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12 May - International Nurses Day Nurses Manifesto - No Going Back!
Ahead of May 12, PSI is calling on trade unions and civil society to sign on to our Manifesto and to mobilise in the demand for universal public health once and for all
As we rebuild from the crisis, we must transform the way societies are organised. We must organise our societies around the capacity to care. We must all recognise the union adage Touch One Touch All – if our healthcare systems cannot care for all, we are all at risk.
When governments pay respect to nurses today, we ask them to recognise the following fundamental principles:
The most important purpose of government is to organise society so that everyone can be cared for.
We can no longer tolerate the perverse practice of extracting profits from ill-health.
Healthcare must never be dependent on the capacity to pay.
Trade must enhance the capacity of nations to provide quality public healthcare, not restrict it.
And we call on:
Governments to work with nurses and their unions to develop public health reconstruction plans
Governments to remove all obstacles, including intellectual property rules, in existing trade agreements and rules that hinder timely and affordable access to medical supplies, such as lifesaving medicines, devices, diagnostics and vaccines, and the ability of governments to take whatever steps are necessary to address this crisis
All governments to support the proposal by the Government of Costa Rica to develop a global COVID-19 commons for all research, data, technology, treatments and vaccines relating to COVID-19 as a non-proprietary shared global resource
The World Bank to stop providing funds for public health to the private health industry and for the International Finance Corporation to stop promoting health privatisation which includes the flawed model of Public Private Partnerships
The IMF to cease directing governments to cut public spending and public sector wages
All unions and civil society organisations to mobilise in the demand for universal public health once and for all.
Numbers of nurses around the world
with data provided by 191 countries
27.9mi
in GLOBAL NURSING WORKFORCE
59%
OF GLOBAL HEALTH WORKFORCE ARE NURSES
5.9mi
NURSES lacking for UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
No Going Back!
The United Nations World Health Assembly resolved to celebrate nurses and midwives by declaring 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife (IYNM). May 12 this year marks 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale and the birth of formally recognised nursing in public health.
This year, more than ever, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses should be celebrated and recognised not as “unsung heroes”, but as professionals who deserve the respect of all society and are worthy of decent wages and protection.
The COVID-19 crisis has been made worse by years of under-funding of public health systems and the ideological virus of neoliberalism.
Unions representing nurses and healthcare workers, organisations and their members, listed below, want International Nurses Day 2020 to mark the day governments turned away from the failed, and ultimately dangerous, ideology of neoliberalism and austerity, and instead committed to rebuilding economies through large scale investments in universal public health.
The pandemic has demonstrated how vital public health workers are to our survival. Yet nurses are being dangerously overworked, given inadequate protective equipment, suffering trauma and stress, have been assaulted and abused, and are even being evicted from their homes.
In a survey of health unions conducted by Public Services International (PSI) 56.5% of respondents indicated that workers have not been given adequate PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic. While we don’t know the true figure of how many healthcare workers have been infected, we do know that hundreds have already died.
The COVID-19 crisis has been made worse by years of under-funding of public health systems and the ideological virus of neoliberalism.
While the healthcare industry is one of the largest growing industries globally, public funding for vital public health services is failing to meet needs. In too many countries, public funding for health is being eaten up by costs inflated by the medical industry. Too many nurses and other healthcare workers are hired on short-term or insecure contracts. Now is the time to recognise that poor wages and conditions puts public health at risk.
Health systems would not have been so unprepared for the pandemic if they had been adequately funded, if governments had legislated for adequate nurse to patient ratios and if countries ensured they had the productive capacity for lifesaving PPE, medical equipment, medical research and the production of vaccines and treatments.
In its recently published report, State of the World’s Nursing, the World Health Organization found that, even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, the world needed 6 million additional nurses to meet minimum health needs. Governments must expand funds for nursing education and training and not rely on importing nurses from countries that are also struggling to meet their own public health needs. The best way to attract and retain nurses is to nurses is to recognise the social value of their work, pay them properly and ensure adequate staffing levels.
Global public health, and the individual right to health, can only be achieved if all elements of public health services are owned, managed, staffed and delivered through a public system, from the monitoring of public health, health research, health diagnostics and data, to tertiary care and provision of medicines.
Funds for public health must not be taken from other public services. Nor should developing countries be forced into additional debt. Instead we call for reform of national and global tax and financing rules that currently allow USD30 trillion to be hidden in tax havens. When multinational corporations and billionaires use tax avoidance measures, they are deliberately undermining our public health system and refusing to contribute to the salaries of nurses, health workers and others delivering the public services required for a functioning and healthy society.
As we rebuild from the crisis, we must transform the way societies are organised. We must organise our societies around the capacity to care. When care and wellbeing of all people is the central organising principle of a society, rather than the capacity to extract and grow profits and consumption, all society will prosper. We must all recognise the union adage Touch One Touch All – if our healthcare systems cannot care for all, we are all at risk.
When governments pay respect to nurses today, we ask them to recognise the following fundamental principles;
The most important purpose of government is to organise society so that everyone can be cared for.
We can no longer tolerate the perverse practice of extracting profits from ill-health.
Healthcare must never be dependent on the capacity to pay.
Trade must enhance the capacity of nations to provide quality public healthcare, not restrict it.
