Issues

Trade Union Rights

Only when Trade Union Rights are assured can we protect and improve their wages, benefits, job security, equality and health and safety at work.

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The right to form trade unions and bargain collectively might be enshrined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights - but it is increasingly under attack.

Care

Too often workers in the care sector are undervalued, underpaid and overworked, and unable to do their job. Through supporting our affiliates to organise and improve frontline conditions, we can build a more caring society.

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We fight for the public provision of quality care services: for the benefit of those in need and the workers involved.

Tax

By making tax a union issue we increase our ability to challenge austerity, provide a clear way to fund public services while improve working conditions and wages.

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A fair tax system is the bedrock of quality public services.

Trade

Trade needs to made to serve the interests of workers. The rules that govern a globalised world should be made democratically and in the interests of everybody.

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Some of the most important rules governing globalisation are written in secret, and in the interests of the most powerful people on the planet.

Digitalisation

If unions are ready to shape the digital transformation in the public interest, there is a huge opportunity to grow labour power, improve public services and win democratic control over our data.

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When governed well, digital advances can benefit workers, improve public services, break down barriers to access and build democratic power over our data commons.

Climate Change

Human civilisation must urgently transition to low-carbon activities if we are to avoid impending climate chaos. Workers must be part of the solution, and benefit from just and equitable transition programmes.

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To fight climate change we need system change.

Emergency Workers

First responders and frontline emergency workers regularly risk their lives to save others. These workers and unions need to be involved in emergency planning and decision-making.

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Emergency service workers should be there when you need them: well-trained, well-equipped and ready to help.

Privatisation

When public services are privatised, maximising corporate profits replaces the public interest as the driving force. PSI links local struggles against privatisation and is the strongest global voice on the issue.

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The fight against privatisation is not just a fight to stop the sale of our public services. It's a fight for the type of society we want, a fight for social justice and equality.

Workers with disabilities

Addressing disability is part of trade union action in fighting inequality and injustice and protecting the most vulnerable. Understanding disability in this social sense also highlighted the importance of treating it in an intersectional way, particularly in relation to gender and socio-economic status.

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PSI supports the full inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life, including the workplace.

Public Funding for Development

If we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to convince governments to rapidly increase investment in public goods. PSI is the most vocal pro-public workers organization working to influence the UN's 2030 Agenda and International Finance Institutions such as the World Bank.

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If we are to acheive the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to convince governments to rapidly increase investment in public goods.

LGBT+

Public sector unions play a critical broader role in educating and leading the community to a better understanding of LGBT+ issues, by using the workplace as a powerful and rare opportunity to reach across family, cultural and class divisions to engage and educate.

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Today, trade unions are involved in national and international work to protect LGBT+ workers’ rights, in the same way they take action to protect many groups and individuals who face prejudice and discrimination.

Migration and Refugees

Public services, such as health, shelter, housing, safety, drinking water and sanitation, education, social services and access to justice promote inclusion and fights racism and xenophobia. PSI fights to improve wages and working conditions in order to reduce the economic pressure to migrate, ensure sustainability of the health workforce and defend the quality of public services.

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All migrants, refugees, and forcibly displaced persons are entitled to the full respect of their human and labour rights.

Young Workers

Young people are on the front-lines of the fight against precarity, casualisation and other exploitative labour practices. PSI believes that supporting the struggle of workers isn't just important for trade unions - it's existential!

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By giving young workers space to lead in Trade Unions, we can address the challenges and threats caused by emerging forms of precarious employment.

Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers bring to light illegal activities such as tax evasion, corporate collusion and corruption. PSI fights for the rights of workers to blow the whistle in the public interest

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Gender - Promoting Equality and Equity

Public services must be made to respect, protect, and fulfil women’s rights, non-discrimination and freedom from violence.

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Gender responsive public services transform the distribution of power and resources in favour of gender equality.

Multinational Corporations

Corporations are among the most powerful actors in today's globalised world - it's up to us to challenge their undue influence over our politics and institutions.

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