United States

The AFT's 2012 convention in Detroit included important policy resolutions, lively speeches, presentations on some of the union's projects and partnerships and re-election of the top three leaders.

Public Services International – advocating for fair taxation to fund public services such as health care – will be represented as part of our Quality Public Services—Action Now! campaign along with other Robin Hood Tax supporters in a high profile AIDS mobilisation in Washington DC, Tuesday 23 July.

Nurses in seven Californian hospitals will be on strike on July 3rd, protesting against concession demands that they say will undermine patient care protections as well as health and living standards for the nurses. The strike will affect 3,500 nurses and also several hundred respiratory, X-ray, and other technicians.

The recent decision by the US Supreme Court to uphold President Obama’s health care law has created a heated public debate. Not only the law - but also the debate itself is quite beneficial, according to an ILO expert.

National Nurses United is kicking off an America-wide campaign to tax Wall Street, with the first stop at JPMorgan Chase, the latest national symbol of the Wall Street excess that has harmed so many communities and families.

This week, voters in Wisconsin went to the polls, and governor Scott Walker survived his recall election. PSI-affiliated unions in in the US express disappointment, but are still optimists as a pro-worker majority now controls the Wisconsin Senate.