EU politics
Julie Boone – France prepares for a general strike this Thursday, November 5
The French general strike is one of the most politically important strikes Europe has seen in decades. In NSS Magazine. Read the article HERE.
Unions
Geopolitics
Sai Englert – Gaza protests show we need union power to hit the system where it hurts
To deliver real and lasting solidarity with Palestinians, we must transform our own societies from top to bottom. Sai Englert is a lecturer in political economy of the Middle East at Leiden University. He is […]
National Politics
Stéphane Sirot – The role of the strike in French history
The concept of strike action as a means of delivering radical political change has weakened in France, but with calls for a general strike against Macron, could it be on the way back? Stéphane Sirot […]
EU politics
How Can We Make AI Work? – Interview with Esther Lynch
Interview with the leader of the European Trade Union Confederation about artificial intelligence and work. Esther Lynch is the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Seden Anlar is a Brussels-based journalist, podcast host/producer, moderator, […]
Solutions
Daniel Kopp – When Belgian University Cleaners Swept Out Their Boss
‘Fifty years ago, women cleaners at a Belgian university went on strike, then set up their own cooperative called the Liberated Broom. A new film shows how they kicked out the boss, starting an experiment […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – In Bosnia and Herzegovina, platform work is taking-off but remains unregulated
The Gig Economy Project speaks to Amela Kurta and Ilma Kurtović, two of the authors’ of the first study of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s platform economy, about the emergence of gig work in the post-Soviet, post-war […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – ILO economist: ‘Platforms are not delivering the women’s empowerment they promised’
The World Bank and the World Economic Forum have promoted ‘digital entrepreneurship’ as the answer to increase female employment and tackle gender inequality, but digital labour platforms are re-producing the same problems as traditional labour […]
Gig Economy
Anna-Elisabeth Hampel, Eva Luise Krause: Was unsere Forschung über Plattformarbeit zeigt und wie sie reguliert werden sollte
Das Projekt “Chancengerechte Plattformarbeit” hat im Februar und März zwei Studien über die Beziehung zwischen Plattformarbeit und sozialer Ausgrenzung/Partizipation veröffentlicht. Die Autorinnen schreiben für das Gig Economy Project, fassen ihre Ergebnisse zusammen und erläutern, was […]