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Global Week of Action for fair taxation

May16
Volkswagen with Andrea Merkel and Francois Hollande

This week unions and activists in more than 30 countries are campaigning in support of a financial transactions tax and quality public services.

May Day 2012 – the fight for public services

May01
Photo May Day demonstration Seattle 2011

Please read and circulate PSI's May Day message, below. We also ask affiliates to send May Day messages of solidarity to PSI and other affiliates through PSI Facebook and Twitter. Please tag tweets and Flickr photos using the hashtag #PSIMayDay.

Job opportunity: Project Coordinator for Southern Africa

Public Services International is looking for a suitably experienced person to work as Project Coordinator for Southern Africa. The Project Coordinator is responsible for implementing PSI policies and activities in the subregion, administration of the subregional office under the direction of Regional Secretary and providing relevant information to the affiliated unions in the subregion, to the PSI Regional Office and to the PSI Head Office in Ferney-Voltaire (France). Strong experience in gender and equality issues would be an asset.

US unions get ready for the 99% Spring

Apr11
Trade unionists demonstrate in United States

Trade unions and other progressive groups in the US are preparing 99% Spring training sessions in the run-up to 17 April, Tax Day, learning how to take back the economy from the 1%.

 

Read more on the AFL-CIO website

The 99% Spring

Spain: unions call for general strike over labour laws

Mar23
UGT and CC.OO banners

Spain's two main unions, both PSI affiliates, have called for a general strike on 29 March to protest against changes to labour laws and in defence of public services ahead of the presentation of the 2012 budget and its accompanying austerity measures.

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 national campaigns insist that governments adopt RTW and implement universal access to water and sanitation. Unions are working with a broad range of allies at global, regional, national and local levels.

PSI solidarity with Reclaim Wisconsin

Mar12

PSI's Communicators’ Action Network/ QPS campaign and solidarity week in Wisconsin was absolutely amazing!  Over 15 communicators and union journalists from PSI, CUPE, CSQ, PSAC, SEIU National (DC), AFL-CIO National, plus Wisconsin affiliates and community groups worked together in an outstanding team effort. Also attending were unionleaders from NUPGE, PSAC, and New South Wales Nurses Association; and  many PSI affiliates sent letters of support and solidarity.

Sponsor a participant to the PSI World Congress

Location

South Africa
PSI World Congress logo

Following a proposal made by the Nordic constituency, the PSI Executive Board (per EB-141 meeting 23-25 November 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland) has decided to establish a special fund for our next World Congress, which will be held in Durban, South Africa, 27-30 November 2012. This Congress Sponsorship Fund will be used exclusively to strengthen participation of PSI affiliates from countries that are below the 100% index which is applied for PSI affiliation fee calculations.

Dutch Parliament blocks contribution to the PPIAF

Dec23

The Dutch Parliament voted for an amendment by the Socialist Party to stop the contribution to the PPIAF, a fairly modest 1.2 million euros, but symbolically important.

Pakistan: Mobilisation against privatisation of the electricity sector

Dec20

Public Services International sent a letter to Pakistani trade unions on 20 December 2011 strongly supporting the national mobilisation against privatisation of the electricity sector. Experience shows that electricity privatisation is a disaster for almost all involved, except perhaps a very few who manage to squeeze profits from rising tariffs, reduced wages, increased outsourcing and precarious labour, and other unethical practices.

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Electricity

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