And we call on:
Governments to work with nurses and their unions to develop public health reconstruction plans
Governments to remove all obstacles, including intellectual property rules, in existing trade agreements and rules that hinder timely and affordable access to medical supplies, such as lifesaving medicines, devices, diagnostics and vaccines, and the ability of governments to take whatever steps are necessary to address this crisis
All governments to support the proposal by the Government of Costa Rica to develop a global COVID-19 commons for all research, data, technology, treatments and vaccines relating to COVID-19 as a non-proprietary shared global resource
The World Bank to stop providing funds for public health to the private health industry and for the International Finance Corporation to stop promoting health privatisation which includes the flawed model of Public Private Partnerships
The IMF to cease directing governments to cut public spending and public sector wages
All unions and civil society organisations to mobilise in the demand for universal public health once and for all.
Sign on to the Manifesto
Signing organisations:
last update: 20 June 2020
Public Services International (PSI)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Education International (EI)
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)
Industriall Global Union
International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
Nursing Union of Thailand
Fiji Nursing Association, Fiji
Korean Health & Medical Workers' Union (KHMU), South Korea
United Nurses Association, India
Tamil Nadu Government Officials Union, India
New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association, Australia
Australian Nurses and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch)
All Sindh Lady Health Workers and Employees Union, Pakistan
Bangladesh Women Welfare Workers Union, Bangladesh
Mongolian Health Workers Union (MHWU)
Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital Corporate Union (CYCHCU), Taiwan
Taiwan Nurses Union, Taiwan
Public Services United Nurses' Union (PSUNU), Sri Lanka
Nepal Health Workers Employees Union, Nepal
Nepal Health Volunteers Association, Nepal
Nepal Civil Service Employees Union, Nepal
Union of Public Services in Nepal (UPSIN), Nepal
Health Professional's Organization of Nepal, Nepal
FPETU/CMTU, Mongolia
Malayan Nurses Union, Malaysia
National Health Workers' Union of Liberia (NAHWUL), Liberia
Liberian Nurses Association, Liberia
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ogun State Council, Nigeria
Syndicat des Sages-femmes, Maïeuticien et Accoucheuses du Burkina, Burkina Faso
Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union, Swaziland
National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM), Malawi
Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, South Africa
Tehy ry, Finland
CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
CFDT Santé Sociaux Pays Basque, France
CFDT Sante Sociaux 35
FTU-HS - CITUB Federation of Trade Unions - Health Services, Bulgaria
SANITAS Federation, Romania
FPCGIL, Italy
Health Federation of CCOO (FSS-CCOO), Spain
FSS - CCOO, Spain
FESP-UGT, Spain
UGT Galicia, Spain
Ver.di, Germany
younion _ Die Daseinsgewerkschaft, Austria
UNISON, UK
GMB, UK
Fenpruss, Chile
CONFUSAM, Chile
ANEF, Chile
Confederación de Trabajadores Municipales (CTM), Argentina
Asociacion Nacional de Profesionales en Enfermería, Costa Rica
Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermeria (APE), Paraguay
TUHCSS CR (region WCO CEWB), Czech Republic
CNTS/Caisse de Sécurité Sociale, Senegal
Taipei Doctors Union, Taiwan
FENASSEP, Togo
Public Health Resource Network, India
Fédération des Syndicats du Tchad, Chad
Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU), South Korea
KPTU Healthcare Workers' Solidarity Division, South Korea
Confederation of Taipei Trade Unions (CTTU), Taipei, Taiwan
National Alliance of Women (NAWO)
Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA), Iran
Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants
Federation of Free Workers, Philippines
Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), Philippines
Facultad Enfermería Valladolid, Spain
Health Poverty Action, UK
Collectif pour le droit à la santé au Maroc, Morocco
Confederação dos Trabalhadores no Serviço Público Federal, CONDSEF, Brazil
Instituto EQUIT. Gênero, Economia e Cidadania Global, Brazil
350.org, USA
LabourStart
Ashavani, India
Families Against Corporate Killers UNITE, United Kingdom
Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
St. Lucia Civil Service Association, Saint Lucia
NUPSAW, South Africa
Grenada Public Workers' Union, Grenada
YAPESDI, Indonesia
CONTRAM - ISP, South America
Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
Plateforme Haïtienne de Plaidoyer pour un Développement Alternatif (PAPDA), Haiti
Peoples Health Movement, India
Utradian, Colombia
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, Sri Lanka
IT for Change, India
