“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
Since the controversial elections in August 2020 and the subsequent protest movement, and even more so since the beginning of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the whole of civil society in Belarus has come under threat from the government of Alexander [...]Read the full article
Rising temperatures and adverse weather conditions affecting Europe made 2021 a particularly tough year for bees. The honey harvest has been badly hit. Pesticide poisoning and unfair competition from third countries are adding to the problems faced by [...]Read the full article
Thanks to the efforts of the YouTubers Union and IG Metall, content creators on the platform now have greater transparency, arbitration power, clearer rules, better communication and greater participation.Read the full article
In many countries, decisions on the response to Covid-19 were largely made without involving civil society or patients. And yet, listening to those who may not necessarily have the scientific knowledge but do have first-hand experience can contribute to the better management of health [...]Read the full article
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
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
Women are disproportionately affected by poverty in old age, and many pensioners turn to the food banks of organisations such as Berliner Tafel to make up for their inadequate pensions.Read the full article
When mines are reconverted, many factors come into play, both environmental and economic. Municipalities, citizens, investors: everyone has to be behind the project before any approval procedures start.Read the full article
“When people today ask me what can be done to stop the rise of the extreme-right, I tell them that it may already be too late.”Read the full article
Amongst key UK outsourcing corporations, Carillion collapsed in January 2018. Capita is in crisis. There is an escalating financial crisis in local government funding. All of which have fed public sentiment against privatisation.Read the full article
Germany’s low unemployment rate hides another reality: that of the working poor. The issue provides fertile ground for the far right, just days before the legislative elections.Read the full article
Although some improvements have been made, many migrant workers in the German meat industry are still struggling to have their rights respected.Read the full article
“Refugees are seen as lesser workers – we are not considered for proper jobs unless we prove our ’German-ness’.’’Read the full article
“Working conditions in the sub-contractors’ factories is a structural problem in the industry”Read the full article
Young, enterprising Syrians, newly arrived in Germany as refugees, are making good use of the dynamic technological and entrepreneurial scene in cities like Berlin to find work for themselves and othersRead the full article
Ex-labourers demand compensation amid intimidation back homeRead the full article
“For as long as self-employment is used as a means of putting workers in competition with each other, we have a problem.”Read the full article
Born three years ago at the height of the Greek debt crisis as an essentially Eurosceptic party, the AfD, formed by a group of economists, has since been shifting ever farther to the rightRead the full article
“Humanitarian smuggling is basically treated like organised crime”Read the full article
“Workers must not be set against each other, nor should the unemployed from here be set against refugees looking for work”Read the full article
The web is playing an ever-growing role in the process of recruiting exploited workersRead the full article
The solidarity shown by German citizens sharply contrasts with the recent wave of racist attacks on refugee sheltersRead the full article
Hungary is currently building a four-metre-high, 175km-long (109 miles) steel fence on its border with Serbia to stop undocumented migrants from entering the country illegallyRead the full article
Amazon employees in Germany have been fighting for better pay and working conditions for two yearsRead the full article
A tax on coal power plants in Germany pits environmental concerns against fears over miners’ jobsRead the full article
Europe needs people like Varoufakis, but it is stuck with Schäubles
Carolin Vollmann:
Schäuble responded to criticism of his policies with shallow dogmatism that avoided details and never strayed from orthodox money-lender policy: pay or be damnedRead the full article
Carolin Vollmann:
Schäuble responded to criticism of his policies with shallow dogmatism that avoided details and never strayed from orthodox money-lender policy: pay or be damnedRead the full article
Tens of thousands of migrant workers in Germany’s construction industry face growing abusesRead the full article
Created in Germany in 2014, the Prisoners’ Union is demanding that workers in a prison environment be given the same status as workers on the outsideRead the full article
In East Germany, wages are still lower than in the West and unemployment rates are higher. However, the trade union movement has grown in strength over the last few years, winning real improvements for East German workersRead the full article
#WeExpectBetter
Vince Chadwick:
The principle of solidarity was manifested in front of the headquarters of Deutsche Telekom on Tuesday as unionists gathered to support the #weexpectbetter campaignRead the full article
Vince Chadwick:
The principle of solidarity was manifested in front of the headquarters of Deutsche Telekom on Tuesday as unionists gathered to support the #weexpectbetter campaignRead the full article
