On International Nurses Day, millions of nurses around the world will be calling on governments to make genuine gestures of solidarity and commit to universal public health once and for all
- MAY 12, 2020
, PSI is calling on trade unions and civil society to sign on to our Manifesto and to mobilise in the demand for universal public health once and for all
As we rebuild from the crisis, we must transform the way societies are organised. We must organise our societies around the capacity to care. We must all recognise the union adage Touch One Touch All – if our healthcare systems cannot care for all, we are all at risk.
When governments pay respect to nurses today, we ask them to recognise the following fundamental principles:
- The most important purpose of government is to organise society so that everyone can be cared for.
- We can no longer tolerate the perverse practice of extracting profits from ill-health.
- Healthcare must never be dependent on the capacity to pay.
- Trade must enhance the capacity of nations to provide quality public healthcare, not restrict it.
And we call on:
- Governments to work with nurses and their unions to develop public health reconstruction plans
- Governments to remove all obstacles, including intellectual property rules, in existing trade agreements and rules that hinder timely and affordable access to medical supplies, such as lifesaving medicines, devices, diagnostics and vaccines, and the ability of governments to take whatever steps are necessary to address this crisis
- All governments to support the proposal by the Government of Costa Rica to develop a global COVID-19 commons for all research, data, technology, treatments and vaccines relating to COVID-19 as a non-proprietary shared global resource
- The World Bank to stop providing funds for public health to the private health industry and for the International Finance Corporation to stop promoting health privatisation which includes the flawed model of Public Private Partnerships
- The IMF to cease directing governments to cut public spending and public sector wages
- All unions and civil society organisations to mobilise in the demand for universal public health once and for all.
Numbers of nurses around the world
with data provided by 191 countries
27.9mi
IN GLOBAL NURSING WORKFORCE
59%
OF GLOBAL HEALTH WORKFORCE ARE NURSES
5.9mi
NURSES LACKING FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
No Going Back!
The United Nations World Health Assembly resolved to celebrate nurses and midwives by declaring 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife (IYNM). May 12 this year marks 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale and the birth of formally recognised nursing in public health.
This year, more than ever, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses should be celebrated and recognised not as “unsung heroes”, but as professionals who deserve the respect of all society and are worthy of decent wages and protection.
The COVID-19 crisis has been made worse by years of under-funding of public health systems and the ideological virus of neoliberalism.
Unions representing nurses and healthcare workers, organisations and their members, listed below, want International Nurses Day 2020 to mark the day governments turned away from the failed, and ultimately dangerous, ideology of neoliberalism and austerity, and instead committed to rebuilding economies through large scale investments in universal public health.
The pandemic has demonstrated how vital public health workers are to our survival. Yet nurses are being dangerously overworked, given inadequate protective equipment, suffering trauma and stress, have been assaulted and abused, and are even being evicted from their homes.
In a survey of health unions conducted by Public Services International (PSI) 56.5% of respondents indicated that workers have not been given adequate PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic. While we don’t know the true figure of how many healthcare workers have been infected, we do know that hundreds have already died.
The COVID-19 crisis has been made worse by years of under-funding of public health systems and the ideological virus of neoliberalism.
While the healthcare industry is one of the largest growing industries globally, public funding for vital public health services is failing to meet needs. In too many countries, public funding for health is being eaten up by costs inflated by the medical industry. Too many nurses and other healthcare workers are hired on short-term or insecure contracts. Now is the time to recognise that poor wages and conditions puts public health at risk.
Health systems would not have been so unprepared for the pandemic if they had been adequately funded, if governments had legislated for adequate nurse to patient ratios and if countries ensured they had the productive capacity for lifesaving PPE, medical equipment, medical research and the production of vaccines and treatments.
In its recently published report, State of the World’s Nursing, the World Health Organization found that, even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, the world needed 6 million additional nurses to meet minimum health needs. Governments must expand funds for nursing education and training and not rely on importing nurses from countries that are also struggling to meet their own public health needs. The best way to attract and retain nurses is to nurses is to recognise the social value of their work, pay them properly and ensure adequate staffing levels.
