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Philippines

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.

Young workers and trade union organising campaign

07 April 2014
Participants at meeting

The future of trade unions depends on organising young workers. Unions must address the interests and concerns of these workers by strengthening young workers' networks. PSI Southeast Asia and the Philippines young workers' network jointly organised a one-day workshop on "young workers and trade union organising" in Manila, Philippines on 13 March 2014.

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>>>

After Yolanda: Government employees are also human beings

11 Mar 2014

Four months after Typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda as it's known in the Phlippines, PSI affiliate in the Philippines, PSLINK, has put together a photo report of the effects Yolanda has had on the population and more specifically on the lives of public sector workers.

Maynilad Water Supervisors Association (MWSA)

Philippines
Region: 
Asia Pacific (AP)
Sub-region: 
AP: South East Asia

Manila Water Employees Union (MWEU)

Philippines
Region: 
Asia Pacific (AP)
Sub-region: 
AP: South East Asia

NAPOCOR Employees Consolidated Union (NAPOCOR)

Philippines
Region: 
Asia Pacific (AP)
Sub-region: 
AP: South East Asia

Alliance of Government Workers in the Water Sector (AGWWAS)

Philippines
Region: 
Asia Pacific (AP)
Sub-region: 
AP: South East Asia

Philippine Government Employees' Association (PGEA)

Philippines
Region: 
Asia Pacific (AP)
Sub-region: 
AP: South East Asia