International: creation of a trade union federation dedicated to telecom and information technology

On October 20th, in Mexico, about 170 representatives in the sector validate the merger between UNI Telecom and UNI IBITS, the two branches of the international service union, UNI Global. The new union, UNI ICTS, will aim to increase union membership in new technology firms and improve the situation for the sector's workers. (Ref. 110644)
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UNI Information, Communication, Technology and Services (ICTS) will represent 3 million workers. Its actions will target telecom multinationals such as Orange, Téléfonicà, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom…, and computer giants such as IBM, HP,
Cap Gemini, Atos, LOGICA…. In the 2011-2015 Strategy adopted during the founding Conference in Mexico on October 20-21, the union representatives plan to extend the union network in multinationals and fight to defend union rights working conditions and health

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