On 10/26/10, Norman Mampane <[email protected]> wrote: > PSI International Migrant Health and Social Care Seminar launched with on a > high > note for workers unity! > Public Services International South Africa kick started a successful > International Migration Seminar at Parktonian Hotel on the 26th October 2010 > to > mark a building and consolidation of consciousness on Trade Union Solidarity > and > Action for Workers on the Move. > > The seminar was held amongst others to tackle the realities of international > migration and its impact on women health and social care of workers in > particular, and shape new and different ways to ensure that solidarity goes > beyond borders. > > Capitalism knows no borders, and the recent global economic crises added a > fuel > to all other contributing factors such as poverty, unemployment, > underdevelopment, conflict and other environmental factors like climate > change, > and it is high time that we begin as the working class in general to > challenge > all improper acts that are meted to migrant workers all over the world, > including exploitation. > > Workforce shortages across the globe poses an ever increasing factor of > having > annually significant increase of migrant workers as populations in > industrialized countries are rapidly ageing. It is estimated that USA needs > 3, 5 > million more formal health care providers by 2030, while 2, 5 million social > care workers are needed in the UK by 2025. Same is true for many countries > including South Africa. > World Health Organization Global Code of Practice on the International > Recruitment of Health Personnel preamble outlines that “a shortage of > personnel > in many member states constitutes a major threat to the performance of > health > systems and undermines the ability of these countries to achieve millennium > Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals”. > The presentation was led by Genevieve Gencianos, Project Coordinator for PSI > and > outlined the objectives, amongst others, to provide initialize the > participatory > action research, mapping of the health and social care sector and raise > public > awareness of the plight of migrant workers. The third phase of the project > was > implemented and was focusing on women health and social care. > And South Africa is both a sending and receiving country of migrant workers. > These initiatives were done by the national working group by sharing good > practices, advocating a dialogue on same and building alliances in the > region > and encouragement of migrant workers to take active participation in their > Trade > Unions. > > The PSI National Working Committee provided leadership role in the > implementation of the project and the large outcomes registered were the > continued consciousness build-up in all Trade Unions to ensure interests of > migrant workers becomes a union matter. The biggest challenge was on how to > sustain migrant workers to link up with trade unions in both countries of > origin > and their destination. And special focus was on migrant nurses in the > country to > ensure that they belong to unions as union rights are universal rights that > cannot be negated on the basis that a worker has crossed borders. > > The involvement of the High Commission Offices of various Foreign Nationals > was > a matter that was given less attention in the period under review on the > basis > that it was not exploited fully as expected. Other issues related to safety > and > security matters, social security, and other conditions of work for migrant > workers. > And all organizations resolved acceleration of the fourth phase of the > project > inclusive, amongst others with; > · Participatory research and mapping of migration in the health and > social care sector, > · Training and capacity building of all organization of migrant > worker’s > campaign, > · Campaigns launching on Ethical Recruitment and migration and > development, > · Enhancement of Photo-documentation and materials for all campaigns, > · Union to Union bilateral cooperation and outreach work on migration > impacts, and lastly > · Enhance Advocacy of migrant worker's issues on other Global Forums > on > Labour matters. > The organizations were called upon to fight international discrimination of > migrant workers, discourage the continued forced labour in all sectors and > human > trafficking that continues to undermine humanization of mankind in general. > It > is ideal that such programmes must in general deal side by side to tackle > the > scourge of xenophobia that continues to undermine social cohesion and > reintegration of Africans in particular and all citizens of the world in > general. > The seminar was attended by COSATU Affiliates, who are also affiliated to > PSI; > SAMWU, DENOSA, NEHAWU, SADNU, PAWUSA and POPCRU and other Federations in > South > Africa. And all attendees were welcomed by PSI South Africa Project > Coordinator, > Ms Thembi Mngomezulu. > Unite Workers of the World for a new social order and Consolidate a struggle > for > Decent Jobs for All! > Issued by: > Norman Mampane > POPCRU National Spokesperson > Tel: 0112424600/4615 > Cell: 0720737959 > Fax: 0866253054 > Email: [email protected] > 01 Marie Road > AucklandPark > 2006 > > > > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . >
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