PSI AP Local Government and Utility Unions are campaigning for Asbestos eradication from the Asia Pacific Region. Here is one opportunity to sign on and show your support for Asbestos Eradication ... by adding your name to the Labourstart and APHEDA Action for the Rotterdam Convention change !

One of the key issues that has emerged from last years consultations with PSI Asia Pacific Local Government and Utilities affiliates, was the need to be active on campaigning against the current use of asbestos in the Asia Pacific Region, not just within the community, but also in the use of Utility and other products that are exposed to Electricity, Water , Local Government workers as well as Emergency workers at times of natural disasters and waste collection , clean ups and more .

The ' Ban Asbestos Campaign ' has many Unions across the Asia Pacific Region and Globally standing up for this issues, can you join them, by lending your support, signing the Labourstart page and say NO to this dreadful products continued use. With the current action underway to have Asbestos listed onto the Rotterdam Convention. This is is an important step . 

If you can read the below, watch the video, follow the links and sign one, and pass onto friends and Colleagues , ever little bit will help-make the change !



The following is from the joint advice by Labourstart and the International Aid Organisation APHEDA 

https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=3387

Stand with Rajendra - demand action on chrysotile asbestos now

" Rajendra Pevekar is a victim of the deadly global asbestos industry. His father worked in an asbestos company. As a result, both he and his mother now suffer from asbestos-related disease from secondary exposure. Rajendra will speak out on behalf of the 107,000 people who die annually from asbestos-related disease. In May, the meeting of the Rotterdam Convention will take place in Geneva and Rajendra will face representatives from countries who are blocking asbestos from being added to the list of hazardous chemicals.


For the last ten years chrysotile asbestos has been recommended for listing onto the Rotterdam Convention which adds restrictions to its trade. But it's been blocked by a few countries who gain directly from its export. This must stop. To overcome this problem, a group of 12 African countries have proposed an amendment to the voting system. The amendment calls for a 75% majority method of voting where consensus is not possible. This will enable dangerous chemicals to be listed that are now being vetoed. The amendment will make the voting process consistent with other conventions like the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.

Trade unions and ban asbestos networks globally stand with Rajendra. We call on all delegates to take two actions in Geneva. Firstly, delegates must support the amendment to the voting system. Secondly, delegates must support the listing of chrysotile (white) asbestos – an important step to restrict its trade."


Sign on at https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=3387

This Labourstart action to support the changes to the Rotterdam Convention , is in partnership with  APHEDA http://apheda.org.au/rajendras-story/

Municipal Workers Union Hungary: Public sector union leaders sacked in unprecedented attack - seems a long way from Asia Pacific Region but lets show our support for Municipal Workers

András Király, secretary of the company trade union, one of the sacked unionists is also president of the Municipal Workers Union 

Show your support at https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=3306

Your electronic sign on will take about 15 seconds but can make real difference .

Additional information and support at below links 

http://szakszervezet.net/en/

http://www.epsu.org/article/epsu-supports-sacked-waste-company-trade-unionists-hungary

EPSU supports sacked waste company trade unionists in Hungary | EPSU

EPSU has sent a solidarity message to the HVDSZ 2000 union in Hungary, four of whose members, including its president András Király, have…

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"Decent Work in Global Supply Chains" Course -

PSIs Research Unit - PSIRU has a Representative on the International Experts Panel supporting the course more detail at http://iversity.org/en/courses/decent-work-in-global-supply-chains

" You are invited to join the online course entitled "Decent Work in Global Supply Chains" which starts tomorrow - 12 January 2017.

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) connects union members and labour activists around the world and offers knowledge and tools for advancing decent work in global supply chains

The course is offered for free by the Global Labour University. If you want to take an online exam and get a certificate it costs 49 Euro. Trade Unionists from Non-OECD countries can apply for a scholarship for the certificate course by writing to online@global-labour-university.org.

Click here to learn more and sign up.
https://iversity.org/…/…/decent-work-in-global-supply-chains

Please spread the word in your unions.

Eric Lee -
labourstart
http://www.labourstart.org)

https://iversity.org/…/…/decent-work-in-global-supply-chains

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Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

What are the challenges and opportunities for achieving decent work in global supply chains? How do transnational corporations and their global supply chains...

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UN agency engaged in union-busting ??? - protest now - labour start

According to its website, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "is the global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation" and is "a self-funding agency of the United Nations, with 188 member states." WIPO is also increasingly becoming known for its union-busting activities. Two years ago, I wrote to ask for your support when WIPO's Director General Francis Gurry sacked the Staff Council President, Moncef Kateb, as he was about to reveal damaging information about fraud, wrongdoing, mismanagement and theft of staff DNA. We sent over 6,000 messages, but Francis Gurry wasn't listening. And now he's ramped up WIPO's union-busting activity.  He's trying to close down the Staff Council entirely and replace it with a new compliant, management-friendly model. Gurry is currently preparing illegal elections in order to dislodge the current duly elected Staff Council which is too critical for his liking. This will leave WIPO staff deprived of the last independent voice that is prepared to expose bad practices and abuse of power in the organization. Please help support the WIPO Staff Association and the Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA) by signing up to this campaign: http://www.labourstart.org/go/wipo2016 And please share this message with your friends, family and fellow union members.  Thank you! Eric Lee

The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and Globalization Monitor have launched a campaign on LabourStart calling on the Chinese authorities to release the activists and to stop suppressing labour organizations.

Dozens of labour rights activists in China have been arrested and need our help right now. Since early December, the authorities in the southern province of Guangdong have carried out a coordinated and wide-ranging crackdown on labour rights activists and labour organizations. More than 25 people from at least four labour organizations have been taken away and questioned by the police. At least seven of them have been criminally detained. The police have continued to harass and intimidate the family members and friends of the detained activists and prevented them from giving media interviews. The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and Globalization Monitor have launched a campaign on LabourStart calling on the Chinese authorities to release the activists and to stop suppressing labour organizations. We need your support today - please click here to add your name to the online campaign: http://www.labourstart.org/go/china2015 Thank you -- and have a great new year! Eric Lee   Want to do more? LabourStart needs your support to continue with our campaigning activities - pleaseclick here to donate. Which campaigns have I missed?Click here to find out. Forward Share Tweet Share

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