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Help Colombian affiliates in their struggle against water privatisation!
One of PSI's affiliates in Colombia, SINTRACUAVALLE, is raising the alarm about the planned privatisation of the commercial sector of the public water company Acuavalle. Their concern is based on the splitting of Acuavalle's components into public and private entities, which will likely result in higher costs to consumers.
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September 7th: Global day of action for Swaziland
September 7 will mark the first ever global day of action for Swaziland. PSI is calling on its affiliates around the world to support the call for action to achieve democracy and respect for human rights and trade unions in this country.
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No to austerity – Priority for jobs and growth
The European Trade Union Confederation is staging a European Day of Action on 29 September 2010 with the message "No to austerity – Priority for jobs and growth!" The Day of Action will include a Euro-demonstration in Brussels and trade union actions in other European countries, in reaction to the austerity measures adopted recently by many European governments.
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Dave Prentis re-elected as UNISON general secretary - Angela Lynes is new UNISON president
Dave Prentis, PSI President, has been re-elected as General Secretary of his union, UNISON. He received 67.2% of the votes in postal ballot of UNISON members, as announced on 22 June. At the National delegate conference held in Bournemouth, UK, at the end of June, Dave inspired conference delegates with a rallying cry to defend public services.
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Trade union rights continue to be violated in Ukraine
Trade unions in Ukraine are struggling against unlawful arrests of their members, and government decisions taken in violation of existing agreements.
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PSI affiliates attend AIDS Conference in Vienna
PSI was represented by its affiliates at the 18th International AIDS conference in Vienna, 18-23 July 2010. Jean-Marie Ndi, from the health and pharmacy trade union in Cameroon, attended the conference, together with Daley Hope (UNISON, UK), Adriana Bueno (FESPROSA, Argentina) and four participants from CUPE, Canada: Michael Butler, Sue Roth, Gloria Lepine and Trevor Gray.
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New federation: Global Unions Americas
On 6th July, 10 global union federations and the ITUC decided to create the Council of Global Unions in the Americas (CGU-Am). The new Council will give a regional perspective to the global challenges of organised labour, "contributing experience, vision and militancy in the strategy of new trade union internationalism."
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Petition against maritime piracy
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), the global union federation for transport workers, is sponsoring a global e-petition against maritime piracy. The petition is the centrepiece of a campaign against piracy and is backed by trade unions, welfare organisations, shipowners and insurers. The aim is to persuade all governments to commit the resources necessary to end the increasing problem of Somalia-based piracy.
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