Union Solidarity International

Union Solidarity International (USI) is a UK-based organisation using new media to support international trade union solidarity campaigns.[1] It is supported by Unite, the GMB, the RMT, the GFTU and a number of other UK, Irish and international unions.

USi
Union Solidarity International
Founded2010 (2010)
Headquarters
  • Manchester, England
  • Glasgow, Scotland
Location
  • United Kingdom
Key people
  • Geoffrey Shears
  • Keith Sonnet
  • Dave Spooner
  • Walton Pantland
Websiteusilive.org

Inspired by the Arab Spring, as well as effective use of social media by the Occupy movement, the organisation uses technology to build member to member solidarity.[1] USi also provides training for trade union activists on using new media for campaigning.

The organisation shares a director with the Global Labour Institute, and has a close relationship with the GLI network.

As of 2014, USI was running a campaign to assist labourers in the brick manufacturing industry in Andhra Pradesh.[2]

Notes
  1. Geelan, Torsten (August 2013). "Union Solidarity International". Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research. 19 (3): 419–424. doi:10.1177/1024258913494062. ISSN 1024-2589. S2CID 154488479.
  2. Wainwright, Oliver (8 January 2014). "Blood bricks: how India's urban boom is built on slave labour". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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