Citizen News (CNS), India
Association For Promotion Sustainable Development, India
UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative), Bangladesh
Rural Women's Association Alga, Kazakhstan
Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
Community Development Services (CDS), Sri Lanka
Centro de Promoción y Educación Profesional Vasco de Quiroga, Mexico
AwazCDS-Pakistan
Rodrigues Government Services Employees Association, Mauritius
Sindicato dos Psicólogos no Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
FATUN, Argentina
APUBA HCJSM, Argentina
Asociación de Trabajadorxs de la Universidad de La Plata (ATULP), FATUN, Argentina
FATUN - APU, Argentina
UPCN, Argentina
Sindicato Nacional de Servidores Públicos de Colombia (SUNET), Colombia
Pakistan Federation of Chemical Energy Mines and General Workers Union PCEM, Pakistan
Lewisham TUC, UK
Womankind Worldwide, UK
Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham, Argentina
CONASEP, Ecuador
Federación Nacional de Obreros de los Consejos y Gobiernos Provinciales del Ecuador (FENOGOPRE), Ecuador
Confederacion Sindical UNASSE Unión Nacional de Sindicatos del Sector Estatal (UNASSE), Peru
Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) Nepal
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights, Philippines
Taoyuan Confederation of Trade Unions (TYCTU), Taiwan
Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation Enterprise Union, Taiwan
GlaxoSmithKline Union, Taiwan
Taoyuan Flight Attendant Union, Taiwan
Taiwan Association for Promoting Public Health, Taiwan
IBON International, Philippines
FSESPAC, Cameroon
Kenya Private Universities Workers Union, Kenya
Allende Program in Social Medicine, USA
Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe - ATALC, Colombia
Associação dos Trabalhadores da Função Pública de Macau, Macao
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) International, Nepal
OGBL, Luxembourg
REDES-Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay, Uruguay
Federation of Korean Public Industry Trade Unions (FKPIU), South Korea
Viva Salud, Belgium
Agrup. Municipal "La 24 de Septiembre" LA PLATA, Argentina
AFUSAM, Chile
Agricultural Agro-Processing and Industrial Workers Union of Liberia (AAIWUL), Liberia
Anguilla Civil Service Association, Anguilla
UNSA Fonction publique, France
Taiwan Higher Education Union, Taiwan
Frente Nacional por la Salud de los Pueblos - Azuay, Ecuador/Cabildo por las Mujeres de Cuenca, Ecuador
Colegio de Enfermeras/os del Azuay, Ecuador
Centro Brasileiro de Estudos da Saúde Cebes, Brazil
SAM SAJ TR, Romania
UGTT, Tunisia
HANDS Pakistan
Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civll Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), Nigeria
RAAWU, Tanzania
Malayan Nurses Union, Malaysia
National Union of Workers in the Power Industry [POWER], Philippines
NCTU-SENTRO, Philippines
Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC), Nepal
Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency, Papua New Guinea
Just Associates, South Korea
Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines (SWEAP)
CESTA FOE, El Salvador
Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia, Croatia
CSE, France
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Canada
Automobile Boatyard Transport Equipment and Allied Senior Staff Association (AUTOBATE), Nigeria
Taiwan Federation of Financial Unions, Taiwan
Moldsindcoopcomert, Moldova
E.M.M.S Hospital, Israel
Movimiento Nacional de Salud LAICRIMPO, Argentina
National Public Service Workers Union (NPSWU), South Africa
Fundación Amigos por Dabeiba, Colombia
NWU, Saint Lucia
Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, South Africa
CSQ, Canada
Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, Hong Kong
Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
Centru Ouspidale d'Aiaccio Corsica, France
Individuals:
Nina Bergman, Vårdförbundet, Sweden
Alma Kastlander, Vårdförbundet, Sweden
Camilla Houeland, NTL, Norway
Johan Egdetveit, LO, Norway
Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association , Ghana
Maryvonne Nicolle, Fédération CFDT des services de santé-services sociaux, France
Cyrille Duch – CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
François Latasse, CFDT, France
Michele Goya, CFDT Santé Sociaux Pays Basque, France
Guiheneuf, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
Vigreux Patrice, CFDT, France
Marcel Tavera, URI CFDT Corsica, France
Gete-Brevet, CFDT, France
Damien Masson, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
Jalves, CFDT, France
Sonia Testud, CFDT, France
Sonia Peter, CFDT, France
Testud Sebastien, CFDT, France
Huge, CFDT, France
Le Pennec, CFDT, France
Mennuni Laurence, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
Spehner Corinne, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
Villain Claudine, Fédération CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
Mazzocco Marie-Paule, CFDT, France
Alzuyeta Michel, CFDT, France
Jayo, CFDT, France
Eicher, CFDT, France
