Water and sanitation

On 3 July Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit confirmed that the state government has decided to privatise water treatment plants in the national capital, following its earlier privatisation of power distribution. The Planning Commission has given its approval to the proposal.

Severe budget cuts are undermining and theatening our welfare state, says Spanish trade unions. Today, June 28., they call for action all over the country.

No privatisation of power may be carried out by the Government of Pakistan. This is one of the demands from the Pakistani union of electricity workers that has now been accepted.

At sparkling and bubbling fountains all over Europe, trade unionists and environmentalists collect signatures to reclaim water as a common good. This is part of the campaign Water as a Human Right.

The transformation to a greener economy could generate 15 to 60 million additional jobs over the next two decades. This could lift tens of millions of workers out of poverty, according to a new report released by the ILO.

After years of opposition, the Canadian government now says it will recognize the human right to water.

The European Commission has accepted and registered an initiative from the campaign “Water is a Human Right” .

UK Opinion poll reveals that 70 per cent of population wants renationalization of water services.

Members of the Global Union Federations (GUFs) led a silent protest Friday at the opening of the Governors’ Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) against the financial institution’s continued inaction to their calls to protect and promote workers’ rights in all its projects.