Luc Triangle:“This May Day we must remember what trade unions have done for democracy in the past, and harness the collective power of trade unions to defend and rebuild democracy now and in the future.”Read the full article
Giulio Romani:“The ETUC demands that asylum-seekers should have the right to work in all member states. Trade unions and employers should work together to ensure decent employment conditions, essential to building solidarity between workers and equal [...]Read the full article
Hod Anyigba:By actively countering the interests of finance and multinational corporations, trade unions serve as a vital voice, ensuring that workers are not left to shoulder the burdens of economic downturns alone. In this collaborative effort, trade [...]Read the full article
Daniel Bertossa:“All governments and actors have an obligation under the Geneva Conventions to protect civilians, especially those providing lifesaving services in conflict zones. Making human rights law optional or context-dependent sends a dangerous message, [...]Read the full article
Atahualpa Blanchet:Platform cooperativism represents more than just an alternative employment model: it also offers a vision of hope for building a more equitable and participatory world of work in the digital [...]Read the full article
Mandeep Tiwana:“Although most countries have embraced the ritual of elections, the quality of democracy on offer is poor. In short, many elections in 2024 will be less free and transparent than the winners want us to [...]Read the full article
Okba Mohammad:The Syrian armed conflict is 13 years old, with the various sides backed by regional and international powers such as Iran, Russia, the United States and Israel. Since the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel, the dynamic has changed and its [...]Read the full article
Bernard Duterme:“While the rebels of Chiapas may not have succeeded in reforming Mexico’s constitution, decolonising its institutions or even gaining a foothold in the country’s political scene, they have nonetheless given unprecedented local, national and [...]Read the full article
Luis Linares:Bernardo Arévalo’s election victory offers a glimmer of hope that efforts will be made to promote green and decent work. But the ‘pact of the corrupt’, trying to prevent the social democrat from taking office on 14 January 2024, is fuelling [...]Read the full article
Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde:“There is no indication that, in the fight for the spoils, either of the two warring generals is willing to budge, at least until they see what their loyal troops can do with their weapons. Adding to the gloomy outlook, the mediators in the peace [...]Read the full article
Alex Nkosi:“The journey of trade unions in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone represents a beacon of hope for unions worldwide. By prioritising peace alongside economic interests, these unions have become catalysts for positive change in fragile [...]Read the full article
Arthur Neslen:“We demand that the slaughter of Palestinian media workers – the suppression of living memory, in fact – be halted, and that those responsible for it be held accountable.”Read the full article
Ronald Janssen:“Strong wage formation institutions together with robust social dialogue allow workers to catch up with inflation by bargaining for higher wages and, more generally, to negotiate a fair sharing of the cost-of-living crisis. It is shocking to [...]Read the full article
Bettina Zourli:“While the repatriation of goods stolen during the colonial period is a key issue, the word ‘restitution’ in the DRC refers to a much broader concept. The term refers more readily to a long process involving not only the reconstruction of history [...]Read the full article
Luc Triangle:“Most poor people in the world work. The systematic attacks on unions significantly reduces the ability of working people to secure and defend decent wages. Wages are not a neat calculation based on supply and demand and the price of labour; they [...]Read the full article
Giulia Massobrio:“Since 2018, the ITUC has been calling for a new social contract in line with SDG 8. This contract includes six demands that are crucial to achieving truly sustainable development: from rights-based and climate-friendly jobs to wage justice and [...]Read the full article
Chloé Maurel:“Under the 17 ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) proclaimed by the UN in 2015, goal 6 aims to ensure access to and the sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. But will these declarations remain a dead letter in a world where [...]Read the full article
Christina Colclough:“Whilst the process of automation is nothing new, the extent and speed of it is. It has been estimated that over 300 million jobs worldwide will be severely affected by these systems.”Read the full article
Farhad Mirza:The West keeps shifting the blame for these failures on smugglers and dodgy economic migrants but it is time it reckoned with its active role in shaping this murderous landscape.Read the full article
Vicente Salas:“Many of the proposed initiatives for change and groundbreaking reform start from a recognition of the limitations of nation states to act in cooperation. Instead, these reforms seek to turn companies/legal entities into the implementing arms of [...]Read the full article
Claes-Mikael Stahl:The ETUC is standing with our brothers and sisters in the Philippines. We urge the EU institutions to do everything in their power to ensure that there are sufficient guarantees from the government of the Philippines to ensure that there is [...]Read the full article
Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde:Global military spending has continued to rise for the eighth year in a row. Seen from a traditional state security perspective – which generally assumes that more weapons means more security – this could be interpreted as good news. But is [...]Read the full article
Ruwan Subasinghe:A human rights-based approach to climate action is imperative to ensure a just transition for workers and communities. In order to effectively mobilise resources to enable a transition to low-carbon climate resilient societies, just transition [...]Read the full article
Christina Colclough:Across the world, workers are increasingly subjected to digital systems and technologies. Unless workers and their unions build the capacity to understand how these technologies work, and what causes the harms and otherwise negative impacts on [...]Read the full article
Daniel Kostzer:“The response to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse are both powerful examples of the underlying logic of capitalism, that a bank can be bailed out in a matter of hours but during the Covid-19 pandemic it took most governments [...]Read the full article
María Ana Skotadi:In Argentina and throughout the region, the fight against corruption shows signs of systematic bias against left-wing leaders. Their political opponents have weaponised the media and the justice system and resisted the progressive will of [...]Read the full article
Blandine Lavignon:Georgia was rocked in early March by historic demonstrations in opposition to a draft law that would label media and NGOs receiving foreign funding as ‘foreign agents’. Civil society actors explain what is at [...]Read the full article
Kalpana Karki:“According to a study by the International Land Coalition, South Asia and Latin America exhibit the highest levels of agricultural land inequality, with the top 10 per cent of landowners capturing up to 75 per cent of agricultural land and the [...]Read the full article
Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde:“The issues of security and wellbeing are not antithetical but are the two basic pillars of peace, both within and beyond the borders of all states.”Read the full article
Frédéric Thomas:The CTH (Haitian Workers’ Confederation) and the CTSP (Public and Private Sector Workers’ Confederation) reassert their firm anchorage in the Haitian social movement and their commitment to promoting a ‘transition of rupture’, with the support of an [...]Read the full article
Daniel Kostzer:It is clear that the popular narrative about worker shortages and layoffs is aimed at building a cultural consensus against workers and the labour movement, and is based on biased, partial, and even contradictory [...]Read the full article
Marga Zambrana:Experts and international organisations warn that only those who are able to quickly adapt to change through lifelong learning will survive.Read the full article
Alan McClay:“Success or failure with regards to the future of the world’s land and its ability to sustain life is one determining factor: soil health. The earth beneath our feet is so ubiquitous that it is easy to take it for granted, but it literally [...]Read the full article
Luis Linares:While the journey that migrants take to cross the US border can be perilous, those who are deported face another series of trials upon their return home, including stigma, shame, and difficulty reintegrating into families and finding [...]Read the full article
Juan Antonio Sanz:China has displaced Russia as the dominant power in Central Asia. It has done so thanks to its diplomatic and economic might. Russia’s decline highlights the fragility of relations with Central Asia based on Moscow’s military [...]Read the full article