by Philippe Gousenbourger, ITUC Youth Officer
This new ITUC report shows that the Burmese military junta currently in power has no intention of showing any more interest in the population than their predecessors have over the last 47 years of military dictatorship and highlights the link between the abuse of human rights, including trade union rights, [...]

Short report by Katie Rowsell, CPSU and Oceania Youth Network Coordinator
In October CPSU members in a government call centre in Sydney, Australia reported that staff were having to keep a diary of their toilet breaks.  Staff were also being told to take no more than three minutes to use the bathroom. If at least 92% of their time [...]

PSI Asia Pacific Regional Office is committed to implementing the 30% quota of young members participation in all activities in this region. Recently about thirty young members participated in the QPS Workshop in Manila, Philippines from 1 to 3 December 2009.
Chiranjibi Guragain, Youth Network Coordinator of Nepal gave me a brief report on his participation. [...]

By Tan Sze Wei, APYN Coordinator
” All for One and One for All”
Right in the middle of the Public Services International’s Quality Public Services workshop, this slogan came to my mind. The workshop was held in Manila from 1 Dec -3 Dec 09. One of the highlights of the workshop was Prof. Fumio Kaneko’s [...]

The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionist and labour activists to apply to its Masters Programme on “Labour Policies and Globalisation” offered in Germany, or the Masters in “Globalisation and Labour” offered in India.
The deadline for application has been extended to April 1st 2010.
A limited number of scholarships will be awarded to students.  For [...]

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 200 million children in the world today are involved in child labour, doing work that is damaging to their mental, physical and emotional development. Children work because their survival and that of their families depend on it. Child labour persists even where it has been declared illegal, [...]