https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/ en-US Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:46:28 +0100 https://www.typepad.com/ https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2011/02/not-on-the-backs-of-workers.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2011/02/not-on-the-backs-of-workers.html This past weekend, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, I had the opportunity to speak about the importance of investing in public services and providing social protection in this time of economic crisis. The governor of the Central... Employment Meetings and Conferences World Economic Forum Peter Waldorff Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:46:28 +0100 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/11/a-fight-for-life.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/11/a-fight-for-life.html Quality health care, clean water and effective sanitation are human rights. A system must be built that ensures publicly-provided safe drinking water, effective sanitation and quality health care for all. There is no substitute or alternative to this. A better Haïti is possible – a country that is built on a foundation of quality public services. Health Inter-America Peter Waldorff Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:04:33 +0100 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/11/enough-is-enough.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/11/enough-is-enough.html From Paris to the quiet village of Ferney-Voltaire, where PSI is headquartered, the chants of protesters outraged at the French President’s pension reforms have been resounding for months. PSI affiliate members in CFDT, FO and CGT are at the forefront... Europe Pensions Peter Waldorff Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:41:04 +0100 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/08/the-world-needs-a-financial-transactions-tax-now.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/08/the-world-needs-a-financial-transactions-tax-now.html Just as the banks were reassuring us that some countries were on the path to recovery from the economic crisis, newspapers have started talking about a double-dip recession. That’s enough to cause panic in the banks once again. The global... Peter Waldorff Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:33:58 +0200 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/07/resolution-passes-supporting-human-right-to-water-and-sanitation.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/07/resolution-passes-supporting-human-right-to-water-and-sanitation.html PSI congratulates the government of Bolivia, the civil society activists and the trade unions who campaigned to pass the resolution on the right to water and sanitation in the United Nations General Assembly on 28 July 2010. This resolution clearly shows that water and sanitation are inherently political concerns, not just about business opportunities... Rights Peter Waldorff Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:41:28 +0200 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/07/colombian-trade-unionists-face-threats-on-personal-and-economic-fronts.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/07/colombian-trade-unionists-face-threats-on-personal-and-economic-fronts.html During the third week of July 2010, I was part of a mission organised by “Justice for Colombia”, in a delegation that included representatives of British and American trade unions, members of the UK and the European Parliament. The aim of our trip was to investigate the present situation in Colombia, and to promote protection of trade union and human rights in that country... Inter-America Rights Peter Waldorff Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:18 +0200 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/06/global-labor-congress-pushes-back-against-austerity.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/06/global-labor-congress-pushes-back-against-austerity.html On 23 June, World Public Services Day, I made a special address to delegates at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) World Congress meeting in Vancouver, Canada... Campaigns and events Employment Inter-America Meetings and Conferences Peter Waldorff Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:32:00 +0200 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/06/deliver-commitment-on-jobs-now.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/06/deliver-commitment-on-jobs-now.html This week I had the opportunity to speak at the International Labour Conference (ILC), the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), in Geneva. I stressed the fact that Public Services International strongly rejects the government plans to implement fiscal austerity measures across G20 economies that will result in reducing wages, pensions and social programmes that directly strengthen our families and communities... Employment Financial transactions tax Meetings and Conferences Speeches PSI General Secretary Peter Waldorff Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:02:28 +0200 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/05/trade-unions-mobilising-for-alternate-economic-strategies.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/05/trade-unions-mobilising-for-alternate-economic-strategies.html This week I had the opportunity to participate in important meetings at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. At the same time, a veritable tsunami of austerity measures flooded numerous European countries. These measures appear remarkably similar wherever they are being applied, featuring major reductions in the public sector in the form of cuts to jobs, wages, and pensions, and education, social and health care services... Employment Europe Meetings and Conferences Peter Waldorff Fri, 28 May 2010 14:43:14 +0200 https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/05/economic-crisis-masks-social-war.html https://financialcrisisblog.world-psi.org/2010/05/economic-crisis-masks-social-war.html This week I took a message of solidarity to the members of Public Service International’s Irish affiliate IMPACT, as they held their conference and voted on whether to accept a proposed agreement with the government, following two pay cuts in the last 14 months... Peter Waldorff Fri, 21 May 2010 12:26:37 +0200