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PSI stands with you!
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) workers face prejudice and discrimination when seeking work and
once they are in a job. Every trade unionist has a responsibility to
challenge this discrimination. It is part of the core agenda for
workers’ rights and equal opportunities.
PSI and its affiliates are carrying out training
programmes, promoting the rights of LGBT workers through collective
bargaining and outreach programmes, and lobbying for changes in civil
and penal codes, and social welfare systems, to end discriminatory
practices.
LGBT members are encouraged to organise locally and
nationally to support each other, to identify and challenge
discrimination, to increase awareness of LGBT rights and to campaign for
change.
 click
here for further background information and policy
documents
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Australia: Equal Love Rally
Equal Love is a nationwide campaign for same-sex marriage in Australia and on 15 May 2010 there was nationwide action to show the support of the community. Over 200 people rallied in the streets of Canberra, and in Sydney and Melbourne thousands of people took part.
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LGBT: Young Workers and Equal Rights
The Workshop on Leadership and Capacity Building for the Youth and LGBT Trade Unionists was conducted by Public Services International Trade Union Right Network (PSI TURN) Project and its affiliates in Philippines. The workshop held on August 12, 2009 in Quezon City, Philippines. The aims of the workshop were to share experience and ideas on the important issues concerning decent work and rights at work for LGBT workers.
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"Trade Unionists Together for LGBT Rights!"
The joint PSI/EI Publication on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered workers has been selected for the Copenhagen Catalogue of Good Practices. The Copenhagen Catalogue is a collation of 24 examples of great initiatives and projects from all around the world focusing on LGBT human rights at a local, national or regional/international level.
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Trade unionists together for LGBT rights!
This manual is designed to assist affiliates to address key workplace issues for LGBT workers, gives practical ideas for union action, contains model policies and collective bargaining clauses, and lists resources and contact people from affiliates around the world.
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Policy and background documents
All PSI policy and background documents on LGBT issues available in all languages
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State-sponsored Homophobia
A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults. The research, by Daniel Ottosson, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden was updated in April 2007.
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Education
International
ILGA
International The ILGA is a world-wide network of national and
local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered people everywhere.
ILGA
Europe ILGA-Europe is the European Region of the International
Lesbian and Gay Association. It enjoys participative status at the
Council of Europe.
UNISON (United Kingdom)
Verdi (Deutschland)
Gay & Lesbian
Rights Lobby (Australia)
Trades Union Congress (UK) The TUC campaigns
for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people at
work and in society. The site contains useful material for LGBT
workers.
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PSI's Equality
& Rights officer can be contacted at:
Email: equality@world-psi.org
Fax: +33 (0)4 50 40 73
20
Phone: +33 4 50 40 64
64
or write
to:
Public Services
International
45, avenue Voltaire
BP 9
01211 Ferney-Voltaire Cedex
France
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