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Danish pension funds PKA and Lærernes Pension take action to divest, while Velliv chooses engagement with firms to improve practices. The three pension funds had been highlighted in a Danish investigative report as having had investments – albeit relatively small – in US listed companies operating private prisons.
Source: IPE
In Korea, despite some support measures by the government, most airlines, ground handers and contracting companies are forcing workers to use their vacation time or take unpaid leave during the COVID-19 Crisis. Learn how PSI Affiliate KPTU is standing up for these essential workers.
Source: kptu.net
Doctors and nurses, especially in cities reporting suspected and confirmed cases, are working longer hours and are worried about the health of themselves and family members.
Source: The Jakarta Post
Democratising Knowledge: a report on the scholarly publisher, Elsevier, aims to provide the foundations for a critical study into Elsevier’s business model and practices. The study also aims at contributing to developing policy objectives relating to open public access to research and educational materials, academic freedom, researcher autonomy, and the scholarly communication system. This research will form a key part of Education International’s Global Response campaign on the commercialisation and marketisation in and of education aimed specifically at the further and higher education and research sector.
This ILO book documents the under performance of private mandatory pensions in fifteen countries, and abstracts lessons for governments intending to improve their national pension systems.
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly being promoted as the solution to the shortfall in financing needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Economic infrastructure, such as railways, roads, airports and ports, but also key services such as health, education, water and electricity are being delivered through PPPs in both the global north and south. This report gives an in-depth, evidence-based analysis of the impact of 10 PPP projects that have taken place across four continents, in both developed and developing countries. These case studies build on research conducted by civil society experts in recent years and have been written by the people who often work with and around the communities affected by these projects.
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Nurses from across the country report shortages of protective personal equipment and supplies. Government agencies and employers have responded by lowering protection guidelines — which endangers everyone's health and safety.
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Nurse George Poe Williams watched colleagues die as Ebola killed over 8% of the Liberian health workforce. Now, he has a message for governments around the world facing the #CoronaVirus: #SafeWorkersSaveLives
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Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth led protest actions on some major streets in continued campaigns to kick against plans by the Lagos State Government to privatize its water.
The study is part of a 5-year European Research Council project 'Global Remunicipalisation' running from January 2019 - December 2024.
