Telefónica: the global agreement is renewed between UNI Global Union and the Spanish unions CCOO and UGT

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2 February 2015 à 08h18

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The Spanish telecommunications group has renewed and updated its global agreement on its code of conduct that includes UNO guiding principles and was originally signed by the unions in 2000. The agreement covers Telefónica and all the group’s companies active throughout Latin America.
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On December 10 2014, during UNI Global’s 4th global congress held in South Africa, Cesar Alierta, the president of Telefónica and Philip Jennings the secretary general of UNI Global Union signed the renewed global cooperation agreement between the group and the unions. The agreement was also ratified by the heads of the Spanish unions, Jesús González, secretary general of CCOO and Alfredo Mesa secretary general of UGT, also members of UNI Global. These two unions are the major unions in...

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