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Union Network International (UNI), calling itself a "global union", is a global union federation for skills and services, gathering national and regional trade unions. It was launched on January 1, 2000. Its more than 900 affiliated unions in 140 countries have 15 million members. Logo of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, a Public University in Lima, Peru. ... A global union federation is an international federation of national and regional trade unions organising in specific industry sectors or occupational groups, sometimes also known as an international trade secretariat. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...


UNI has several sector committees for the industries within its field of organisation. These are: Commerce; finance; telecoms; post; industry, IT and white collar; graphical; property services; media and entertainment; electricity; social insurance and private health care; tourism; hair and beauty.


The head office is in Nyon, near Geneva, Switzerland. Nyons flag has a fish over red and blue stripes. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German: Genf //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (French Lac Léman) flows into the Rhône River. ...


Regions

  • UNI Africa UNI Africa
  • UNI Americas UNI Americas
  • UNI Apro UNI Asia Pacific
  • UNI Europa UNI Europa

Affiliations

It is a member of Global Unions. Global Unions is a website, which is jointly owned and managed by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, ICFTU, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD and ten global union federations. ...


External links

  • Union Network International website

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