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Tag: Unions

‘Stop Union-Busting’: After 1,000+ Days Without Contract, NBC News Workers Walk Out

10/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

After working more than 1,000 days without a contract, more than 200 unionized NBC NewsDigitalworkers on Thursday launched a 24-hour walkout to protest the media giant’s ongoing “unfair labor practices,” including …

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The Bank of England’s deceptive guide to economics

16/12/202223/12/2022 - Leave a Comment

Guy Dauncey reviews Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions, by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, Bank of England. Two economists from the Bank of England …

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EU Commission allows collective bargaining for solo self-employed

08/10/2022 - Leave a Comment

Two years after its initiative to ease collective bargaining for self-employed workers, the European Commission published new guidelines to allow collective bargaining for solo self-employed people under EU competition rules. …

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Labour shortages: the ‘most urgent problem’ facing the UK economy right now

03/06/2022 - Leave a Comment

Anyone going on a UK break this month would do well to book pubs and restaurants well in advance, said The Sunday Times – and even if they get a table, they …

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The Great Resignation has morphed into the Great Sabbatical

28/01/2022 - Leave a Comment

Early last year, after winding down a long-term work contract in Hong Kong and relocating to England, for the first time in 20 years, I found myself with plenty of …

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Europe’s elderly care problem

22/07/2021 - Leave a Comment

“You could see what was coming… and it was like your worst nightmare. Because you felt like, oh my God, I’ve never seen anything like this before,” says Eileen Chubb, …

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Facing aggressive pushback, Amazon workers to vote on forming the company’s first American union

18/01/202122/01/2021 - Leave a Comment

For years, Amazon employees have fought for unions and been quashed by their powerful employer. At last, they are poised to succeed. On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), …

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Unions Renewed

06/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

From the publisher: Unions face a once in a generation opportunity for renewal. Decades of decline have been compounded by a global elite who increasingly generate profit from financial engineering in ways …

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How Immigrant Essential Workers Are Finding Support During COVID-19

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“This is an emergency,” one woman says in Spanish. “They’re keeping us here without masks, without antibacterial gel.” Another woman holds up a sign: “#No-Antibacterial. #SOS.” Then another in an …

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Strikes stab at the heart of the Finnish model

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Finns regularly vote themselves among the happiest in the world, with a healthy balance between work and home life. But a wave of strikes has exposed a far more complicated …

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