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ILO launches a video contest on Decent Work for Youth

The ILO launches a video contest for young people to show how the global jobs crisis is affecting them and their communities.

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Added by Public Services International on March 27, 2012 at 3:02 — No Comments

Implementing the Right to Water in the green economy

Demonstration at the alternative water forum
Water Justice activists, including PSI unions, have successfully pushed the human right to water and sanitation (RTW) onto the global agenda. The UN General Assembly Resolution 64/292 of 2010 has set the standard for government obligations in ensuring universal access. Many…
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Added by Public Services International on March 27, 2012 at 3:01 — No Comments

Union women – at the heart of the struggle for basic trade union rights

Public Services International celebrates International Women’s Day - 8 March

On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012, Public Services International recognises and applauds the work of women trade unionists, who are always at the very heart of our struggle for human and labour rights and equality.

We express our solidarity with our sisters who place themselves…

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Added by Public Services International on March 7, 2012 at 4:20 — No Comments

Global Forum on Migration and Development - Civil Society Days

Date: November 29, 2011 to December 2, 2011
Time: 09.00 - 17.00…
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Added by Public Services International on November 28, 2011 at 13:45 — No Comments

PSI New Website! New Logo

Check out our new PSI Website, fresh look and more users friendly. The new website featuring new ways to stay connected with us, for example languages tools allow you to read the news and information on your selected language. 



Link the new PSI website on your union site: simply download the new PSI logo available on our website and make a hyperlink to http://www.world-psi.org. RSS news feeds: make sure to send us your…

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Added by Public Services International on November 28, 2011 at 13:43 — No Comments

EPSU unions will join forces on 30 November

(17 November 2011) Last week we held our 4Oth Executive Committee. This gathering of the elected representatives of public sector trade unions from across the European continent was marked again by debates on the crisis that is hitting Europe’s people’s.

Public services and public service workers remain the main target of arbitrary austerity measures and EPSU decided to mobilise once more to defend jobs, quality public services and a social Europe. This time,…

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Added by Public Services International on November 18, 2011 at 2:21 — No Comments

Successful youth seminar for Czech and Slovak affiliates

(17 November 2011) The weekend of October 28th to 30th a group of more than twenty young trade unions´ members from the Czech and Slovak Republic attended a 3 day seminar in the middle of the south Moravian countryside, the so called Cow Mountain, Bořetice, to discuss the possibilities and different approaches in recruiting and organising, ie, how to attract young workers and how to improve their skills and abilities to obtain the desired goal in their trade union work.…

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Added by Public Services International on November 18, 2011 at 2:20 — No Comments

99% against 1%! We are the alternatives! No to Kor-Us FTA!

99% against 1%! We are the alternatives! No to Kor-Us FTA!



Every November 13th, KCTU has been holding National Workers’ Rally to honour of martyr Jeon, Taeil, who burned himself shouting out ‘Obey basic labour rights’ in 1970. However this year’s rally was a bit different and meaningful. Since Lee…

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Added by Public Services International on November 17, 2011 at 8:22 — No Comments

Korean government must ensure basic labour rights fully for public servants!

PSI–KC held Workshop for ratification ILO Core conventions and decided to start campaign 



PSI-KC had been holding Workshop for ratification ILO Core conventions from Nov. 14th to 15th at the KCTU conference room with PSI, PSI-AP. This workshop is a follow up workshop of the…

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Added by Public Services International on November 17, 2011 at 8:19 — No Comments

Portuguese unions mobilise hundreds of thousands for Public services and against austerity!

(Brussels 15 November) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) sends a message of solidarity and congratulates its Portuguese affiliates for the successful demonstration that took place in Lisbon last Saturday (November 12).

The demonstration was called to defend of Public services and against the austerity measures of the…

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Added by Public Services International on November 17, 2011 at 8:14 — No Comments

EPSU welcomes the world wide mobilization for change

(13 October 2011) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) salutes the global movement of citizens organizing actions on 15th October.

This movement was launched by millions of young, unemployed and working people in the streets of Spain to protest government austerity policies that affect working men and women, unemployed and other citizens responsible for the…

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Added by Public Services International on November 2, 2011 at 7:10 — No Comments

19 dead after violent disruption of civil protests in Malawi

19 dead after violent disruption of civil protests in Malawi
Please send a strong message of protest against police violence used to repress peaceful demonstrations by a front of civil society organisations, which included trade union organisations, in Malawi on 20th and 21st July. Read more here

Added by Indah Budiarti on August 2, 2011 at 16:19 — No Comments

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