“Around seven per cent of the total population living in the EU Member States are born outside of the EU, and half of them are women and girls. Work, study …
El Supremo falla que los ‘riders’ son falsos autónomos
El modelo laboral de las plataformas digitales de reparto, asentado en autónomos, ha sufrido un golpe durísimo este miércoles. El Tribunal Supremo ha fallado que los repartidores riders son asalariados. O dicho …
Reactions of Unions on COVID-19 [Реакция профсоюзов на пандемию COVID-19]
This report (in Russian) is about trade union reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. It discuses the situation of employment and union demands to overcome this crisis. It further discusses: social …
Volkswagen to pay victims of Brazil dictatorship in landmark settlement
Germany’s Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE will pay about 36 million reais (£5.1 million) in compensation and donations to atone for the persecution of former employees during Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, the carmaker said on …
Belarus: Where democracy is not a right
Belarus – which literally means [land of the] White Rus – is a landlocked eastern European nation. Population: under 10m. Capital city: Minsk. Governed by: Alexander Lukashenko, the first and …
Migrant Workers Stranded in Russia Flocking to Border
“Migrant workers in Russia were hard hit by the financial consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, and with effectively no social support from the Russian government or their own embassies, many …
Delivery companies unveil labor deal with Italian far-right union
A coalition of food-delivery companies on Wednesday unveiled a deal with a far-right-affiliated Italian union, pushing through their version of employee protection for gig workers as an alternative to classifying …
Gender-fluid engineer wins landmark UK discrimination case
A gender-fluid/non-binary engineer who suffered abuse and harassment at Jaguar Land Rover has won a landmark discrimination case. Rose Taylor, who worked at the Midlands car manufacturer and changed the …
Government of Belarus steps up effort to suppress strikes
“The ITUC has documented more than 40 cases of independent union supporters being arrested, detained, intimidated and in several cases imprisoned, and many more have been rounded up in the …
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