Dassis, CFDT, France
Laurence Quillé, CFDT, France
Rémi Hutinet, France
Evain Sophie, CFDT, France
Campano, CFDT, France
Solari Antoine, CFDT, France
Rodriguez-Martin Floréal, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
Remond Christine, CFDT, France
Eric Fredon, CFDT, France
Soularue, Fédération CFDT des syndicats de salariés des services et établissements de la santé et du social, France
Bourgoin Virginie, CFDT, France
Bodin Catherine, CFDT santé sociaux 35, France
Olivier Desprez, CFDT CH Chaumont, France
Noharet, CFDT, France
Bouneaud, CGT
Thomas Kattnig, younion _ Die Daseinsgewerkschaft, Austria
Anna-Leena Brax, Tehy ry, Finland
Sari Koivuniemi, Tehy ry, Finland
Kirsi Sillanpää, Tehy ry, Finland
Sari Viinikainen, Tehy ry, Finland
Marianne, Danish Nurses Organization, Denmark
Nicoletta Grieco, FPCGIL, Italy
Herbert Beck, Ver.di, Germany
Sylvia Bühler, Ver.di, Germany
Christoph Meister, Ver.di, Germany
Simona Netz, Ver.di, Germany
Claudia Omoregie, Ver.di, Germany
Felix Braunsdorf, Ver.di, Germany
Jana Langer, Ver.di, Germany
Volker Mörbe, Ver.di, Germany
Dietmar Erdmeier, Ver.di, Germany
Thomas von Rüden, Ver.di, Germany
Andreas Ketterer, Ver.di, Germany
Susanne Lippert, Ver.di, Germany
Meike Saerbeck, Ver.di, Germany
Silvia Habekost, Ver.di, Germany
Heike Prestin, Ver.di, Germany
Ina, Ver.di, Germany
Julia Friedrich, DGB, Germany
Wakui Takaaki, JICHIRO, Japan
Kirill Buketov, UNIA, Switzerland
Ricardo Belocura, UNIA, Switzerland
Burcu Ayan, UNIA, Switzerland
Natasha Appadoo, UNIA, Switzerland
Nick Crook, UNISON, UK
Brian Walsh, UNISON, UK
Melanie Morbe, UNISON, UK
Rhea Chatterjee, Unite the Union, UK
Steve Yandell, Unite the Union, UK
Scot Walker, Unite, UK
Steve Leniec, Unite, UK
Rachel Harrison, GMB, UK
Zita Holbourne, Public and Commercial Services Union, UK
Jan Hochadel, AFT, USA
Nick Buxton, Transnational Institute, USA
Alison Arron, NZPSA, New Zealand
Luca Scarpiello, EPSU
Valter Sanches, Industriall Global Union
Atle Høie, Industriall Global Union
Luke Menzies, International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), UK
Sadie Saunders, ITF, UK
Jihyeon Gina Kim, International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), UK
Graciela Mondillo, UITA, Switzerland
Massimo Frattini, IUF, Switzerland
Beth Goodson, IUF, Switzerland
Poonyisa Wajcharaanunt, Nursing Union of Thailand
Kang Yeon Bae, Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union, Republic of Korea
Na Soon Ja, Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union, South Korea
Minjae Kim, Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union (KHMU), South Korea
Wol-san Liem, Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU)/ Healthcare Workers Solidarity Division, South Korea
Sun Kim, Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU)/ Healthcare Workers Solidarity Division, South Korea
Youngbae Chang, KPTU, South Korea
Nkosinathi Zoro Kunene, Swaziland Nurses Association, Swaziland
Filomena Talawadua, Fiji Nursing Association, Fiji
George Poe Williams, National Health Workers' Union of Liberia (NAHWUL), Liberia
Deemi T. Dearzrua, National Health Workers’ Union of Liberia (NAHWUL), Liberia
Kebeh Gayflor Faire, Liberian Nurses Association, Liberia
Thandeka Msibi, Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, South Africa
Chantal kidiata, Solidarité Syndicale Infirmiers du Congo (SOLSICO), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Genevieve Jemba, PSWU, Ghana
Nouhou Mamadou Badjé, SUSAS, Niger
Carolina Espinoza, ISP – CONFUSAM, Chile
Patricia Orellana, CONFUSAM, Chile
Gabriela Flores Salgado, CONFUSAM, Chile
Patricia Cárdenas Gallardo, CONFUSAM, Chile
Loreto Torre Escobar, CONFUSAM, Chile
Yessenia Rodriguez, Fenpruss, Chile
Bárbara Rojas Labrin, Fenpruss, Chile
Silvia Soto Troncoso, Fenpruss Nacional, Chile
Rubén García, Confederación de Trabajadores Municipales (CTM), Argentina
María José Lacoste, Confederación de Trabajadores Municipales (CTM), Argentina
Viviana Garcia, Ifci- Fesprosa, Argentina
Wilfredo Ponce, Federación CUT ESSALUD, Peru
Enedina Soares da Silva, Fetamce, Brazil
Luciana Maria de Melo, Sindsep-SP, Brazil
Marcelo Marcucci, Ministerio de Salud, Argentina
Olga Gimenez, Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermeria (APE), Paraguay
Rodrigo Manuel López García, Asociacion Nacional de Profesionales en Enfermería, Costa Rica
Maria Esther Hernandez Solis, Asociacion Nacional de Profesionales en Enfermeria, Costa Rica
Jenny Jaqueline Arias La Torre, Confederaciónn Sindical de Trabajadores en Salud Pública de Bolivia
Slava Zlatanova, FTU-HS - CITUB Federation of Trade Unions - Health Services, Bulgaria
Ivan Kokalov, FTU-HS - CITUB federation of trade unions - health services, Bulgaria
Ana VraÄar, Organisation for Workers' Initiative and Democratisation, Croatia
Demba karyom, Fédération des Syndicats du Tchad, Chad
Nargis Jahan, Bangladesh Women Welfare Workers Union, Bangladesh
Ipsha Chaand, Public Health Resource Network, India
Esso Miya Odette, FENASSEP, Togo
