Private equity 'locusts' are circling us all!
Private equity 'locusts' are circling us all!
By Simon Alford, Communication Workers Union, UK
Suddenly household names as massive as Sainsbury's and Boots are being openly stalked by a new ...
Private equity 'locusts' are circling us all!
By Simon Alford, Communication Workers Union, UK
Suddenly household names as massive as Sainsbury's and Boots are being openly stalked by a new ...
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, the ZCTU, has called a general work stoppage throughout the country for 3 and 4 April. The ITUC fully su...
'Stop telling us that everything is lovely with Private equity. People are getting angry with the EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy and his hand picked experts from the industry who simply close ...
Private equity firms that take over companies and bring in new management teams (management buy-in – MBI) are likely to cut jobs and depress employees’ wages. However, where an existing managemen...
Private Equity (PE) has negative consequences for employees in terms of employment, wages and working conditions, according to research by The Work Foundation, a UK-based not-for-profit organizat...
Acquisitions of mobile licenses in Guinea Bissau and Guinea.
France Telecom has announced the extension of its presence in Africa through two operations completed by Sonatel, its Senegalese subsidiary...
The Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU) of Uganda has finally won recognition in Group 4 Securicor (G4S) , the UK based multinational...
THE ZIMBABWE SITUATION
We have the honour to bring to your attention our deep concerns about the situation in Zimbabwe. Our concerns are as a result of past and recent events in that country...
UNI-Africa Commerce sector carried out the assessment workshop of the Organising, Campaigning & Bargaining - Commercial Workers’ Unions project in Southern Africa, from the 22 to 23 February 2007. This project has expired...
A delegation comprising officials from UNI and UNI-Africa, the South African commerce union (SACCAWU), LO-TCO representative Monica Ohlson and Simiao Simbine of SASK Africa visited Swaziland...