9 January 2013

By Andrew Brady Yesterday’s European unemployment figures are truly devastating. There’s no other word that can encapsulate the broken dreams and hardships that tens of millions of people across the continent of Europe are enduring. The Eurozone unemployment rate hit a new record high of 11.8% in November leaving some 18.82 million people out of [...]

4 December 2012

Dear Supporter As a follower of Union Solidarity International I want to take the opportunity to thank you for your encouragement, support and participation in our project. It’s a very over used phrase but I want to assure you that USI means it when we say without your support we are nothing. I am writing [...]

27 November 2012

Hello Brothers and Sisters Would you consider reporting, guest blogging or appearing in our regular updates? Since our launch in May we have endeavoured to bring a trade union message using every social media stream to engage, interest and mobilise people to campaign for the alternative world we seek. We have brought you the latest [...]

22 October 2012

Hi Comrades, Since our launch on May Day we have tried to bring a trade union message utilising social media and online campaigning on a daily basis.   As we know, nothing can ever replace on the ground organising but social media and online campaigning can play a very important role in generating and growing [...]

8 October 2012

USi is supporting the fight for justice at Palermo’s Pizza in Wisconsin, USA. During a week of action in July a petition with more than 15,000 others was delivered to Palermo’s executives that sent a strong message that the workers won’t stand for unfair treatment of Palermo’s workers. There is a fantastic website called a [...]

3 September 2012

The CUT, IOS and DGB, with participation of CNM / CUT and CNQ, join forces in defending the rights of working men and women of Latin America. Valter Bittencourt Workers receive a diploma at the end of the network event. In the last week, 22-24 August, happened at Hotel Braston in the city of São Paulo, the 5th and final module training of three days each, with the participation of about 50 representatives of 11 metallurgical trade unions and German chemical companies installed in Brazil andBrazilian companies installed in Germany. Valter Bittencourt Simulation of a negotiation between workers [...]

20 August 2012

Overview In USi’s first quarter (May-July) substantial progress has been made in building our audience base and building a social media profile that attracts visitors to our Trade Union message. We are endeavouring to utilise every possible social media stream on a daily basis. This has resulted in some very encouraging figures particularly our website [...]

2 August 2012

BY the Brazilian ABC Metalworkers’ Union How was the communications strategy born? The ABC metalworkers’ union is the protagonist in the social changes occurring in the recent history of Brazilian society. It is an active character in the fight against the military dictatorship, direct elections and the re-establishment of democracy in the country. To confront the [...]