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UNI tells Santander: Stop Your Anti-Union Fear Campaign against Workers

Nyon (ots)

Bank workers and their unions from around the world are coming
together to demand Spanish banking giant Santander respects its 
employees no matter where they work.
UNI Finance Global Union is leading an international trade union 
delegation to Boston today to support Santander workers in the United
States who want union representation. There is currently no 
recognised union in the US that represents the workers at Santander- 
owned banking chain Sovereign.
Sovereign employees are fighting for their right for union 
representation but management has created a climate of fear to 
intimidate and discourage workers from joining a union.
UNI and the global trade union alliance at Santander are calling 
on Santander Chairman Emilio Botín to ensure management's neutrality 
in the union organising drive at Sovereign.
"Workers at Sovereign want a union but their bosses are telling 
them they will lose their jobs if they try to organise," said Oliver 
Roethig, head of UNI Finance. "Santander has thousands of unionised 
workers in many other countries around the world so we are dismayed 
by their anti-union attitude in the United States."
Some workers who have supported the union have been unfairly fired
and others have been told that the company is strongly opposed to any
union for its employees.
The UNI delegation is calling on Santander to rehire its unfairly 
fired workers and stop interfering with workers' rights to form a 
union. It will press Santander to sign a global agreement that 
protects and guarantees workers' rights in the United States and 
around the world.
Find more information at: www.bankonrights.org
UNI Finance is the global trade union for the finance industry.

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