Global public health, and the individual right to health, can only be achieved if all elements of public health services are owned, managed, staffed and delivered through a public system, from the monitoring of public health, health research, health diagnostics and data, to tertiary care and provision of medicines.
Funds for public health must not be taken from other public services. Nor should developing countries be forced into additional debt. Instead we call for reform of national and global tax and financing rules that currently allow USD30 trillion to be hidden in tax havens. When multinational corporations and billionaires use tax avoidance measures, they are deliberately undermining our public health system and refusing to contribute to the salaries of nurses, health workers and others delivering the public services required for a functioning and healthy society.
As we rebuild from the crisis, we must transform the way societies are organised. We must organise our societies around the capacity to care. When care and wellbeing of all people is the central organising principle of a society, rather than the capacity to extract and grow profits and consumption, all society will prosper. We must all recognise the union adage Touch One Touch All – if our healthcare systems cannot care for all, we are all at risk.
When governments pay respect to nurses today, we ask them to recognise the following fundamental principles;
- The most important purpose of government is to organise society so that everyone can be cared for.
- We can no longer tolerate the perverse practice of extracting profits from ill-health.
- Healthcare must never be dependent on the capacity to pay.
- Trade must enhance the capacity of nations to provide quality public healthcare, not restrict it.
And we call on:
- Governments to work with nurses and their unions to develop public health reconstruction plans
- Governments to remove all obstacles, including intellectual property rules, in existing trade agreements and rules that hinder timely and affordable access to medical supplies, such as lifesaving medicines, devices, diagnostics and vaccines, and the ability of governments to take whatever steps are necessary to address this crisis
- All governments to support the proposal by the Government of Costa Rica to develop a global COVID-19 commons for all research, data, technology, treatments and vaccines relating to COVID-19 as a non-proprietary shared global resource
- The World Bank to stop providing funds for public health to the private health industry and for the International Finance Corporation to stop promoting health privatisation which includes the flawed model of Public Private Partnerships
- The IMF to cease directing governments to cut public spending and public sector wages
- All unions and civil society organisations to mobilise in the demand for universal public health once and for all.
Sign on to the Manifesto
SIGNING ORGANISATIONS:
last update: Monday (11 May – 17:00 Geneva time)
- Public Services International (PSI)
- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Education International (EI)
- International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF)
- Industriall Global Union
- International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
- European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
- Nursing Union of Thailand
- Fiji Nursing Association, Fiji
- Korean Health & Medical Workers’ Union (KHMU), South Korea
- United Nurses Association, India
- Tamil Nadu Government Officials Union, India
- New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association, Australia
- Australian Nurses and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch)
- All Sindh Lady Health Workers and Employees Union, Pakistan
