International trade union news from PSI February 2016

		Yes to asylum, yes to public services In 2016, we should honour the February Strike, an action taken in 1941 by unionized workers on the public trams and docks of Amsterdam. Today, are we ready to confront the austerity-fueled resurgence of racism and national chauvinism across Europe and other parts of the world? International Women's Day posters Download the posters for International Women's Day on 8 March 2016. Two posters are available in English, French and Spanish, in both jpg and pdf format. More   South Korea's human rights hypocrisy South Korea is currently Chair of the UN Human Rights Council, but their own record on human rights abuses is far from perfect. More Hospitals and schools targeted in Syria air raids Air raids on five hospitals and two schools, on 15 February, in separate locations in northern Syria killed at least 50 people and left dozens others wounded. "We are on the verge of a global war that the world leaders are trying to hide, but it is already visible in the terrible suffering of millions of civilians" says PSI General Secretary Rosa Pavanelli. More In Flint and elsewhere, austerity politics maim and kill The Flint crisis is a glaring example of the results of right-wing governments. Public Services International (PSI) stands with the public service workers of Flint, with their families and their communities as they struggle with this massive miscarriage of justice. More TAKE ACTION International Women's Day 8 March   EVENTS Public services welcoming migrants   UNCSW 60th session   PUBLICATIONS Report: The Syrian refugee crisis and its effect on public services in Turkey   Mistreated: The tax treaties that are depriving the world’s poorest countries of vital revenue   More News Pakistan Supreme Court confirms workers’ rights to form unions and carry out protest action Guinea: trade unions call for general strike Youth trade union training course, Oceania Connect with us
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