Equal Times

12 December 2019

The UN takes a step forward in promoting universal health coverage

Chloé Maurel: About 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty each year because of out-of-pocket spending on health. Universal health coverage contributes to economic growth in all societies, and health is both a driver and a result of economic and [...]Read the full article

5 December 2019

Labour

We need new tools to tackle precarious employment

Eduardo Magaldi González: Trade unions used strikes and stoppages as their weapon of choice at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Today, in the collaborative economy, what we have is the ability to damage the image and reputation of digital [...]Read the full article

7 November 2019

Human rights

We’ve defeated fascism once before; to do it again we must stand UNITED

Nathan J. Thomas: Ahead of the International Day Against Fascism on 9 November, UNITED looks at how European fascism is being resisted today, and the urgent lessons we must learn from history.Read the full article

5 November 2019

Labour

A UN treaty on business and human rights is vital for economic and social justice

Sharan Burrow: How can transnational corporations be held to account in a world of nation states? A binding UN treaty would be an important step.Read the full article

17 October 2019

Labour

It is high time to rebuild collective bargaining in Europe

Luc Triangle: Europe needs good collective bargaining with solid structures, but also with strong trade unions and representative employers’ organisations that can negotiate inclusive collective agreements that benefit [...]Read the full article

7 October 2019

Labour

We made history with the Violence and Harassment Convention – now comes the work of bringing the law to life

Chidi King: The Violence and Harassment Convention (C190) and its accompanying Recommendation (R206) may be the most wide-reaching set of labour standards yet adopted by the ILO, establishing the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and [...]Read the full article

26 September 2019

Labour

Trade unions can no longer afford to prop up a broken system

Eduardo Magaldi González: “Why don’t young people join trade unions? Why don’t young people organise?” We always ask ourselves these questions based on the answers we want to hear. Let’s do a different exercise.Read the full article

12 September 2019

Labour

The long and winding road to respecting workers’ rights in supply chains

Justine Nolan: Prominent initiatives to address forced labour in supply chains are likely to fall short of their stated objectives because they fail to tackle the root causes of forced labour.Read the full article

22 August 2019

Labour

Here’s why trade unions should practice foresight to shape the future of work

Aida Ponce Del Castillo: In a world where individualistic labour market approaches are increasingly prevalent, trade unions have the ability, through foresight, to adapt, change direction and navigate towards a better [...]Read the full article

1 August 2019

Labour

Lessons of the last century: Friedrich Ebert and the ILO

Reiner Hoffmann: “As we have done for more than 100 years, we must find collective answers to the challenges of our time. No institution is better placed to do this than the ILO.”Read the full article

4 July 2019

Labour

Croatian unions have won backing for a pension reform referendum – now it’s time to put it to the people

Dijana Šobota: The unions needed to gather 373,568 signatures (representative of 10 per cent of all Croatian voters) for the referendum to be held; we secured 748,624, more than twice the number required.Read the full article

21 June 2019

Politics & economy

UBI without public services is a neoliberal’s paradise

Rosa Pavanelli: “Providing a single mother with a cash payment to fend for herself in an inflated housing market is not as effective as providing quality public housing.”Read the full article

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