- Bangladesh Women Welfare Workers Union, Bangladesh
- Mongolian Health Workers Union (MHWU)
- Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital Corporate Union (CYCHCU), Taiwan
- Taiwan Nurses Union, Taiwan
- Public Services United Nurses’ Union (PSUNU), Sri Lanka
- Nepal Health Workers Employees Union, Nepal
- Nepal Health Volunteers Association, Nepal
- Nepal Civil Service Employees Union, Nepal
- Union of Public Services in Nepal (UPSIN), Nepal
- Health Professional’s Organization of Nepal, Nepal
- FPETU/CMTU, Mongolia
- National Health Workers’ Union of Liberia (NAHWUL), Liberia
- Liberian Nurses Association, Liberia
- National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ogun State Council, Nigeria
- Syndicat des Sages-femmes, Maïeuticien et Accoucheuses du Burkina, Burkina Faso
- Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union, Swaziland
- National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM), Malawi
- Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, South Africa
- Tehy ry, Finland
- CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
- CFDT Santé Sociaux Pays Basque, France
- FTU-HS – CITUB Federation of Trade Unions – Health Services, Bulgaria
- SANITAS Federation, Romania
- Health Federation of CCOO (FSS-CCOO), Spain
- FSS – CCOO, Spain
- FESP-UGT, Spain
- Ver.di, Germany
- younion _ Die Daseinsgewerkschaft, Austria
- UNISON, UK
- GMB, UK
- Fenpruss, Chile
- CONFUSAM, Chile
- Asociacion Nacional de Profesionales en Enfermería, Costa Rica
- Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermeria (APE), Paraguay
- TUHCSS CR (region WCO CEWB), Czech Republic
- CNTS/Caisse de Sécurité Sociale, Senegal
- Taipei Doctors Union, Taiwan
- FENASSEP, Togo
- Public Health Resource Network, India
- Fédération des Syndicats du Tchad, Chad
- Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU), South Korea
- KPTU Healthcare Workers’ Solidarity Division, South Korea
- Confederation of Taipei Trade Unions (CTTU), Taipei, Taiwan
- National Alliance of Women (NAWO)
- Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA), Iran
- Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants
- Federation of Free Workers, Philippines
- Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), Philippines
- Facultad Enfermería Valladolid, Spain
- Health Poverty Action, UK
- Collectif pour le droit à la santé au Maroc, Morocco
- Confederação dos Trabalhadores no Serviço Público Federal, CONDSEF, Brazil
- Instituto EQUIT. Gênero, Economia e Cidadania Global, Brazil
- LabourStart
- Ashavani, India
- Families Against Corporate Killers UNITE, United Kingdom
- Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
- St. Lucia Civil Service Association, Saint Lucia
- NUPSAW, South Africa
- Grenada Public Workers’ Union, Grenada
- YAPESDI, Indonesia
- CONTRAM – ISP, South America
- Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
- Plateforme Haïtienne de Plaidoyer pour un Développement Alternatif (PAPDA), Haiti
- Peoples Health Movement, India
- Utradian, Colombia
- National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, Sri Lanka
- IT for Change, India
- Citizen News (CNS), India
- Association For Promotion Sustainable Development, India
- UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative), Bangladesh
- Rural Women’s Association Alga, Kazakhstan
- Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
- Community Development Services (CDS), Sri Lanka
- Centro de Promoción y Educación Profesional Vasco de Quiroga, Mexico
- AwazCDS-Pakistan
- Rodrigues Government Services Employees Association, Mauritius
- Sindicato dos Psicólogos no Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
- FATUN, Argentina
- Asociación de Trabajadorxs de la Universidad de La Plata (ATULP), FATUN, Argentina
- FATUN – APU, Argentina
