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Euromediterranean conference on migration |
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 Public Services International general secretary Peter Waldorff is a keynote speaker at the Euromediterranean Conference, 16 March, in Bari, Italy. PSI affiliate members will be participating in this important conference. |
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Turkey: Seher Tümer continues to need international support |
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Seher Tümer appeared in court in Ankara, Turkey on 9 March. A total of 8000 signatures - 3000 of trade unionists from around the world and 5000 from Turkey - had been collected at that point and presented to the Ministry of Justice on 8th March, petitioning for her immediate release. Nearly five hundred people had gathered both inside and outside the courtroom to express their solidarity. Her trial has now been postponed until 18 March. Ms Tümer’s lawyers are optimistic that she may be released at that time. Meanwhile, keep sending letters and signing the petition. Tümer continues to need international support in her bid for freedom. |
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Raising our voices for working women! |
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Thirty women delegates from Public Services International attended the 54th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, in early March. Our members were part of an international trade union delegation including members of Education International, UNI Global Union, and the International Trade Union Confederation. |
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Solidarity appeal for Chile |
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On behalf of all PSI affiliates, we offer our solidarity along with our heartfelt condolences to the people of Chile following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that have hit the country. Our affiliates in Chile need direct support to be able to regroup and respond quickly, in order to provide the public services that Chile’s citizens so desperately need to cope today and to rebuild in the years to come. Affiliates are asked to send contributions to the PSI Aid Fund. |
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Please help keep union offices open in Zimbabwe |
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The very existence of unions is under threat in Zimbabwe today. Public service unions have had virtually no income for nearly two years and PSI affiliates in Zimbabwe are struggling to continue representing members. Zimbabwe’s public sector workers desperately need the collective support of PSI affiliates. |
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4th Annual Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival |
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PSI affiliates are invited to send labour films for the Festival, which will take place in Geneva in June 2010. This year's festival will focus on the global financial crisis and climate change. Please send your entries to PSI by 31 March. |
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New Regional Secretary for Asia-Pacific region |
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We have the pleasure to welcome Anandalakshmi Vaidhiyanathan as new PSI Regional Secretary for Asia-Pacific region. Anandalakshmi will officially start work on 1st March 2010, and be based in the regional office in Singapore. She will be taking over from Katsuhiko Sato who has worked in this position for six years. |
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Greece: Public sector workers must not be a balancing item of the budget |
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Since the start of the economic crisis, PSI has consistently warned that workers should not be made to pay the price for a crisis they did not create but also that this could lead to a major social crisis.
It is unacceptable that public sector workers and their families should foot the bill for the lack of government policies which now result in the current financial crisis in Greece. PSI fully supports its affiliate's action in opposing the planned government reforms that limit workers' benefits without improving the system. PSI and EPSU urge the Greek government to review to review the impact of these measures and to ensure that the affected workers are guaranteed a decent standard of living. |
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Haiti earthquake: PSI Solidarity Appeal |
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On behalf of all PSI affiliates, we send our heartfelt condolences to the people of Haiti after the massive earthquake that hit that country on Tuesday 12th January, and offer our solidarity in the aftermath of this tragic event. PSI members are asked to support our affiliate sisters and brothers in Haiti in the rebuilding of their union and country, through contributions to the PSI Aid Fund. |
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Optimism for pay equity in Australia |
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The Australian government has released its report Making it Fair, which makes concrete recommendations in favour of pay equity. Australian unions are satisfied that their submissions to the government have made a valuable contribution to the report. |
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