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PSI Global Energy Meeting
24-25 September 2013, Luxembourg
( it allows us to benefit from EU facilities for the meeting venue and interpretation.)
Please Hold These Dates
PSI unions will deal with the major challenges facing workers in energy
and develop strategies to organise and mobilise in-country, by region and
globally. We will ask 4-5 unions to help
develop the agenda.
Key issues which could be explored :
·
Organising and mobilising in the energy sector
Mapping
the employers, the workers and our unions to achieve greater union density and
power of representation
·
Privatisation
How and why to resist, who is fighting now, who is winning and why
Is outsourcing a form
of hidden privatisation
·
MNEs
Which ones are left with a global reach, how to defend the rights of
workers in a volatile equities market, which global framework agreements (GFAs)
are in place and need strengthening, what is the link to European works
councils (EWCs), what about China
·
Climate change and energy
Implications, structural changes, renewables
How to develop a trade union agenda, how to ensure QPS in the sector
·
Energy and development
Many countries don’t have universal access and market actors are not
bringing solutions
What do unions and civil society activists need to do to ensure that
governments adopt needed policies
·
Energy networks inside PSI
How to link unions in order to exchange information and to
coordinate support for specific campaigns
·
Financing for energy
Where is the long-term investment coming from
Role do the international financial institutions (IFIs) play
Is worker’s capital involved – pension and insurance funds
·
Skills, training and health and safety
Energy is a dangerous industry, thousands of workers are hurt and
killed each year.
Best practices for trade unions
An ageing workforce requires new staff, new skills – how to
influence
Greg Mclean - PSI APREC Utilities & Local Government Network Coordination