Sayyida Akhter, UBINIG, Bangladesh
Farida Akhter, UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative), Bangladesh
Md Harun Or Rashid, Light House, Bangladesh
Haleema Zulqarnain, All Sindh Lady Health Workers and Employees Union, Pakistan
Zia ur Rehman, AwazCDS-Pakistan
Sultan Muhammad Khan, APLF, Pakistan
Abdul Haleem Khan, All Pakistan Labour Federation, Pakistan
Imran Ali, Pakistan Federation of Chemical Energy Mines and General Workers Union PCEM, Pakistan
Jasminsha M, United Nurses Association, India
Shobha Shukla, Citizen News (CNS), India
Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change, India
Mange Ram Adhana, Association For Promotion Sustainable Development, India
Kavita Bhatia, Ashavani, India
Indira, LEARN, India
R. Shanmugarajan, Tamil Nadu Government Officials Union, India
Manoranjan Pegu, SASK, India
Kalyani Raj, All India Women's Conference, India
Bobby Ramakant, Socialist Party (India), India
Artika Ashdhir, ITF, India
Gopal Pokhrel, Nepal Civil Service Employees Union, Nepal
Bhagabati Ghimire, Health Professional's Organization of Nepal, Nepal
Oddur Gardarsson, Iceland
Tulio Vargas, Utradian, Colombia
Herman Kumara, National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, Sri Lanka
Graciela S Rodriguez, Instituto EQUIT. Gênero, Economia e Cidadania Global, Brazil
Jessica Hamer, Health Poverty Action, UK
Olga Djanaeva, Rural Women's Association Alga, Kazakhstan
Andrew Samuel, Community Development Services (CDS), Sri Lanka
Maria Atilano, Centro de Promoción y Educación Profesional Vasco de Quiroga, Mexico
Brett Holmes, New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association, Australia
Sibusiso Nkasa, NUPSAW, South Africa
Pat Mphela, NPSWU, South Africa
Pablo Vicente Vidal, FSS-CCOO, Spain
Ana María Mayoral García, FSS-CCOO, Spain
Teresa Conca, CCOO, Spain
Ger Rolsma, FNV Netwerk Roze, Netherlands
David Edwards, Education International
Julio Lacuerda Castello, FESP-UGT, Spain
Milagros Garcia Navarro, FESP-UGT, Spain
Julio Lacuerda, Secretario General, FESP-UGT, Spain
María Segunda González García, UGT, Spain
José Antonio Moreno, Federación Servicios Públicos - U.G.T. Albacete, Spain
Jocelio H Drummond, PSI Inter-America
Vilani de Souza Oliveira, CONTRAM - ISP President, South America
Hilda Palmer, Families Against Corporate Killers UNITE, United Kingdom
Jesus Fernandez, CCOO Construccion y Servicios, Spain
Anica Milićević Pezelj, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia, Croatia
Adekunle Olubunmi Akinola, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ogun State Council, Nigeria
Andre Jean Maxwell, Rodrigues Government Services Employees Association, Mauritius
Rhali Aziz, Collectif pour le droit à la santé au Maroc, Morocco
Shalith Athurupana, PSUNU, Sri Lanka
Gracia Álvarez Andrés, Federación de Empleados y Empleadas Públicos de la Union General de Trabajadores, FeSP-UGT, Spain
Edvaldo Andrade Pitanga, Confederação dos Trabalhadores no Serviço Público Federal, CONDSEF, Brazil
Razvan Gae, SANITAS Federation, Romania
Steve Joseph, Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
Cyprian Montrope, St. Lucia Civil Service Association, Saint Lucia
Rahel Roberts, Grenada Public Workers' Union, Grenada
Dewi Tjakrawinata, YAPESDI, Indonesia
Andy Akbar, Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
Camille Chalmers, PAPDA, Haiti
Parshuram Pudasaini, Union of Public Services in Nepal (UPSIN), Nepal
Jillian J Bartlett, Trinidad and Tobago
Rosie Felix, Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
Sandra Massiah, PSI in the Caribbean
Steve Porter, PSI North-America
Barbara Sak, researcher, Belgium
Glen Pastorfide, PSI, Philippines
Crystal Hinds, BNA, Barbados
Lita Anggraini, JALA PRT, Indonesia
Izzah Abdul Qodir, Indonesia
Maria Emeninta, KSBSI, Indonesia
Blair Redlin, C.R.A., Canada
Lilis M Usman, KSPN, Indonesia
Jesus Mosquea, SINATRAE, Dominican Republic
Leandra Laidlow, Commonwealth of Dominica
Delia Cuffy-Weekes, Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
Antonio Suarez, Federación Unitaria Nacional Empleados Publicos FEDEUNEP, Venezuela
Andriko Otang, Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
Dinda Wahid, Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
Claudio Schuftan, PHM, Chile
Elida Rodrigues da Cruz Szurkalo, PSI, Brazil
Nukila Evanty, Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
Paula Vicente Cubero, Facultad Enfermería Valladolid, Spain
Kate Lappin, PSI Asia & Pacific
Caroline Taleb, PSI HO France
Marcelo Netto, PSI HO France
Patricia, Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermería, Paraguay
Paul Belisario, International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL), Philippines
Anthony Carlisle, The Garden of Hope Foundation, Taiwan
Jazminda Lumang, Asia Pacific Research Network, Philippines
Rem Sta Ana, Teachers Organization of the Philippine Public Sector (TOPPS), Philippines
Juan Carlos Bkanco, Spain
Maria Isabel Beron, APOC – Asociación Personal Organismos de Control, Argentina
Melanie Alperstein, retired nurse, South Africa
