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Sierra Leone

Healthcare workers killed by Ebola’s worst outbreak ever

08 July 2014

The global trade union federation Public Services International condemns the preventable deaths of dozens of healthcare workers, killed on the job by Ebola because they did not have the necessary tools and equipment.

Statement: Healthcare workers killed by Ebola’s worst outbreak ever

8 Jul 2014

The global trade union federation Public Services International condemns the preventable deaths of dozens of healthcare workers, killed on the job by Ebola because they did not have the necessary tools and equipment.

Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

09 April 2014

International trade agreements such as the TPP are currently being fast-tracked and negotiated in secrecy. These agreements undermine local and national government decision-making power and increase corporate access to public services resulting in the privatization of critical public services. PSI is working with global union federations, affiliated unions, and civil society allies who oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) being negotiated in the Asia Pacific Region.

Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)

02 April 2014

PSI is currently undertaking further research on the effects of the TISA on our sectors. PSI will be working with civil society and other allies to oppose the harmful effects of the TISA.

Social protection floors

30 March 2014

Today, as much as 80 per cent of the global population does not have access to social protection and lives in social insecurity, facing complete loss of income when a personal or national economic crisis strikes. Social Protection was pushed to the fore of the international agenda after the obvious damage due to the financial and economic crises, and a 2012 ILO Recommendation operationalizes Social Protection Floors as two-pronged, providing universal access to essential health care and basic income security in the case of maternity, for children and when people are sick, unemployed, disabled, and old. Read more>>>

National Union of Civil Servants (NUCS)

Sierra Leone
E-mail: 
nucsmg02@yahoo.com
Region: 
Africa & Arab countries (AF)
Sub-region: 
AF: English-speaking Central, East and West Africa

Sierra Leone Health Services Workers' Union (SLEHSWU)

Sierra Leone
Region: 
Africa & Arab countries (AF)
Sub-region: 
AF: English-speaking Central, East and West Africa

Municipal and Local Government Employees Union (MALGEU)

Sierra Leone
Region: 
Africa & Arab countries (AF)
Sub-region: 
AF: English-speaking Central, East and West Africa

Ghana: West African Health Sector Unions Network meeting

Date: 
28 January, 2014 to 30 January, 2014

From 28-30 January 2014, PSI affiliates from Burkina, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone who form the West African Health Sector Unions Network (WAHSUN) met in Accra, Ghana.

Nurses' Forum

20 January 2014