- UPCN, Argentina
- Sindicato Nacional de Servidores Públicos de Colombia (SUNET), Colombia
- Pakistan Federation of Chemical Energy Mines and General Workers Union PCEM, Pakistan
- Lewisham TUC, UK
- Womankind Worldwide, UK
- Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham, Argentina
- CONASEP, Ecuador
- Federación Nacional de Obreros de los Consejos y Gobiernos Provinciales del Ecuador (FENOGOPRE), Ecuador
- Confederacion Sindical UNASSE Unión Nacional de Sindicatos del Sector Estatal (UNASSE), Peru
- Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) Nepal
- Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, Philippines
- Taoyuan Confederation of Trade Unions (TYCTU), Taiwan
- Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation Enterprise Union, Taiwan
- GlaxoSmithKline Union, Taiwan
- Taoyuan Flight Attendant Union, Taiwan
- IBON International, Philippines
- FSESPAC, Cameroon
- Kenya Private Universities Workers Union, Kenya
- Allende Program in Social Medicine, United States
- Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe – ATALC, Colombia
- Associação dos Trabalhadores da Função Pública de Macau, Macao
- Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) International, Nepal
- OGBL, Luxembourg
- REDES-Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay, Uruguay
- Federation of Korean Public Industry Trade Unions (FKPIU), South Korea
- Viva Salud, BelgiumINDIVIDUALS:
- Nina Bergman, Vårdförbundet, Sweden
- Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association , Ghana
- Maryvonne Nicolle, Fédération CFDT des services de santé-services sociaux, France
- Cyrille Duch – CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
- Michele Goya, CFDT Santé Sociaux Pays Basque, France
- Guiheneuf, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
- Vigreux Patrice, CFDT, France
- Marcel Tavera, URI CFDT Corsica, France
- Gete-Brevet, CFDT, France
- Damien Masson, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
- Jalves, CFDT, France
- Sonia Testud, CFDT, France
- Sonia Peter, CFDT, France
- Testud Sebastien, CFDT, France
- Huge, CFDT, France
- Le Pennec, CFDT, France
- Spehner Corinne, CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
- Villain Claudine, Fédération CFDT Sante Sociaux, France
- Soularue, Fédération CFDT des syndicats de salariés des services et établissements de la santé et du social, France
- Thomas Kattnig, younion _ Die Daseinsgewerkschaft, Austria
- Anna-Leena Brax, Tehy ry, Finland
- Sari Koivuniemi, Tehy ry, Finland
- Kirsi Sillanpää, Tehy ry, Finland
- Sari Viinikainen, Tehy ry, Finland
- Marianne, Danish Nurses Organization, Denmark
- Herbert Beck, Ver.di, Germany
- Christoph Meister, Ver.di, Germany
- Simona Netz, Ver.di, Germany
- Claudia Omoregie, Ver.di, Germany
- Felix Braunsdorf, Ver.di, Germany
- Jana Langer, Ver.di, Germany
- Volker Mörbe, Ver.di, Germany
- Dietmar Erdmeier, Ver.di, Germany
- Thomas von Rüden, Ver.di, Germany
- Andreas Ketterer, Ver.di, Germany
- Susanne Lippert, Ver.di, Germany
- Wakui Takaaki, JICHIRO, Japan
- Kirill Buketov, UNIA, Switzerland
- Nick Crook, UNISON, UK
- Brian Walsh, UNISON, UK
- Melanie Morbe, UNISON, UK
- Rhea Chatterjee, Unite the Union, UK
- Scot Walker, Unite, UK
- Steve Leniec, Unite, UK
- Rachel Harrison, GMB, UK
- Jan Hochadel, AFT, United States
- Alison Arron, NZPSA, New Zealand
- Luca Scarpiello, EPSU
- Atle Høie, Industriall
- Luke Menzies, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), UK
- Sadie Saunders, ITF, UK
- Poonyisa Wajcharaanunt, Nursing Union of Thailand
- Kang Yeon Bae, Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union, Republic of Korea
- Na Soon Ja, Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union, South Korea
- Minjae Kim, Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union (KHMU), South Korea
