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As Equal Times closes, the work continues
As Equal Times closes, the work continues
Equal Times, the global labour news platform, will cease to publish as of December 2025. The website – which was, for more than a decade, an invaluable resource on the realities of work, society, fundamental rights, and more: the victories secured, the innovations introduced, but [...]Read the full article
Jason Resnikoff, US labour historian: “If unions don't negotiate over the technological changes that are taking place, and if the state doesn't regulate them, who will?”
Labour
Jason Resnikoff, US labour historian: “If unions don’t negotiate over the technological changes that are taking place, and if the state doesn’t regulate them, who will?”
“Each tool carries its own agenda. Maybe it’s about making money, collecting data, or locking you into an ecosystem of software. Maybe it’s just a developer trying to get their app noticed. But in any case, those motivations are not necessarily aligned with what you, as a worker [...]Read the full article
“Climate change leaves no room for complacency” but are EU states ready to invest in the long-term prevention of forest fires and the professionalisation of its undervalued workforce?
Environment
“Climate change leaves no room for complacency” but are EU states ready to invest in the long-term prevention of forest fires and the professionalisation of its undervalued workforce?
Forest fires rage every summer across ever-larger stretches of Europe. The best way to keep them at bay, as the saying goes, is to ‘extinguish them in the winter’, but the precarious employment of firefighters and political short-sightedness in the face of climate change leave us [...]Read the full article
Spanish youth politics analyst, Elsa Arnaiz Chico: “We need new ways of talking to young people. Unfortunately, the most authoritarian organisations are doing it best”
Politics & economy
Spanish youth politics analyst, Elsa Arnaiz Chico: “We need new ways of talking to young people. Unfortunately, the most authoritarian organisations are doing it best”
“A desirable future within a democracy can only be achieved if its citizens have good jobs. We need to rethink the future of work, which means much more than just automation,” says Elsa Arnaiz Chico, president of the Spanish civil society organisation, Talento para el Futuro.Read the full article
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