The Drive For Profit ...
...damages human health, making work unsafe and stressful, shredding social safety nets and destroying the environment. While a small elite accumulate immense wealth, ordinary people work harder and longer for less and get sicker in the process.
As health workers, we are committed to human health. We don't want to manage the misery created by this profit-driven system. We want people's needs to come first.
Why International
The forces that promote profit-at-any-price operate internationally. As medical industry giants expand across the globe, health workers in different nations find themselves facing similar conditions, sometimes even the same employer. To counter their divide-and-rule strategies, we must also organize globally.
Who We Are
We welcome all who work in the mental and physical health industry, regardless of type of work, job description or location of work, employed and unemployed, students and retired, union and non-union. We welcome all nations, races, religions and political persuasion.
What We Do
We began organizing in October, 2007. We share information and support each other’s efforts to meet human needs in a for-profit system. The network we are building today - across disciplines, nations, cultures - will be the foundation of tomorrow’s solidarity actions to demand better services for patients, better working conditions for ourselves and a much healthier world for all.
Unity Statement (Spanish Translation) - PDF
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For more information on IHWPOP please contact us directly: info@healthworkersinternational.org
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International Affiliates
Catalonia (Spain)
Dempeus per la salut pública
dempeus.nireblog.com
Canada
Canadian Health Coalition
healthcoalition.ca
Ireland
UNIVERSI
c/o www.union.ie/may-day-2009/
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Video
Resources and Links:
UNNATURAL CAUSES: This excellent documentary explores the link between race, class and health in America.
ACE STUDY: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted on the links between childhood adversity and sickness in later life. It explodes the lie that health is an individual choice.
CLASS, HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE: This pamphlet explores how healthy profits create sick people, how class determines health more than any other factor, how all existing medical systems are disease-care systems, and what a genuine health-care system might look like.