- Wol-san Liem, Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU)/ Healthcare Workers Solidarity Division, South Korea
- Sun Kim, Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU)/ Healthcare Workers Solidarity Division, South Korea
- Youngbae Chang, KPTU, South Korea
- Nkosinathi Zoro Kunene, Swaziland Nurses Association, Swaziland
- Filomena Talawadua, Fiji Nursing Association, Fiji
- George Poe Williams, National Health Workers’ Union of Liberia (NAHWUL), Liberia
- Kebeh Gayflor Faire, Liberian Nurses Association, Liberia
- Thandeka Msibi, Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, South Africa
- Chantal kidiata, Solidarité Syndicale Infirmiers du Congo (SOLSICO), Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nouhou Mamadou Badjé, SUSAS, Niger
- Carolina Espinoza, ISP – CONFUSAM, Chile
- Yessenia Rodriguez, Fenpruss, Chile
- Bárbara Rojas Labrin, Fenpruss, Chile
- Silvia Soto Troncoso, Fenpruss Nacional, Chile
- Viviana Garcia, Ifci- Fesprosa, Argentina
- Wilfredo Ponce, Federación CUT ESSALUD, Peru
- Enedina Soares da Silva, Fetamce, Brazil
- Luciana Maria de Melo, Sindsep-SP, Brazil
- Olga Gimenez, Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermeria (APE), Paraguay
- Rodrigo Manuel López García, Asociacion Nacional de Profesionales en Enfermería, Costa Rica
- Maria Esther Hernandez Solis, Asociacion Nacional de Profesionales en Enfermeria, Costa Rica
- Jenny Jaqueline Arias La Torre, Confederaciónn Sindical de Trabajadores en Salud Pública de Bolivia
- Slava Zlatanova, FTU-HS – CITUB Federation of Trade Unions – Health Services, Bulgaria
- Ivan Kokalov, FTU-HS – CITUB federation of trade unions – health services, Bulgaria
- Ana VraÄar, Organisation for Workers’ Initiative and Democratisation, Croatia
- Demba karyom, Fédération des Syndicats du Tchad, Chad
- Nargis Jahan, Bangladesh Women Welfare Workers Union, Bangladesh
- Ipsha Chaand, Public Health Resource Network, India
- Esso Miya Odette, FENASSEP, Togo
- Sayyida Akhter, UBINIG, Bangladesh
- Farida Akhter, UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative), Bangladesh
- Md Harun Or Rashid, Light House, Bangladesh
- Haleema Zulqarnain, All Sindh Lady Health Workers and Employees Union, Pakistan
- Zia ur Rehman, AwazCDS-Pakistan
- Sultan Muhammad Khan, APLF, Pakistan
- Abdul Haleem Khan, All Pakistan Labour Federation, Pakistan
- Imran Ali, Pakistan Federation of Chemical Energy Mines and General Workers Union PCEM, Pakistan
- Jasminsha M, United Nurses Association, India
- Shobha Shukla, Citizen News (CNS), India
- Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change, India
- Mange Ram Adhana, Association For Promotion Sustainable Development, India
- Kavita Bhatia, Ashavani, India
- Indira, LEARN, India
- R. Shanmugarajan, Tamil Nadu Government Officials Union, India
- Manoranjan Pegu, SASK, India
- Kalyani Raj, All India Women’s Conference, India
- Bobby Ramakant, Socialist Party (India), India
- Artika Ashdhir, ITF, India
- Gopal Pokhrel, Nepal Civil Service Employees Union, Nepal
- Bhagabati Ghimire, Health Professional’s Organization of Nepal, Nepal
- Oddur Gardarsson, Iceland
- Tulio Vargas, Utradian, Colombia
- Herman Kumara, National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, Sri Lanka
- Graciela S Rodriguez, Instituto EQUIT. Gênero, Economia e Cidadania Global, Brazil
- Jessica Hamer, Health Poverty Action, UK
- Olga Djanaeva, Rural Women’s Association Alga, Kazakhstan
- Andrew Samuel, Community Development Services (CDS), Sri Lanka
- Maria Atilano, Centro de Promoción y Educación Profesional Vasco de Quiroga, Mexico
- Brett Holmes, New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association, Australia
- Sibusiso Nkasa, NUPSAW, South Africa
- Pat Mphela, NPSWU, South Africa
