Your fight for fair pay, safe staffing, flexible working and respect for everyone working in health, care and accident prevention and rehabilitation is part of a global struggle.

Across all regions, health and care workers are confronting the same challenges — underfunded systems, chronic understaffing, and governments imposing austerity instead of investing in people.

These cuts harm workers, patients, and communities alike.

The global threat of austerity can only be defeated through the power of organised workers standing together — united across borders, sectors and unions. PSI’s 30 million affiliated members, 14 million of whom are health and care workers, are leading a Fightback Campaign, joining forces to demand investment in strong, equitable public services and to defend the right of every worker to decent conditions, fair wages and safe workplaces.

Your rally theme— “Stand Together for Health” — resonates across the world. It is not just a call for Aotearoa New Zealand, but a message to the world: when health workers stand together, we defend the very foundation of our societies — the right to health and dignity for all.

We send our full support and solidarity to every PSA member taking action and remain ready to Stand, with you, Together for Health.

In solidarity and struggle,

Daniel Bertossa, General Secretary, Public Services International
Kate Lappin, PSI Regional Secretary, Asia Pacific