Health

Quality health care is important to families, societies and the economy – because healthy workers are more productive. The PSI – which represents 8 million health care workers – believes that care must be available to people who need it, not just to those who can pay. Health care is dangerous work. These workers, and the services they provide, are worthy of everyone’s support.

Historical sentence in asbestos trial

Feb17
A widow remembers her husband, a victim of the Eternit company

A court in Turin has sentenced Stephan Schmidheiny and Jean Louis de Cartier to 16 years in the Eternit asbestos trial. The defendants were found guilty of environmental disaster and wilful omission of safety precautions.

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Forum & Federation Symposia on workers' health

Feb10
health worker with protective gloves

The FORUM & FEDERATION Symposia Series draws attention to the health of workers globally. In every part of the world, the vast majority of adults work, whether formally or informally, in the workplace or in the home. Daily work for income and family support is one of the most important shared experiences of adults worldwide.

Ecuador: 3,000 public employees unfairly dismissed

Dec05

Several thousand public servants, mainly in the health and public administration sectors were recently arbitrarily dismissed leaving Ecuador’s health and central administration services in disarray. Many of those dismissed are members of PSI’s affiliates.

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Ecuador: 3,000 public employees unfairly dismissed

Dec05

Several thousand public servants, mainly in the health and public administration sectors were recently arbitrarily dismissed leaving Ecuador’s health and central administration services in disarray. Many of those dismissed are members of PSI’s affiliates.

South Africa National Report on Migration in Health and Social Care Sectors

Nov25

The report documents innovative participatory research carried out in South Africa by PSI affiliated unions under the PSI’s Programme on Women and International Migration in the Health and Social Care Sectors. The programme seeks to build the capacity of public sector trade unions in addressing the causes and impact of migration in the health and social care sectors.

Canada: pre-decision and information kit

Nov19

The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) and the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) are working with their sisters and brothers affiliated with Public Services International (PSI) to strengthen labour’s response to migration and to promote quality public health services.

Bermuda - Migration Pre-decision kit

Nov19

Bermuda’s small population limits its ability to provide adequate workers in specific areas of public services. For this reason, Bermuda relies heavily on migrant workers and is considered a country of destination.

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Forum & Federation symposium on workers’ health

Dec06

Together with the NGO Forum for Health, PSI will be participating in the first Forum & Federation symposium on workers’ health to take place on 6 December, from 10:00 to 14:00, at the CICG in Geneva (Salle 4).

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Preventing Hepatitis

Nov 22

“Preventing Hepatitis” addresses the specific need to vaccinate healthcare workers against Hepatitis A & B in fewer than 2 minutes.

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HIV/AIDS

The Essential Sharp Sense

Nov 22

This is a 4 minute summary of the 17 minute video SHARP SENSE produced by the global union federation Public Services International.

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Sharp Sense: Promoting the safety of health care workers

Nov 17

Healthcare workers face the risk every day of exposure to bloodborne pathogens because of needlestick injuries. In this short video, a nurse, an HIV/AIDS counsellor and an HIV/AIDS physician share their personal experiences with needlestick injuries.

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