By Pebbles B. Sanchez, Youth Committee of the Confederation of Independent Unions in the Public Sector (CIU)
Growing in a family of public servants, I had the privilege to witness various undertakings of and within the government whenever I went to visit the offices of my parents. Through years and years of observing a typical day of [...]

By Min Jeong Kim, KTX Crew Branch Worker of the Korea Federation of Public Services and Transportation Workers’ Union (KPTU)
Right after I woke up this morning, while I was in bed, I started counting from one. It took me a while to get to one thousand. This shows that even counting up to 1,000 [...]

By Katie Rowsell, CPSU Organiser (Australia) and PSI Oceania Youth Network Coordinator
Once upon a time there was a new generation of worker. They were focused and knew what they wanted out of their careers. They had a high level of education, and equally high levels of student debt. They were technologically savvy and were frustrated [...]

The long struggle of Australian workers to win rights at work on paid maternity leave finally succeeding. Finally, the government-funded paid maternity leave scheme covering the majority of Australian women and their families.
This government-funded scheme will provide the primary carer with 18 weeks post-natal leave, paid at the adult federal minimum wage (currently $543.78 per [...]

The European trade union movement launched last March a campaign to fight the social and economic crisis. ETUC is on the offensive for a New Social Deal in Europe, calling for: an extended recovery programme; stronger welfare states; an end to the recent decisions of the European Court of Justice favouring market freedoms over workers’ [...]

Young UNISON workers called for pounds not pennies at the weekend, after the union’s recent rejection of an offer of just 3p an hour by local government employers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Members held up three giant 1p coins as they condemned the 0.5% cent pay offer that has been rejected by the [...]