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Photos: ILO and WHO
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Public Services International seeks to engage public sector unions in joint actions to:
- Promote the rights of all health workers, particularly women health workers;
- Organize women migrant health workers into unions to better promote and protect their rights and to strengthen the capacity of unions to meet their needs;
- Eliminate exploitative and discriminatory recruitment and employment practices in the health care sector;
- Strengthen bilateral cooperation between unions in sending and receiving countries;
- Campaign for the application of Ethical Guidelines in the international recruitment of health care workers;
- Advocate for increased spending for quality health services and human resources for health; and
- Establish measures to compensate sending countries for the investment made in training and educating health workers
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With the generous contributions of IMPACT (Ireland) - ILO and FNV MONDIAAL (Netherlands) as well past contributions from ABVAKO (Netherlands) and UNISON (UK).
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Official launch of the South Africa pre-decision and information kit on migration and women health workers
14 January 2010
The official launch of the pre-decision and information kit on migration and women health workers –South Africa was held on the 9th of December, 2009 at the Parktonian Hotel in Johannesburg. The launch was attended by representatives from the National Department of Health (NDH), the International Labour Organization (ILO), Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) and affiliates of the Public Services International (PSI) in South Africa.
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Immigration Reform Would Boost US Economy
14 January 2010
A new report shows that comprehensive immigration reform would help American workers and the U.S. economy. Reform that offers a path to citizenship for currently unauthorized workers and enforces workers’ rights would raise the “wage floor” for the entire U.S. economy and increase the total gross domestic product (GDP) by at least $1.5 trillion over the next decade, the report says.
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Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045
14 January 2010
The elderly will outnumber children for the first time in 2045, ratcheting demand on nursing homes and increasing the burden on working-age people to support retirees, a United Nations report found.
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Canada: Strike deadline set for Nova Scotia
14 January 2010
Negotiating Committees for 4,100 hospital workers and more than 3,000 school board workers outside of Halifax have announced a strike deadline of Monday, January 18, 2010.
This is the first time in CUPE Nova Scotia’s history that both of these sectors have decided to co-ordinate a possible strike in this manner. Both committee chairs reiterated that the CUPE bargaining teams are more than ready to get back to the bargaining table to resolve the outstanding items which include the key issue of wage parity for hospital workers and a wage offer for school board workers that is equal to what teachers and other workers in the sector have already received.
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The need for accurate and adequate information regarding migration
14 January 2010
Migration is a global phenomenon today and it is becoming a social issue in Sri Lanka, as the number of migrants are on the increase in every passing year. People migrate to foreign countries in search of a better life for them personally and for their family members in general.
Lack of information and awareness of the rights of migrant workers contribute to their vulnerability as workers in the global labour market. Specially, women migrant workers face specific challenges and with the majority of migrant workers in Sri Lanka, been female, the problems they encounter bring hazards to their families in return. Therefore it has become vital and crucial need for the authorities to look into this problem with a greater commitment.
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