warns that the financial crisis is leading to a merger rush that creates more financial giants that will be too big to fail in the next crisis. |
| 09/30/2008 |
| | UNI Finance affiliates agreed to enhance their cooperation in Dexia and to develop an approach for reaching a global framework agreement. They formalised a UNI Finance Trade Union Network and set up a process for continuous work across the entire Dexia Group. |
| 09/26/2008 |
| | L’affilié allemand, ver.di, a critiqué le projet de supprimer 9'000 emplois à la suite de la reprise de Dresdner Bank par Commerzbank en vue de créer une banque de 67'000 salariés. |
| 09/16/2008 |
| | The top banks in the survey were Absa/Barclays, Sawumed and Standard Bank. The results gave an endorsement of the high levels of mutual respect and co-operation that exist between employers and employees in the industry and of its higher than average standards in all HR categories. |
| 09/15/2008 |
| | UNI affiliate ContrafCUT, UNI Finance and the main banking unions in Brazil met on 28 July with the banking employer association, Fenaban, to start a dialogue that could lead to the signing of a Global Framework Agreement. |
| 09/13/2008 |
| | During the 10th National Banking Conference, delegates decided to ask for the opening of negotiations with Banco Santander. |
| 09/13/2008 |
| | Allianz Korea Union and management reached a tentative settlement to end the strike of almost 8 months. |
| 09/12/2008 |
| | UNI Finance's affiliate in Taiwan, the National Federation of Bank Employees Unions (NFBEU) has alerted UNI about hostile behaviour from HSBC towards trade unions. |
| 09/12/2008 |
| | UNI a signé un accord mondial avec Danske Bank qui incorpore les droits fondamentaux du travail et reconnaît l’avantage compétitif que représentent, pour la banque, les bonnes relations avec les syndicats. |
| 09/09/2008 |