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18 June 2024
Labour
Senegal’s crisis-tested democracy faces growing social demands
Ibrahima Mané: “With a new government in charge, the main concern of Senegalese workers is rising prices and the high cost of living. The trade unions are unanimous on this point and expect strong action from the government.”Read the full article
7 June 2024
Labour
Austria’s Chambers of Labour: a model for more democracy in the workplace
Isabelle Ourny: “The elections, this April, to the nine Chambers of Labour marked the start of Austria’s election year. We hope that the elections to the European Parliament and the Austrian Parliament will focus on issues of particular importance to workers.”Read the full article
29 May 2024
Human rights
In the wake of privatisation scandals, it’s time to reclaim public education
The Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium (PEHRC): “We need a narrative change. The privatisation of education is incompatible with equality.”Read the full article
15 May 2024
Labour
Europe’s citizens want a more Social Europe – sectoral bargaining is key to helping us achieve it
Stan De Spiegelaere: The transposition of the EU minimum wage directive and the subsequent national action plans should focus on promoting sectoral collective bargaining as it benefits workers, companies and society alike.Read the full article
17 April 2024
Development
The Swedish government’s attack on development aid is an attack on trade union organising and democracy
Therese Svanström: “In a globalised world, corporate operations extend across borders; therefore, trade union activities must do the same.”Read the full article
4 March 2024
Labour
Not one step back: defending the right to strike in Argentina
Gerardo Martínez: “The measures [against labour and trade union rights], which the current government has implemented unilaterally and without any consultation with social actors and representatives, ignore the tradition of institutionalised social [...]Read the full article
24 January 2024
Labour
Has the global healthcare workforce crisis finally reached a tipping point?
Veronica Nilsson: “A commitment made by representatives of 40 national governments will not on its own end the global healthcare workforce crisis. But ministers and officials have made that positive commitment and we should hold them to account and [...]Read the full article
17 January 2024
Labour
It’s time to focus on information literacy for workers
Dijana Šobota: Workers who more positively assess their level of being informed about workers’ rights are more likely to state that their rights have not been violated, while a higher incidence of violations of rights was recorded among those [...]Read the full article
22 December 2023
Goodbye 2023: our recommended Equal Times reads of the year
Tamara Gausi: To round up the year, each Equal Times editor picks the stories that have stayed in their heart and mind, long after publication.Read the full article
27 November 2023
Human rights
New human rights in the digital age: Mercosur’s contribution to international regulation
Atahualpa Blanchet: “The declaration by Mercosur human rights ministers on artificial intelligence stands as a guiding light in the search for a fair balance between technological innovation and the protection of rights.”Read the full article
11 October 2023
Culture
The case for a European prize for art
Ned Hercock: Europeans are living through an extraordinary historical moment. Great contemporary works of art help them grasp it.Read the full article
27 September 2023
Human rights
‘Blood carbon’: why Indigenous peoples are paying the price for false solutions to the climate crisis
Martin Léna: “The solutions we seek to provide to the climate crisis must not and cannot be disconnected from social justice and human rights. Those who are most vulnerable to climate change, and who are also the least responsible for it, are [...]Read the full article
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