- Pablo Vicente Vidal, FSS-CCOO, Spain
- Ana María Mayoral García, FSS-CCOO, Spain
- Teresa Conca, CCOO, Spain
- Ger Rolsma, FNV Netwerk Roze, Netherlands
- David Edwards, Education International
- Julio Lacuerda Castello, FESP-UGT, Spain
- Milagros Garcia Navarro, FESP-UGT, Spain
- Julio Lacuerda, Secretario General, FESP-UGT, Spain
- Jocelio H Drummond, PSI Inter-America
- Vilani de Souza Oliveira, CONTRAM – ISP President, South America
- Hilda Palmer, Families Against Corporate Killers UNITE, United Kingdom
- Jesus Fernandez, CCOO Construccion y Servicios, Spain
- Adekunle Olubunmi Akinola, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ogun State Council, Nigeria
- Andre Jean Maxwell, Rodrigues Government Services Employees Association, Mauritius
- Rhali Aziz, Collectif pour le droit à la santé au Maroc, Morocco
- Shalith Athurupana, PSUNU, Sri Lanka
- Gracia Álvarez Andrés, Federación de Empleados y Empleadas Públicos de la Union General de Trabajadores, FeSP-UGT, Spain
- Edvaldo Andrade Pitanga, Confederação dos Trabalhadores no Serviço Público Federal, CONDSEF, Brazil
- Razvan Gae, SANITAS Federation, Romania
- Steve Joseph, Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
- Cyprian Montrope, St. Lucia Civil Service Association, Saint Lucia
- Rahel Roberts, Grenada Public Workers’ Union, Grenada
- Dewi Tjakrawinata, YAPESDI, Indonesia
- Andy Akbar, Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
- Camille Chalmers, PAPDA, Haiti
- Parshuram Pudasaini, Union of Public Services in Nepal (UPSIN), Nepal
- Jillian J Bartlett, Trinidad and Tobago
- Rosie Felix, Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
- Sandra Massiah, PSI in the Caribbean
- Steve Porter, PSI North-America
- Barbara Sak, researcher, Belgium
- Glen Pastorfide, PSI, Philippines
- Crystal Hinds, BNA, Barbados
- Lita Anggraini, JALA PRT, Indonesia
- Izzah Abdul Qodir, Indonesia
- Maria Emeninta, KSBSI, Indonesia
- Blair Redlin, C.R.A., Canada
- Lilis M Usman, KSPN, Indonesia
- Jesus Mosquea, SINATRAE, Dominican Republic
- Leandra Laidlow, Commonwealth of Dominica
- Delia Cuffy-Weekes, Dominica Public Service Union, Commonwealth of Dominica
- Antonio Suarez, Federación Unitaria Nacional Empleados Publicos FEDEUNEP, Venezuela
- Andriko Otang, Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
- Dinda Wahid, Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
- Claudio Schuftan, PHM, Chile
- Elida Rodrigues da Cruz Szurkalo, PSI, Brazil
- Nukila Evanty, Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
- Paula Vicente Cubero, Facultad Enfermería Valladolid, Spain
- Kate Lappin, PSI Asia & Pacific
- Patricia, Asociación Paraguaya de Enfermería, Paraguay
- Paul Belisario, International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL), Philippines
- Anthony Carlisle, The Garden of Hope Foundation, Taiwan
- Jazminda Lumang, Asia Pacific Research Network, Philippines
- Rem Sta Ana, Teachers Organization of the Philippine Public Sector (TOPPS), Philippines
- Juan Carlos Bkanco, Spain
- Maria Isabel Beron, APOC – Asociación Personal Organismos de Control, Argentina
- Melanie Alperstein, retired nurse, South Africa
- Mauricio Torres, ALAMES – MSP (PHM), Colombia
- Christine Webster, Canada
- Nahid Naghizadeh, Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA), Iran
- Maria Emeninta, KSBSI, Indonesia
- Ugolini Martine, CGSP, Belgium
- Taraivosa Nakolinivalu, Fiji Nursing Association, Fiji
- Matthew Anderson, United States
- Marevic Parcon, Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, Philippines
- Julius Cainglet, Federation of Free Workers, Philippines
- Victor Chiong, PSI, Philippines
- Rodrigo, STEIBI, Paraguay
- Marianela Herrera Vera, Asociación de Empleados Poder Judicial Chile, Chile
- Javier Garrido Antón, FESP-UGT Valladolid, Spain
