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FIFA's offer of only a 'courtesy visit' to the Emir of Qatar is totally inadequate and fails to put in place any plan to stop more workers dying. You can read this article in full on the ITUC website by clicking here Sharan Burrow, General Secretary International Trade Union Confederation…

Statement on the United Nations High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development 3-4 October 2013, UN General Assembly, New York. Public Services International (PSI), the global trade union federation representing 20 million working women and men who deliver vital public services in 150 countries, reiterates the call of the global…

The International Trade Union Confederation is putting together a team of experienced inspectors for workplaces and labour camps in Qatar to assess and report on conditions in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup. You can read this article on the ITUC website by clicking here The offer to FIFA,…

Global union, Public Services International (PSI) denounces Trade in Services Agreement. Governments meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland are negotiating in secret a proposed Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). You can read this article on the PSI website here The 48 countries participating in the TISA negotiation seem intent on…

In the context of a European Commission (EC) consultation, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) submitted a joint statement this week related to the negotiations on a plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). First published 9 SeptemberYou can read this item in full…

One in eight people can no longer pay for basic living expenses shows new international poll by global unions. Stalled growth in developed economies and emerging markets, rising unemployment and increasing income inequality are the key challenges G20 leaders must address as they meet in St Petersburg for the annual…

Public Services International stands with Detroit and public workers. Detroit is the largest city to file for bankruptcy in United States history. But it is not the only city in economic crisis, and what happens in Detroit matters—it matters to AFSCME members who have dedicated their working lives to providing…

Financial Times article describes Philip Jenning's challenge to the world's largest sovereign wealth investor. UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings has called upon Norway's state owned oil fund to stop ignoring labour issues by investing in companies with a history of workers' rights abuses.\ You can find this item on the…

Recently, the way trade deals are negotiated has changed from WTO multilateral negotiations where hundreds of countries negotiated one agreement and information about negotiations was publically available, to hundreds of separate secret negotiations held behind closed doors. First published on the PSI website 1 August 2013 You can read this…

The ASU continues to support workers in Fiji who have faced assaults on their workplace rights since 2011. The latest case involves sugar workers whose wages have declined by 40% in recent years. After secret ballots, their union has called for strike action but has faced Government retaliation. Australian unions…