UNI Property Service Global Union brings together about 125 national unions around the globe working together in 75 countries to improve the lives of workers who clean, secure and maintain buildings and grounds, as well as other private security workers. These national unions have around 1 million members in these sectors and represent many thousands more. Our ranks include cleaners who keep the floors shining at the world famous Sears Towers in Chicago, the security officers who guard banks throughout Africa and India, and the cleaners in airports from Schiphol in Amsterdam to Los Angeles.

Our mission is to raise standards for the millions of property service workers around the world by helping to build strong unions.

Many of our members work in decent conditions negotiated with strong unions or have transformed their lives by building a union at their workplace. But many workers in these industries have been left behind. These workers are denied rights others take for granted, for example -the right to come together in the union of their choice - or can't adequately support their families despite the fact that they work for wealthy multi-nationals. Many cleaning and security workers are immigrants who have moved to a new country to build a better life.

Unions representing these workers have come together through UNI Property Services for many years to coordinate and share approaches.

As multinational corporations have expanded their reach in the contract cleaning and security industries, we are now launching international campaigns to call on these giant firms to respect workers rights wherever they operate in the world in order to secure improvements.

UNI PROPERTY SERVICES STAFF

Alice Dale
UNI Head of Department
Property Services

Alice began working at UNI Global Union in June 2009. Prior to joining UNI, Alice worked for 31 years in the US Labor Movement as a union attorney, as the head of two SEIU Locals and as an International Vice President and senior level international staff member. She brings extensive experience in organizing, collective bargaining, politics and legislation and employer relations in property services, health care and public sector work.

Nigel Venes
UNI Organiser
Property Services

Working at UNI Global Union since September 2009, Nigel has responsibility for leading our global organising work in Property Services. Prior to joining UNI, Nigel led organising teams and campaigns in the UK. He was trained by the TUC Organising Academy in 1999 and has worked for public and private sector trade unions developing and implementing strategies that have increased union activity, worker power and union membership.

Raquel Mora
UNI Department Assistant
Property Services

Raquel began working at UNI Global Union in 2008. Prior to joining UNI, Raquel collaborated as freelance translator and interpreter for various NGOs, the ILO and the Scottish Government. She speaks Spanish, English, French, and has conversational German. Raquel is deeply committed to workers’ rights and to building the trade union movement around the world.

Nadine Rae
UNI Strategic Organising & Campaigns

Nadine Rae has been organising and campaigning for 10 years in the New Zealand, Indian and Global trade union movements. Nadine worked in organising and campaigning roles including National Organising Coordinator. From 2007-2009 Nadine worked in India organising security workers with UNI Global Union and two Indian national trade union centres. She now works for UNI Strategic Organising & Campaigns, developing and implementing campaigns globally.

Rachel Owens
UNI europa Policy Officer
Property Services

Rachel began working at UNI europa in June 2009. Prior to joining UNI europa, Rachel worked for the British Socialist MEP Richard Howitt, following his employment, social affairs and human rights policy work. Rachel was active in helping shape the European Parliament's response to the motor industry crisis through, liaising between UK trade unionists and senior management from GM and Ford.

Pooja Bhatt
National Campaign Coordinator - Indian Security Workers Organizing Initiative
Property Services

Pooja joined UNI Global Union in June 2009, to coordinate the Security Workers organizing campaign in India. She has been an organizer and strategic researcher in the U.S. human rights and labour movements since 2002. She has experience in property services and healthcare organizing.