Evelyn Astor

Evelyn Astor is an advisor on economic and social policy at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), specialising in social protection, wages and employment policy.

Articles by this author (2)

Jobs with a decent minimum wage are the basis for recovery in an increasingly unequal world

25 November 2021

Labour

Jobs with a decent minimum wage are the basis for recovery in an increasingly unequal world

Sharan Burrow: This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics is an indictment against the disproven theory that providing economic security for workers will cost them [...]Read the full article

The ILO's Global Social Protection Week needs to address austerity, the elephant in the room

21 November 2019

Politics & economy

The ILO’s Global Social Protection Week needs to address austerity, the elephant in the room

Evelyn Astor: “Financing social protection systems that are both adequate and sustainable is not a fantasy; it is merely a question of political [...]Read the full article

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