UNI News Highlights November - 2015

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November
Victory in Colombia: SINTRAVALORES signs agreement with Prosegur Workers in Colombia scored an important victory today after an agreement was reached between SINTRAVALORES and Spanish security multinational Prosegur after almost seven years of serious conflict.
UNI celebrates as Tunisian affiliate shares Nobel Peace Prize UNI Global Union is celebrating after its Tunisian affiliate the UGTT scooped a share in the 2015 Nobel peace prize. The trade union was a part of the Tunisian national dialogue quartet, a collection of civil society organisations awarded the prize for their contribution to a building a pluralistic democracy in the wake of the 2011 civil uprising that sparked the wider Arab Spring.
Banking unions call for G-20 vigilance The finance world still has a lot of lessons to learn from the global financial crash of 7 years ago.  This was the consensus of hundreds of leaders of finance unions attending the UNI Finance Global Union Conference in Antalya, who warned that the industry must break its bad habits once and for all.
Superstar footballers support FIFPro A collection of the world’s leading male and female professional footballers have shown their support for FIFPro in a new video released to mark the fifty-day countdown to the organisation’s 50th Anniversary celebration, which will be held in Amsterdam on December 15, 2015. The impressive line-up includes Angel Di Maria, Andres Iniesta, Toni Kroos, Philippe Lahm, Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo illustrating principles that underpin FIFPro as the global representative for an estimated 65,000 professional players worldwide.
UNI condemns terrorist atrocity in Turkey UNI Global Union has joined millions in condemning the terrorist atrocities which took the lives of at least 102 people and wounded many more in Turkey. Two bombs exploded during a peace rally organised by Turkish trade unions, student activists and other civil society groups in Ankara.
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