PSI joins Global Day of Action for the Right to Strike on 18 February

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The conflict on the right to strike and the crisis of the ILO?s supervisory mechanism persists.
PSI is calling on all affiliates to join in the Global Day of Action, in cooperation with the ITUC
and other global unions to defend and promote the right to strike.
All too often, the right to strike is denied to public sector workers, due to broad definitions of
essential services and limitations to collective bargaining or the right to organize, while some
governments commit outright violations of human and fundamental workers? rights. Unions
around the world have made use of the supervisory mechanisms of the ILO to fight such
violations, protect workers and build a stronger union movement. In March 2015, the ILO
Governing Body has to take a decision on the resolution of this conflict that has had a chilling
effect on the ILO supervisory mechanism since 2012. If no agreement can be reached, PSI
supports the referral to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on the matter,
as foreseen in the ILO Constitution.
This conflict cannot stay within the walls of the International Labour Organization and
concerns all workers. Without the right to strike, trade unions and workers have no means to
fight for their rights. One hundred years after the beginning of the First World War, our world is
again up in flames with regional and national conflicts that threaten world peace. In the
aftermath of the First World War, the ILO was created to ensure social justice would prevail
and its mission is as relevant as ever. There is also a direct link between the conflict at the
ILO and the ongoing free trade negotiations that give preference to the interests of
multinational companies. Labour clauses that refer to ILO standards are no guarantee for the
respect of workers' rights if the ILO's authority continues to be undermined. Austerity policies
and structural adjustment programmes also aim to destroy collective bargaining mechanisms
and agreements. The crisis of the ILO must be seen in this context.
At the ITUC's General Council, a resolution [1] was adopted that calls for a Global Day of
Action on 18th February.
PSI calls its affiliates to participate in the Global Day of Action, in cooperation with the ITUC
and other global unions to defend and promote the right to strike.
For more information:
ITUC resolution on CAS dispute: English [1] - Español [2] - Français [3]
Special edition of the ICTUR magazine on the right to strike [4] (subscriptions to the
ICTUR magazine here [5])
Global campaign in support of the right to strike for all workers [6]
The right to strike and the ILO: The legal foundations [7]
PSI Emergency Resolution on the Right to Strike [8]
Russian - PSI joins Global Day of Action for the Right to Strike on 18 February 2015 [9]
Nouvelles mise à jour:
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Pays:
Afrique et Pays arabes [10]
Asie-Pacifique [11]
Europe [12]
Interamériques [13]
Sujet:
Droits syndicaux [14]
Langue:
Anglais [15]
Espagnol [16]
Français [17]
Recommander:
Trade union rights news [18]
PSI Emergency Resolution on the Right to Strike [19]
Global campaign in support of the right to strike for all workers [20]
The right to strike and the ILO: the legal foundations [21]
Public Services International calls for the right to strike in a global action [22]
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Links:
[1] http://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/14gc_e_08_-_ilo.pdf
[2] http://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/14gc_s_08_-_ilo_es.pdf
[3] http://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/14gc_f_08_-_ilo_-_fr.pdf
[4] http://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/iur214.pdf
[5] http://www.ictur.org/Eng/Subscribe.html
[6] http://www.world-psi.org/en/global-campaign-support-right-strike-all-workers
[7] http://www.world-psi.org/en/right-strike-and-ilo-legal-foundations
[8] http://www.world-psi.org/en/psi-emergency-resolution-right-strike
[9] http://www.worldpsi.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/ru_psi_joins_global_day_of_action_for_the_right_to_strike_on_18_februa
[10] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/country/africa-and-arab-countries
[11] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/country/asia-pacific
[12] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/country/europe
[13] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/country/inter-americas
[14] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/topic/trade-union-rights
[15] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/language/english
[16] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/language/espanol
[17] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/language/francais
[18] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/node/95
[19] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/node/6949
[20] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/node/6936
[21] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/node/6979
[22] http://www.world-psi.org/fr/node/6889