Mauricio Torres, ALAMES - MSP (PHM), Colombia
Christine Webster, Canada
Nahid Naghizadeh, Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA), Iran
Maria Emeninta, KSBSI, Indonesia
Ugolini Martine, CGSP, Belgium
Taraivosa Nakolinivalu, Fiji Nursing Association, Fiji
Matthew Anderson, USA
Marevic Parcon, Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights, Philippines
Julius Cainglet, Federation of Free Workers, Philippines
Victor Chiong, PSI, Philippines
Rodrigo, STEIBI, Paraguay
Marianela Herrera Vera, Asociación de Empleados Poder Judicial Chile, Chile
Javier Garrido Antón, FESP-UGT Valladolid, Spain
Darko Antik, Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality – ESE, North Macedonia
Luis Isarra Delgado, Federacion de Trabajadores del Agua Potable y Alcantarilldo del Peru – FENTAP, Peru
Aldo Santibañez, Confederación Fenpruss, Chile
Edison Ibarra, Paraguay
Bridget Lloyd, PHM, South Africa
Ángeles Villaverde, FeSP-UGT, Spain
Julio Rafael Fernández, Sindicato de Obreros y Empleados de la Municipalidad de Asunción (SINOEMA), Paraguay
Lin-yu Chao, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital Corporate Union, Taiwan
Marilina A. Frutos Colmán, Asociacion Paraguaya de Enfermeria (APE), Paraguay
Esther Miranda Tarazona, Sindicato Nacional de servidors publicos de Colombia (SUNET), Colombia
Jane Lu, Taiwan Nurses Union, Taiwan
Chang Hsien Hui, Taiwan
Huang Chih Cheng, GlaxoSmithKline Union, Taiwan
Daisy Arago, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), Philippines
Lei Covero, IBON International, Philippines
Concepción Atienza Hernández, Spain
Ouedraogo Rakissida Alfred, Burkina Faso
Chang, Shih-Chieh, Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation Enterprise Union, Taiwan
Ndi Jean Marie, FSESPAC, Cameroon
Mbo Bikim Elisabeth, FSESPAC, Cameroon
Murdock Emisembe, Kenya Private Universities Workers Union, Kenya
Howard Waitzkin, Allende Program in Social Medicine, USA
A Hall, Lewisham TUC, UK
Mariana AlShami, Palestine
Yolanda Gil Alonso, Health Federation of CCOO ( FSS-CCOO), Spain
Lubha Raj Neupane, Women's Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC), Nepal
Jordi Palomares, CCOO, Spain
Roosje Saalbrink, Womankind Worldwide, UK
Sharada Poudel, Nepal Health Volunteers Association, Nepal
Chandra Thapa, Nepal Health Workers Employees Union, Nepal
Sonia Arauz, CONASEP, Ecuador
Manuel Cuenca Villano, Federación Nacional de Obreros de los Consejos y Gobiernos Provinciales del Ecuador (FENOGOPRE), Ecuador
Sundararaman T, Peoples Health Movement, India
Pedro Orue Arce, MSP y BS - IPS, Paraguay
James Bartholomeusz, International Transport Workers' Federation, UK
Ulrike Dornblut, Germany
Cristianne Famer Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
Ana Raposo, APUBA, Argentina
Soledad Guerriere, APULZ, Argentina
Miguel, APULZ, Argentina
Monica Rosana Martinez, ATULP/FATUN, Argentina
Sebastian Archuby, ATULP/FATUN, Argentina
Diego, Apunm-FATUN, Argentina
Rita Tosetto, FATUN, Argentina
Gustavo Como, Asociación de trabajadores de la universidad nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Raul Hector Archuby, ATULP, Argentina
Graciela Rohner, FATUN, Argentina
Laura Brena, Asociación de Trabajadorxs de la Universidad de La Plata (ATULP), Argentina
Ignacio Bruno, FATUN, Argentina
Marta Noemí Juárez, FATUN, Argentina
Lorena Daneri, FATUN, Argentina
Maria Rosa Acosta, Publica, Argentina
Ignacio Arbio, ATULP-UNLP, Argentina
Luis Fogliazza, FATUN, Argentina
Carlos Mauricio D'Alessandro, FATUN, Argentina
María Merlina Laborevich, FATUN, Argentina
Fernando, Universidad, Argentina
Miguel Colavita, ATULP - FATUN, Argentina
Abel, APU, Argentina
Carlos Fernando Hidalgo, APU, Argentina
Claudio Gauna, FATUN, Argentina
Miguel Angel Carussi, Apu. Asociación Personal Universitario Arii, Argentina
Geronimo Farroni, ATULP, Argentina
María Daniela Macagno, FATUN, Argentina
Luciana Sol Pereyra, FATUN - ATULP, Argentina
Alicia Gabriela Pitton, APUL-FATUN, Argentina
Goytea Carlos, Argentina
Laura Monzon, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Hugo Walter Outeda, FATUN, Argentina
Michael White, MEAA (retired), Australia
Julio Xavier García Loor, FENOGOPRE, Ecuador
Carlos Luna, Fetmyp, Ecuador
Rodot Sylvie, France
WC Wan, GEMWSCWA, Hong Kong
Qamar ul Hassan, IUF A/P, Pakistan
Espie Manalastas, Slmcea-afw, Philippines
Desiderio Rodrigo Tolsá, FESP/UGT, Spain
Antonio Cabrera Gonzalez, Comisiones Obreras, Spain
Aureliano Alzorriz Manzanares, CCOO, Spain
Raúl García Fernández, FSS-CCOO, Spain
Jesús Gregorio Ojosnegros Marcos, CCOO, Spain
Toñi, CCOO, Spain
María Antonia Sanz, Spain
Kristina Olsson, Handels, Sweden
Chen To-Mu, Taiwan
Selena Cao, Taiwan Railway Union, Taiwan
Kuo Guei-Ying, Taipeicity Hospital Union, Taiwan
Chang Hsin Fang, Taiwan
Chang, Shih-Chieh, Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation Enterprise Union
Eggbamboo Lai, Taiwan
Matilde Masmano Martínez, Spain
Ram Prasad Poudel, Local Level Employee Union, Nepal
Ramji Ghimire, Health Professional's Organization of Nepal, Nepal
