PSI is convening the founding meeting of the PSI Educational Support and Cultural Workers Network to establish a formal PSI structure to confront the challenges that these workers face throughout the world.

The founding meeting, co-hosted by PSI affiliate APUBA and the confederation CONTUA will to take place on 18-19 November 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Network will adopt a Plan of Action to :

• encourage solidarity with those affiliates struggling to assert and exercise their rights of free association and collective bargaining,
• support those affiliates actively organizing and mobilizing educational support and cultural workers,
• conduct strategic research on the global political and private sector interests responsible for the attacks on public sector jobs and unions,
• coordinate campaigns to defend the rights and interests of educational support and cultural workers around the world as well as improve the quality of public education for all.

If you have not already done so please fill out the PSI Educational Support Workers' Network Survey.

For more information:

• See our circular letter in English - Français - Español
• Contact sandra.vermuyten@world-psi.org