COLLABORATING WITH UNIONS TO RAISE STANDARDS

This week in Galway, ICoCA joined union leaders from over 30 countries at the UNI Property Services Global Conference. Under the theme Raising Standards, delegates adopted an ambitious plan to tackle low wages, job insecurity and unsafe working conditions in the cleaning and security sectors.

A key highlight was the approval of Proposal 1: Raising Standards through Growth and Organising, designed to expand union membership and enhance agreements with major employers like G4S and Securitas Group. As Michala Lafferty, Head of Property Services at UNI Global Union emphasised,

“It’s time for employers to step up, raise standards and ensure decent pay, safety and respect at work.”

The conference also addressed other key proposals, including an initiative aimed at engaging with private security employers and governments through ICoCA, focusing on freedom of association and accountability.

Through these new proposals, the Property Services sector of UNI Global Union, in collaboration with ICoCA, is poised to enhance the rights of some of the world’s most vulnerable workers while establishing a global standard for improved working conditions