Lichuan Liuhuang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Md. Manirul Islam, Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies - BILS, Bangladesh
Dagmar Žitníková, TUHCSS CR, Czech Republic
Ivana BÅ™eňková, TUHCSS CR (region WCO CEWB), Czech Republic
Robin Lorentzen, USA
Thomas R. Booth, USA
Eleazar Escalona, SUEPGEC, Venezuela
Marcelo di Stefano, Fatun, Argentina
Botteri Pablo, Fatun, Argentina
Graciela Ovejero, Fatun, Argentina
Hector Leonardo Coronel, Fatun, Argentina
Alejo Malaruk, Fatun/Atulp, Argentina
Nicolas Sarasti, Atulp, Argentina
German Gómez, Atulp, Argentina
Diez Diego, Fatun/APU, Argentina
Federico Dávila UPCN, Argentina
Claudio Soteras, UPCN, Argentina
Santiago Piccone, UPCN, Argentina
Gabriela Figueroa, Asociacion del personal de la Universidad de BS AS, Argentina
Marcelo Seijas, Argentina
Eduardo Estévez Martín, CLATE/ULATOC/UITOC/CTA-A, Argentina
Fabian Leonardo Mira, Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham, Argentina
Claudio Ledesma, La Plata, Argentina
Marcela, Argentina
Melina Fernandez, Universidad Nacional, Argentina
Silvana Daszuk, Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham (UNAHUR), Argentina
Andrea Sierra, PSI, Colombia
Verónica Montúfar, PSI, Ecuador
Juan Diego Gómez, PSI Subregión Andina, Colombia
Nico Forteza, PSI, Philippines
Evariste Adetsu, PSI, Togo
Euan Gibb, PSI Inter-America
Jeni Jain Thapa, PSI, Nepal
Dennis Doley, PSI, India
Fatou Diouf, PSI, Senegal
Charlotte Kalanbani, PSI - Regional office for Africa, Togo
Danilo Urrea, Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe - ATALC, Colombia
Fatou Cissé, CNTS/Caisse de Sécurité Sociale, Senegal
Amarsanaa Enebish, FPETU/CMTU, Mongolia
José Pereira Coutinho, Associação dos Trabalhadores da Função Pública de Macau, Macao
Honorine Kabre Yabre, Syndicat des Sages-femmes, Maïeuticien et Accoucheuses du Burkina, Burkina Faso
Raj Kumar Gandharba, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) International, Nepal
Pitt Bach, OGBL, Luxembourg
Alberto Villarreal, REDES-Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay, Uruguay
Sibusiso Lushaba, Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union, Swaziland
Benson Edwinson Phiri, National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM), Malawi
Byungwoo Jin, Federation of Korean Public Industry Trade Unions (FKPIU), South Korea
Mira kumari Niroula, Health Professional Organization of Nepal, Nepal
Wim De Ceukelaire, Viva Salud, Belgium
Choi HEE SUN, KHMU, South Korea
Nedelec, France
Ana Belen Valle de Luz, Spain
Laura Tormo, Spain
Catherine Deveix, France
Rita Tambunan, TURC, Indonesia
Maria Julia Barsottelli, APUNC/FATUN, Argentina
Emily Pearce, UK
Celia Bishop, UK
Ester Cervero, UK
Dheurle Véronique, France
Sylvie Hirtz, France
Mariela Esturillo Mora, AFUSAM Castro, Chile
Cecilia Cheuquepil, Afusam, Chile
Nicolas Kalaityis, Agrup. Municipal "La 24 de Septiembre" LA PLATA, Argentina
Fabián Eduardo ChandÃa Cartes, AFUSAM, Castro, Chile
Edwin B. Cisco, Agricultural Agro-Processing and Industrial Workers Union of Liberia (AAIWUL), Liberia
Susan Hodge, Anguilla Civil Service Association, Anguilla
Alain Parisot, UNSA Fonction publique, France
Ana Nieto Cuadra, Spain
Lubsyk, France
Nidia Solíz Carrión, Frente Nacional por la Salud de los Pueblos - Azuay, Ecuador/Cabildo por las Mujeres de Cuenca, Ecuador
Lúcia Souto, Centro Brasileiro de Estudos da Saúde Cebes, Brazil
José Antonio Gomez Gomez, UGT Galicia, Spain
Enrique C. B., UGT, Spain
Luliana Mihaela Ciobanu, SAM SAJ TR, Romania
Eya Mezrigui, UGTT, Tunisia
Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed, HANDS Pakistan
Benjamin Anthony, Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civll Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), Nigeria
Winston Moses Makere, RAAWU, Tanzania
Myagmar Byambasuren, MHWU, Mongolia
Kan Suan Jade, Malayan Nurses Union, Malaysia
Vicente Unay Jr., National Union of Workers in the Power Industry [POWER], Philippines
Irvin B. Boncacas, National Union of Workers in the Power Industry (POWER-SENTRO), Philippines
Josua Mata, SENTRO, Philippines
Jaime Aguilar, NCTU-SENTRO, Philippines
Pushkar Acharya, Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC), Nepal
María Gerardina Merchán, Colegio de Enfermeras/os del Azuay, Ecuador
Helen Hakena, Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency, Papua New Guinea
Ruth Barley, UCU, UK
Alan Hall, Unite Greenwich Lewisham & Bexley, UK
Julia E Robinson, USA
Jacqueline Baroncini, Switzerland
Gloria Moliner González, Spain
Barbro Budin, Wiego, Sweden
Ana María Funes, Spain
Lola Puyalto, Spain
Olga Toro Martinez, Spain
Marta Balagué Santos, Barcelona Activa, Spain
M. Inés Santana, Barcelona Activa, Spain
Faure, Spain
Laura Molias Martin, Spain
Maria Macias Ibáñez, Spain
Silvia Villaró, Spain
Gloria Lacruz, Spain
Amparo Pardo, Spain
Marina María Douton, Spain
Fifi Martinez, Spain
Vicente Gasco Bueno, FESP UGT, Spain
Mercè Cabré, Spain
Miguel Ángel Valdivia Morente, Enseñanza