- Darko Antik, Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality – ESE, North Macedonia
- Luis Isarra Delgado, Federacion de Trabajadores del Agua Potable y Alcantarilldo del Peru – FENTAP, Peru
- Aldo Santibañez, Confederación Fenpruss, Chile
- Edison Ibarra, Paraguay
- Bridget Lloyd, PHM, South Africa
- Ángeles Villaverde, FeSP-UGT, Spain
- Julio Rafael Fernández, Sindicato de Obreros y Empleados de la Municipalidad de Asunción (SINOEMA), Paraguay
- Lin-yu Chao, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital Corporate Union, Taiwan
- Marilina A. Frutos Colmán, Asociacion Paraguaya de Enfermeria (APE), Paraguay
- Esther Miranda Tarazona, Sindicato Nacional de servidors publicos de Colombia (SUNET), Colombia
- Jane Lu, Taiwan Nurses Union, Taiwan
- Chang Hsien Hui, Taiwan
- Huang Chih Cheng, GlaxoSmithKline Union, Taiwan
- Daisy Arago, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), Philippines
- Lei Covero, IBON International, Philippines
- Concepción Atienza Hernández, Spain
- Ouedraogo Rakissida Alfred, Burkina Faso
- Chang, Shih-Chieh, Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation Enterprise Union, Taiwan
- Ndi Jean Marie, FSESPAC, Cameroon
- Mbo Bikim Elisabeth, FSESPAC, Cameroon
- Murdock Emisembe, Kenya Private Universities Workers Union, Kenya
- Howard Waitzkin, Allende Program in Social Medicine, United States
- A Hall, Lewisham TUC, UK
- Mariana AlShami, Palestine
- Yolanda Gil Alonso, Health Federation of CCOO ( FSS-CCOO), Spain
- Lubha Raj Neupane, Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC), Nepal
- Jordi Palomares, CCOO, Spain
- Roosje Saalbrink, Womankind Worldwide, UK
- Sharada Poudel, Nepal Health Volunteers Association, Nepal
- Chandra Thapa, Nepal Health Workers Employees Union, Nepal
- Sonia Arauz, CONASEP, Ecuador
- Manuel Cuenca Villano, Federación Nacional de Obreros de los Consejos y Gobiernos Provinciales del Ecuador (FENOGOPRE), Ecuador
- Sundararaman T, Peoples Health Movement, India
- Pedro Orue Arce, MSP y BS – IPS, Paraguay
- James Bartholomeusz, International Transport Workers’ Federation, UK
- Ulrike Dornblut, Germany
- Cristianne Famer Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
- Ana Raposo, APUBA, Argentina
- Soledad Guerriere, APULZ, Argentina
- Miguel, APULZ, Argentina
- Monica Rosana Martinez, ATULP/FATUN, Argentina
- Sebastian Archuby, ATULP/FATUN, Argentina
- Diego, Apunm-FATUN, Argentina
- Rita Tosetto, FATUN, Argentina
- Gustavo Como, Asociación de trabajadores de la universidad nacional de La Plata, Argentina
- Raul Hector Archuby, ATULP, Argentina
- Graciela Rohner, FATUN, Argentina
- Laura Brena, Asociación de Trabajadorxs de la Universidad de La Plata (ATULP), Argentina
- Ignacio Bruno, FATUN, Argentina
- Marta Noemí Juárez, FATUN, Argentina
- Lorena Daneri, FATUN, Argentina
- Maria Rosa Acosta, Publica, Argentina
- Ignacio Arbio, ATULP-UNLP, Argentina
- Luis Fogliazza, FATUN, Argentina
- Carlos Mauricio D’Alessandro, FATUN, Argentina
- María Merlina Laborevich, FATUN, Argentina
- Fernando, Universidad, Argentina
- Miguel Colavita, ATULP – FATUN, Argentina
- Abel, APU, Argentina
- Carlos Fernando Hidalgo, APU, Argentina
- Claudio Gauna, FATUN, Argentina
- Miguel Angel Carussi, Apu. Asociación Personal Universitario Arii, Argentina
- Geronimo Farroni, ATULP, Argentina
- María Daniela Macagno, FATUN, Argentina
- Luciana Sol Pereyra, FATUN – ATULP, Argentina
- Alicia Gabriela Pitton, APUL-FATUN, Argentina
- Goytea Carlos, Argentina
- Laura Monzon, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
- Hugo Walter Outeda, FATUN, Argentina
- Michael White, MEAA (retired), Australia
- Julio Xavier García Loor, FENOGOPRE, Ecuador
- Carlos Luna, Fetmyp, Ecuador
- Rodot Sylvie, France
- WC Wan, GEMWSCWA, Hong Kong
- Qamar ul Hassan, IUF A/P, Pakistan
