Global Labour Conference, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1-3 April 2007
by Asbjørn Wahl, Adviser, Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
Challenges to the Welfare State
In this slideshow, camapign co-ordinator Asbjørn Wahl in the «Campaign for the Welfare State», gives us the historical background of the struggle for the welfare state to the present time, both in Norway and on a global scale. Be responsible – organize restistance, he sums up.
Dirty aid, dirty water
Policy report by the british World Developement Movement concerning the UK Government’s push to privatise water and sanitation in poor countries. Released February 2005
Public Private Partnership
Presentation given by Asbjørn Wahl, Campaign for the Welfare State, at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre 2005.
The undermining of the welfare state
The Norwegian contribution to the annual Social Watch report 2003 is written by co-ordinator of the Campaign for the Welfare State, Asbjørn Wahl, and Gunhild Ørstavik in The Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development.
Has the sun set on New Zealand’s health reforms?
This is a speech given by Laila Harré, former minister in the New Zealand Labour/Alliance government, to the Campaign for the Welfare State’s national conference on hospital politics in Oslo September 8, 2003.
WTO on the wrong path
Prior to the WTO-negotiations in Hong Kong December 2005, 27 organisations, including national trade unions, all important peasant and rural organisations, and a number of other organisations, signed a common statement. Combined, these organisations represent more than 700.000 members, and the letter represents an important break-through in the building of a broad WTO-critical coalition in Norway. Read the statement here:
The Global Week of Action
Contribution by Asbjørn Wahl, national co-ordinator of the Campaign for the Welfare State, at a seminar at the 3rd European Social Forum, London, 15 October 2004.
The Model Municipality Experiments
The Municipality project was initiated by the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees (NKF). The project is an alternative to privatisation and competitive tendering. The idea behind the project is to use the skills, knowledge and initiative that we know exists in the municipal organisation for making the municipality’s services better.