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Addressing GATS Mode IV: Perspectives on Labour Rights and Migration Challenges

This presentation by Peter Waldorff, General Secretary of Public Services International, discusses the complexities and challenges of GATS Mode IV concerning labour and workers' rights. Focusing on the rights of migrant workers and the implications of neo-liberal trade practices, the presentation raises concerns about the potential negative impact of Mode IV on domestic regulations and worker protections. It highlights the need for decent work promotion in home countries and the effects of increasing migration in health and social care sectors.

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Addressing GATS Mode IV: Perspectives on Labour Rights and Migration Challenges

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  1. GATS Mode IV in practice –Perspective from Labour and Workers’ Rights Presentation by: Peter Waldorff, General Secretary Public Services International WTO Symposium on “Mode 4 of the GATS: Taking Stock and Moving Forward,” Geneva, 22-23 September 2008

  2. Public Services International • Global federation of public sector trade unions, representing 20 million workers involved in the delivery of public services such as health, social services, utilities, municipal and state services. • Represents over 7 million workers in the health and social care sectors – currently seeing an increasing phenomenon of migration. • PSI supports opening legal channels for migration. However, migration should not replace promotion of decent work in home countries.

  3. Why are we concerned with GATS Mode IV? • Neo-liberal trade is failing… • Clarifying definitions: a TMNP? Or a Migrant Worker? • What about basic human rights and worker protections?

  4. Why are we concerned with GATS Mode IV? • Feminization of migration • Dilemma: temporary work vs. brain drain • Migration for development? • Why is the WTO dealing with labour migration?

  5. We are concerned at, The potential negative impact of Mode IV on workers’ rights. Undermining domestic regulation Questioning the paradigm of migration for development The WTO has neither mandate nor legitimacy in labour migration In Summary…

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