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Exclusive: Inside the battle over a UN report on water privatization
A report from U.N. special rapporteur Léo Heller was at the center of a behind-the-scenes clash between pro- and anti-private sector advocates.
Source: Devex
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View all >CUPE lauds decisive win for public health care in BC Supreme Court decision
CUPE is applauding the BC Supreme Court’s decision to protect Canada's universal public health care system in a ruling released today on the Cambie v. British Columbia case. The case was brought by Dr. Brian Day, CEO of Cambie Surgeries Corporation, who is seeking to overturn the ban on for-profit health care and bring a US-style medical system into Canada.
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Electricity trade unions oppose omnibus bill revisions over privatization concerns
Major electricity industry trade unions are considering public protests and strikes to opposite revisions to the 2009 Electrification Law in the controversial omnibus bill on job creation, mainly over concerns that the country’s electricity supply chain will be privatized.
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View all >Why Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are still not delivering
Eurodad and EPSU (The European Federation of Public Service Unions) have launched a report about the broken promises of public-private partnerships (PPPs).
Los tratados de "libre comercio" y la pandemia
Este artículo analiza cómo los 25 años de TLCs en Latinoamérica perjudicaron la capacidad de respuesta de los Estados frente a la pandemia de coronavirus.
Re-empowering Public Services in a time of COVID-19
Extract from the civil society report Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020. Frontline public service workers continue to receive praise and support for their vital role in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Yet these underfunded public services and brutal working conditions are not inevitable. They are the result of decades of the neo-liberal ideology choices : deliberate erosion of our public services through budget cuts, privatization and understaffing.
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Challenging the private water lobby
Corporate lobby group Aquafed’s attempt to undermine Léo Heller’s analysis of the human rights risks of water privatisation is just another example of the need for concerted action against the corporate takeover of our public institutions
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Pandemia y neoliberalismo: la factura ha llegado
Este vídeo, producido por la Internacional de Servicios Públicos (ISP) en asociación con Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, y apoyado por la Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES), presenta los discursos e intereses que han apoyado el agotamiento de la financiación de la salud en la América Latina durante las últimas décadas y cómo las políticas neoliberales, especialmente las medidas de austeridad fiscal, perjudican la lucha contra la pandemia.
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ANEF critica presupuesto base cero por ser una iniciativa antiderechos
Este 10 de junio, la Agrupación Nacional de Empleadxs Fiscales de Chile (ANEF) inició una campaña en contra del presupuesto base cero del gobierno, por considerar que la iniciativa es neoliberal y profundiza el mercado, jibariza el Estado, y deja aún con menos derechos sociales a los chilenos y chilenas para enfrentar la inminente crisis económica, política y social.