PSI has sent a message the French members of EDF's Dialogue Committee on Social Responsibility (CDRS) about the ‘Projet Hercule’, reiterating continued support to the struggle of French energy trade unions to halt the unbundling and further privatisation of EDF. PSI views energy as a vital public service and strategic resource, not a for-profit commodity.

Approximately 74 journalists/media practitioners and leaders of the five Indonesian unions (SP PLN Persero, PP Indonesia Power, SP PJB, SPEE FSPMI, and Serbuk Indonesia) came together for a virtual Press Conference held on 9 July 2020. Unions strongly rejected the controversial Omnibus Law Employment Creation draft Bill, over potential reductions in their rights, remuneration and job security, among other points.

La llegada del Covid-19 a ese país sudamericano, uno de los más pobres de la región, también develó la falta de financiamiento e inversión del Estado en el sector salud y en las empresas estatales como la de electricidad y la de agua y saneamiento.

Under the cover of Covid-19, whilst mass actions and gatherings are impossible, the government of India is trying to push through laws to privatise electricity

This May Day, for the first time in a century, workers won't be in the streets. They're busy saving the world. They're keeping our relatives on life support. They're keeping food systems flowing. They are risking their lives to save lives - not as heroes, but as professionals. As Trade Unions, the only way we can do justice to these momentous efforts is by winning the deep, systemic change which workers, now more than ever, need and deserve

Recognizing the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19 global health crisis, energy multinational ENGIE Group has launched a programme to cover hospitalization costs and death insurance that will also apply to any deaths and hospitalizations that may have occurred since the beginning of the pandemic for its 177,000 employees worldwide.