PSI - The global union federation of workers in public services

The Seventy-ninth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA79) will take place in Geneva on 18-23 May 2026. PSI will participate in its deliberations and related activities as a Non-State Actor (NSA) in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO). Our six-person delegation includes the HSS Sector Officer and leaders of affiliates from Argentina, France, Kenya,...

PSI Nursing and Care Officer Huma Haq caught up with Maren Olene Kloster from the Norweigian Nurses Organisation to hear about how sharing of organising know-how is building union power across the world, improving health systems.

NNO has spent half a decade sharing organising strategies and building solidarity ties with...

Paraguay’s nurses have tripled their union membership from 2,000 to nearly 6,000 and expanded coordination from 3 to 7 major public institutions since joining the PSI Union to Union project in 2022.

PSI demands that the Government of Nepal immediately withdraw its unlawful ban on trade unions representing public service workers in civil services, healthcare and water supply. The ban violates ILO conventions, Nepal's own Constitution, and sets a dangerous precedent for privatisation and erosion of public services.

In April 2026, Northern Beaches Hospital returned to public hands — ending eight years of failed privatisation and vindicating over a decade of campaigning by the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association. The reversal is significant: it is concrete evidence that public-private partnerships in healthcare fail, and that union pressure can force governments to act.