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Han Sang-gyun, former President of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions was released from prison on May 21. PSI warmly welcome the jailed ex-president back to the movement as an organizer.

Following a four year long campaign led by Public Services International Union Federation, the Liberian Government is reinstating the leaders of the National Health Workers Union of Liberia (NAHWUL), who were dismissed by the former government at the onset of the Ebola crisis for demanding adequate protective gear for their members.

Trade unions are developing strategies to address the harm a new generation of trade agreements may have on workers and access to public services in the Asia-Pacific region.

Earlier this month the Fiji Nursing Association’s held a two day symposium Nurses: A voice to lead – Health is a Human Right. The symposium was inspirational and provided some hope for achieving the global Sustainable Development Goals, but it was also a moment of identified risks and human rights not met.

A damning report commissioned by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), which revealed how private aged care providers shift profits offshore, has led to an official Senate tax inquiry just a week after its release.

Since the campaign to bring the municipal waste collection service back into the public sector in 2003, the Asuncion Municipal Workers’ Union (Sindicato de Obreros y Empleados de la Municipalidad de Asuncion, SINOEMA) affiliated to the PSI, has worked hard to maintain a quality service. The union encourages working class solidarity with recyclers and other informal workers because it understands that they and the community have an important role in keeping waste management under municipal control.

The panel discussion on Decent Work to Link People and Economies toward Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Asia and the Pacific was a Civil Society Panel Discussion jointly organised by ITUC - Asia Pacific, PSI Asia Pacific, BWI Asia Pacific, UNI Apro and NGO Forum on ADB at the Civil Plaza, ADB Library, Manila, Philippines on May 5, 2018.

What began as a pilot project in the mid-1990s is today a benchmark for Urban Integrated Solid Waste Management (GIRSU - UISWM). Recognition of the contribution made by workers, combined with the involvement and commitment of the community, have been key factors in the success of the local plan.