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Privatization Watch - 05/2018
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View ArticleGlobal Dialogue Forum on Employment Terms and Conditions in Tertiary...
Time: 09.00 - 17.00Location: ILO, Geneva, SwitzerlandEvent type: External eventRegion: Africa and Arab countriesAsia-PacificEuropeInter-AmericasAs part of PSI's ongoing work on Education and Culture...
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Gender and trade coalition
PSI has joined women’s rights organisations, movements and allies committed to advancing women’s human rights, come together to form the Gender and Trade Coalition in the firm belief that a feminist...
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Women's rights beyond the business case: ensuring corporate accountability
Research Document: EnglishImage: Source: Feminists for a Binding Treaty coalitionBody: This briefing highlights the importance of a binding gender-just international accountability framework for...
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Unions in Fiji ‘still being targeted’
Jessica Savike*Mr. Singh said it was sad that attacks on trade unionists under the guise of reforms, road shows, laced with buffoonery and political stunts will not help public sector reform.He also...
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Demonstrating commitment and leadership on equal pay
Time: 1.15pm - 2.45pmLocation: United Nations Headquarters, New York, USAEvent type: External eventRegion: Africa and Arab countriesAsia-PacificEuropeInter-AmericasThis event is co-organized by the...
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Quality Revolution in Health Care; Fundamental for Achieving SDGs
The report which is titled “Time for a Quality Revolution”, was released in September. It highlights the importance of strong health systems and the need for governments to invest in designing and...
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STOP Gender-based violence at work!
Latest news:03-10-2018 - Solidarity Through Diversity: no discrimination, no exceptions. No to violence and harassment in the world of work.Speak out against discrimination, inequality and violence and...
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PSI Philippine Unions Successfully Lobbied for the Approval of the 105-Day...
The approved bicameral version provides for 105 days paid maternity leave for public and private sector workers, with an option to extend for an additional 30 unpaid days; additional 15 maternity leave...
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Decent Work’s 10th anniversary – JUST DO IT!
In the past 10 years, decent work has been echoed in major global instruments, such as the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017), the Conference on Sustainable...
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From challenge to success – Organising hospitals in the Philippines
AFW represent healthcare workers in 12 private hospitals. The 12 hospitals have had AFW led collective agreements for up to 45 years and AFW has been servicing members there on a regular basis. AFW has...
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Report exposes how PPPs across the world drain the public purse, and fail to...
History RePPPeated: How public private partnerships are failing has been written by experts across four continents from many civil society organisations. They expose the negative impacts of PPPs that...
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For History Not to Repeat Itself: Learning From Failed PPPs
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pmLocation: BaliEvent type: External eventRegion: Asia-PacificIndonesiaEconomic infrastructure, such as railways, roads, airports and ports, but also key services such as health,...
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Unions assert the need for a Binding Treaty to hold TNCs and IFIs accountable
In her opening presentation, Yuyun Harmono from Walhi showed the need for an instrument that holds Transnational Corporations (TNCs) accountable, as well as questions the immunity of International...
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Climate IPCC Report 2018 - PSI Reaction
As suspected, the report shows that :Climate chaos is already here, sooner than expected and more intense, as seen with the more frequent and intense cyclones and hurricanes; extremes of heat and cold;...
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13 October - International Day for Disaster Prevention
On 13 October, PSI salutes the first responders and frontline workers who give so much to help others. These firefighters, emergency medical technicians, health workers and a range of other...
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PSI and UCLG ask for better labour statistics for local and regional...
A 2016 study from the OECD and UCLG counted over 500,000 local and regional governments around the world, but ILOSTAT– the world leading employment statistics database - only manages partial local and...
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UN poverty expert warns against tsunami of unchecked privatisation
PSI welcomes this ground-breaking report:"It is crystal clear in its analysis and in its rejection of a model that has been proven NOT to work. PSI has repeatedly called to put a stop to these funding...
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31 October: UN World Cities Day – “Stop precarious work in local public...
The United Nations established World Cities Day on 31 October to draw the international community’s attention to the challenges of global urbanization and to promote sustainable urban development. On...
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National Trade Unions Raise Concerns over India's Free Trade Agenda
New challenges such as the push by Multinational Companies (MNCs) to curtail regulation of the digital economy and digital services providers through Free Trade Agreements such as the Regional...
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