Heraclio Antonio Rodríguez García, Spain
Amy Seye, Syndicat des collective territoriales, Senegal
Lydia Cairncross, People's Health Movement, South Africa
Shehnaz Munshi, People's Health Movement, South Africa
Phumi Mtetwa, South Africa
Lolyn Paglinawan, Philippines
Hessel Larcia, NUWHRAIN SENTRO IUF, Philippines
Nice Coronacion, SENTRO, Philippines
Dr. Christiane Boecker, Malawi
Peninah Khisa, PHM-Kenya, Kenya
Ahmad Nejatian, Iranian Nursing Organization, Iran
Manfred Lohmaier, Germany
Gerhard Sterzer, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Germany
Christoph Knoch, Germany
Francette Riviere, France
Capitaine, France
Bachelard Philippe, France
Andrzejewski, France
Costes, France
Veronique Jacquier, France
Ospital, France
Stephane Mascaras, France
Anne Mazza, France
Cécile Dulot, France
Laurence Hait, France
Christine Humbert, France
Ab. Frank Roldan Pinargote, CONAJUE, Ecuador
Martha Reina, Asdep, Colombia
Ximena Hernández, Tens, Chile
Marcela, Chile
Ariel Pringles, Confederación Latinoamericana de Trabajadores del Poder Judicial, Argentina
Raul Araya Castillo, Confed. Latinamericana de Trabajadores Poder Judicial, Chile
Eliana Godoy, Anejud, Chile
Deisy Inostroza Calisto, Chile
Cynthia Calisto Mancilla, Afusam, Chile
Claudia, PSI, Bolivia
Denise, APUBA, Argentina
Soledad, La Plata, Argentina
Patricia Quijano, UMA, Argentina
Ignacio Díaz, ATUNH, Argentina
Julio Piumato, UEJN. Judiciales, Argentina
Thierno Mamadou Diallo, Guinea
Alexa Laing-Moore, Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Canada
Lai Brown, Automobile Boatyard Transport Equipment and Allied Senior Staff Association (AUTOBATE), Nigeria
Hang, Shr-shian, Taiwan Federation of Financial Unions, Taiwan
Tricolici, Moldsindcoopcomert, Moldova
Tamer Hidari, E.M.M.S Hospital, Israel
Alan, UK
Jane Carpenter, UK
Christel Tsilibaris, Belgium
Pamela Stewart, Belgium
Ana Cernov, Brazil
Eliane Aparecida da Cruz, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Pradeep Esteves, India
Fabiola Zambrano Rocha, CESFAM CASTRO, Chile
Edlira Xhafa, Global Labour University, Albania
Carmen Baez, Moviminiento por la Salud de los Pueblos, Argentina
Carolyn, Canada
Kim Ghilarducci, BCNU, Canada
Andres Salvador Muñoz Muñoz, Colegio de Enfermeras de Chile, Chile
Sisa Pacari, Union Nacional de Educadores UNE, Ecuador
Manuel Ramírez, Spain
Syuan Wu, Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation Union, Taiwan
Jesus Antonio Boquete Fuentes, A CORUÑA, Spain
Hed Yaron Meyerson, Netherlands
Gro H. Hermansen, Norway
Romeo Bertossi, Italy
Aleksandra Draganic, GEW, Germany
Maria Eleni Tsirantonaki, Germany
Denis Gabriel, La bergerie volubilis, Morocco
Isyaku Sabo Tsafe, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria
Maïté Lannes, Réunion
Fernando Tadeu Pinto dos Santos, Universidade do Minho (UMinho), Portugal
Roxana Maribel Deras, Sindicato de trabajadoras y trabajadores del sector electrico, El Salvador
Rodriguez, France
Stéphane Zonza, CH Ajaccio, France
Bruni, Ajaccio, France
Morais Joel, France
Katy Doazan, France
Taddeï, France
Casalta Sabine, France
Gaffori Sandrine, France
Foltier, France
Laura Collé, France
Nassibian Carole, France
Abeza, Soignant, France
Olivier Arriudarre, France
Nelly Mugnier, France
Legros Valérie, France
Akouni, France
Lyautey Catherine, France
Patience P. Maphumulo, National Public Service Workers Union (NPSWU), South Africa
Ricardo W Correa Bernal, Fundación amigos por Dabeiba, Colombia
Cansin Leylim , 350.org, USA
Pam Chang, Taiwan
Marcia Lara Acuña, ANEF, Chile
Barreau, France
Mary Florton, NWU, Saint Lucia
Rasigan Maharajh, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, South Africa
Luc Allaire, CSQ, Canada
Kristine Yakhama, Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
Falgairolle Myriam, Centru Ouspidale d'Aiaccio Corsica, France
Julián Luis María Taborda, APUBA HCJSM, Argentina
Yvette De La Cruz, SEA, USA
Lisa VeneKlasen, JASS, USA
Moisés Ribas Olmo, USOC, Spain
Juliana Garcia Salinero, Nicaragua Libre, Spain
Milagros Castaño del Cerro, Spain
Salimah Valiani, Independent, Canada
Laurent Prost, France
Fabre, France
Anja, Slovenia
Angel Colmenarez, ACLVB, Belgium
Lau, Ciudad Real, Spain
Leon, La Region Occitannie
Coulon Odile, France
Gladys Cifuentes Porrasc, Belgium
Dijana Å obota, UATUC, Croatia
Touvron Massoni Celine, France
Laia, Spain
Dominique Lacraz, Hopital, France
Thompson E. Potter, Jr., American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3650 Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) (rank and file, personal capacity) Harvard, USA
Rosanna Candelero, Argentina
Carla, Salud, Chile
Mertrud Clarisse, France
Lamia Elb, France
Renaud Marylène, France
Chryssa, Greece
Geoffrey Smith, USA
Durdica Zarak, Croatia
Bonnardot, Independent, France
Maricela Arroyo, Chile
William G Gonzalez, USA
Emilio Ferrero, UITA, Spain
Lia Pesántez Palacios, Ecuador
Gordana Duvnjak, Croatia
M Smith, UK
Helene Ward, France
Walter Teague, USA
John C Bhend, AFSCME Local 52 Retiree Chapter, USA
Rusty DÄ…browski, Portugal