Ahead of critical talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) civil society and trade unions from the Global South are calling on rich countries’ leaders to stop blocking a proposal to waive certain intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines and other medical products. Join the Twitter action! #NoCovidMonopolies

Healthcare workers around the world are risking their lives to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. Stand with them to demand that governments do all they can to ensure hospitals are properly resourced.

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

For the first time current and former UN Special Rapporteurs reflect on the impacts of privatisation and on renewed momentum and strategies for the public provision of services related to economic, social and cultural rights such as health, education, water sanitation and housing

“A Message From the Future II: The Years of Repair” is an animated short film that dares to dream of a future in which 2020 is a historic turning point, where the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed and everyone is essential. Produced with The Leap

En este video, producido por Internacional de Serviços Públicos en asociación con Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, mostramos un balance de la crisis de abastecimiento de alimentos e insumos médicos en América Latina durante la pandemia. Un escenario que tiene como trasfondo los Tratados de Libre Comercio firmados en la región.

The Teamsters produced a new video to show how buybacks help billionaires and CEOs, and are rolling it out with a petition demanding that Bill Gates use his power at Republic to protect workers.

The month of May celebrates nurses around the world. Here at home, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa or Denosa used the commemoration to reflect on challenges faced by nurses. The union says the success of the delayed National Health Insurance relies on the nurses' involvement. SABC's Tumelo Machogo spent the day with nurses in Volksrust, Mpumalanga.. For more news, visit: sabcnews.com

Un webinar realizado el 10 de septiembre presentó los resultados de un estudio sobre las condiciones laborales en tiempos de pandemia. La conclusión es que se hace imperioso establecer medidas que aborden la crisis de los cuidados que la crisis sanitaria agudiza y que afecta principalmente a las trabajadoras mujeres.

This session is part of a series of 2-hour virtual meetings "Pandemic and Beyond: Workers Organizing for a Public Future" held during July, August and September 2020.

Al ver sus ganancias amenazadas por la pandemia de Covid-19, las empresas transnacionales planean utilizar cláusulas presentes en acuerdos de libre comercio para demandar a los países que han adoptado políticas públicas de emergencia para combatir la crisis. Este video es una producción de la ISP en asociación con Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil.

This third session is part of a series of 2-hour virtual meetings "Pandemic and Beyond: Workers Organizing for a Public Future" held during July, August and September 2020.