Union Solidarity International

USi

Full name	Union Solidarity International
Founded	2010 (2010)
Key people	Geoffrey Shears Keith Sonnet Andrew Brady Walton Pantland
Office location	London, England Glasgow, Scotland
Country	United Kingdom
Website	usilive.org

Union Solidarity International is a UK-based organisation using new media to support international trade union solidarity campaigns. It is supported by Unite, the GMB, the RMT, the GFTU and several other British and Irish trade unions.

USI has also attracted endorsement from a number of Greek trade unions.

Inspired by the Arab Spring,^[1] as well as effective use of social media by the Occupy movement and campaigning organisations such as Avaaz and 38 Degrees, the organisation uses technology to build member to member solidarity.

Campaigns

USI campaigns on international trade union issues. Current campaigns include:

1. Supporting Greek trade unions. The Eurozone crisis means that Greek unions are fighting a large drop in living standards
2. Supporting the unionisation of brick kiln workers in India
3. Campaigning for the UK Government to ratify ILO Convention 189 on the rights of Domestic Workers.

External links

• Official website

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