Water and sanitation

22 March - Water for all... no exception

In Honduras, mayor privatises waste sector and sacks 700 municipal workers

The right to water is a fundamental human right.

No life without water.

Clean water and sanitation – recently recognised by the United Nations as basic human rights – are critical to good health. They help prevent disease. Yet billions of people have no ready access to safe water. It is an essential service that governments must provide to protect their citizens and serve their common good. Read more here

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Water is a Human Right petition reaches 1.5 million signatures

15 May 2013

After reaching 1 million signatures in February, the first European Citizens' Initiative has now reached an astounding 1.5 million signatures. Eight countries have achieved the EU minimum, several of them have exceeded the minimum number by far.

PSI affiliate in solidarity with sister union in Colombia

14 May 2013

CUPE delegates raise money for work with union in Colombia

CUPE members from across Newfoundland and Labrador headed home on 8 May as their annual convention wrapped in Grand Falls-Windsor, but not before raising almost $11,000 for a sister union in Central America.

Public Services International at the World Social Forum, Tunis 2013

15 April 2013

Public Services International had the strongest global union presence at the World Social Forum 26-30 March 2013 in Tunis, Tunisia. PSI hosted and co-sponsored numerous events on trade union rights, youth, water, women’s issues, tax justice, energy and climate change.

Water justice advocates gather in Tunis

15 April 2013

The network of water justice advocates gathered in Tunis to further international collaboration and to support local activists. A six-hour meeting was organised prior to the launch of the world social forum on 25 March, and there were a number of meetings within the official WSF agenda.

Water supply for the world's people is a crucial issue at the World Social Forum

02 April 2013

One of the crucial issues being discussed at the World Social Forum 26-30 March 2013 in Tunis, Tunisia, is water supply. Listen to the RadioLabour interview of David Boys, Sectoral Officer with PSI.

Water, workers and our communities: Cooperating for the common good

19 March 2013

Child near water tap in Nepal, photo by niOS

World Water Day - 22 March 2013 - The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2013 the “International Year of Water Cooperation”, following its endorsement of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation in 2010. Public Services International affiliates around the world are committed to advancing this right in this international year of cooperation, and beyond.

Rosa Pavanelli addresses UN session on water and disasters

14 March 2013

How to salvage the $50 billion lost to water-related disasters every year? How to maintain disaster-prone areas like cyclone-exposed coastlines, where the human population has skyrocketed 192 per cent over the last 30 years? How to protect impoverished peoples who get hit the hardest, like the 783 million living without clean drinking water, or the millions along the Niger River sacked by flooding?

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