- Espie Manalastas, Slmcea-afw, Philippines
- Desiderio Rodrigo Tolsá, FESP/UGT, Spain
- Antonio Cabrera Gonzalez, Comisiones Obreras, Spain
- Aureliano Alzorriz Manzanares, CCOO, Spain
- Raúl García Fernández, FSS-CCOO, Spain
- Jesús Gregorio Ojosnegros Marcos, CCOO, Spain
- Toñi, CCOO, Spain
- María Antonia Sanz, Spain
- Kristina Olsson, Handels, Sweden
- Chen To-Mu, Taiwan
- Selena Cao, Taiwan Railway Union, Taiwan
- Kuo Guei-Ying, Taipeicity Hospital Union, Taiwan
- Chang Hsin Fang, Taiwan
- Chang, Shih-Chieh, Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation Enterprise Union
- Eggbamboo Lai, Taiwan
- Matilde Masmano Martínez, Spain
- Ram Prasad Poudel, Local Level Employee Union, Nepal
- Ramji Ghimire, Health Professional’s Organization of Nepal, Nepal
- Lichuan Liuhuang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
- Md. Manirul Islam, Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies – BILS, Bangladesh
- Dagmar Žitníková, TUHCSS CR, Czech Republic
- Ivana BÅ™eňková, TUHCSS CR (region WCO CEWB), Czech Republic
- Robin Lorentzen, United States
- Thomas R. Booth, United States
- Eleazar Escalona, SUEPGEC, Venezuela
- Marcelo di Stefano, Fatun, Argentina
- Botteri Pablo, Fatun, Argentina
- Graciela Ovejero, Fatun, Argentina
- Hector Leonardo Coronel, Fatun, Argentina
- Alejo Malaruk, Fatun/Atulp, Argentina
- Nicolas Sarasti, Atulp, Argentina
- German Gómez, Atulp, Argentina
- Diez Diego, Fatun/APU, Argentina
- Federico Dávila UPCN, Argentina
- Claudio Soteras, UPCN, Argentina
- Santiago Piccone, UPCN, Argentina
- Gabriela Figueroa, Asociacion del personal de la Universidad de BS AS, Argentina
- Marcelo Seijas, Argentina
- Eduardo Estévez Martín, CLATE/ULATOC/UITOC/CTA-A, Argentina
- Fabian Leonardo Mira, Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham, Argentina
- Claudio Ledesma, La Plata, Argentina
- Marcela, Argentina
- Melina Fernandez, Universidad Nacional, Argentina
- Silvana Daszuk, Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham (UNAHUR), Argentina
- Andrea Sierra, PSI, Colombia
- Verónica Montúfar, PSI, Ecuador
- Juan Diego Gómez, PSI Subregión Andina, Colombia
- Nico Forteza, PSI, Philippines
- Evariste Adetsu, PSI, Togo
- Euan Gibb, PSI Inter-America
- Jeni Jain Thapa, PSI, Nepal
- Dennis Doley, PSI, India
- Fatou Diouf, PSI, Senegal
- Charlotte Kalanbani, PSI – Regional office for Africa, Togo
- Danilo Urrea, Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe – ATALC, Colombia
- Fatou Cissé, CNTS/Caisse de Sécurité Sociale, Senegal
- Amarsanaa Enebish, FPETU/CMTU, Mongolia
- José Pereira Coutinho, Associação dos Trabalhadores da Função Pública de Macau, Macao
- Honorine Kabre Yabre, Syndicat des Sages-femmes, Maïeuticien et Accoucheuses du Burkina, Burkina Faso
- Raj Kumar Gandharba, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) International, Nepal
- Pitt Bach, OGBL, Luxembourg
- Alberto Villarreal, REDES-Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay, Uruguay
- Sibusiso Lushaba, Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union, Swaziland
- Benson Edwinson Phiri, National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM), Malawi
- Byungwoo Jin, Federation of Korean Public Industry Trade Unions (FKPIU), South Korea
- Mira kumari Niroula, Health Professional Organization of Nepal, Nepal
- Wim De Ceukelaire, Viva Salud, Belgium
- Choi HEE SUN, KHMU, South Korea
- Nedelec, France
- Ana Belen Valle de Luz, Spain
- Laura Tormo, Spain
- Catherine Deveix, France
- Rita Tambunan, TURC, Indonesia
- Maria Julia Barsottelli, APUNC/FATUN, Argentina
- Emily Pearce, UK
- Celia Bishop, UK
- Ester Cervero, UK
- Dheurle Véronique, France
- Sylvie Hirtz, France
- Mariela Esturillo Mora, AFUSAM Castro, Chile
- Cecilia Cheuquepil, Afusam, Chile
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