Global recognition for quality public service workers this May Day‏

Public Services International, as a member of the Council of Global Unions, has endorsed the common May Day statement issued by the Council this year. This message is an important affirmation of the need to defend the role of quality public services in the rebuilding of economies and communities that have been rent by the global economic crisis, or been shattered by natural disasters.

“Public services provide the sustainable jobs and programs that create a sustainable world,” says PSI general secretary Peter Waldorff. “And we know that where there are strong public services, democracy thrives.

“As we join together as working people this May Day to support our fellow workers and their families in Haiti and Chile, in Turkey, in Greece, and elsewhere, we rally around the understanding that economic recovery must be realized for all workers, no matter the circumstance. And, of course, trade union rights must be respected with every step along this road.”
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