Tag: Employment and Labor
new mobilization of health personnel as summer approaches
Rallies and strikes are planned in at least fifty cities at the call of nine unions and collectives including the CGT and the Amuf, the association of emergency doctors in…
fewer than three million unemployed for the first time since 2008
The socialist government of Pedro Sánchez is over the moon: unemployment figures have never been so good since 2008 in Spain. For the first time in 14 years, the number…
South Africa records its first fall in unemployment in two years
A glimmer of hope seems to be emerging in South Africa, on the employment front. For the first time in two years, the official unemployment rate is slightly down in…
Olympic Games 2024: undocumented Malians worked on a construction site in the athletes’ village
The Paris 2024 Olympics sites had to be exemplary. A social charter was even signed in June 2018 between the public authorities, employers’ organizations and trade unions. But the reality…
The Bordeaux University Hospital in “degraded mode”: “Today, we have no more resources”
The adult emergencies of the CHU de Bordeaux will no longer be accessible to the public at night. From this Wednesday, only serious cases referred by the Samu will be…
UK unemployment at 50-year low
Although the labor market is doing very well in the United Kingdom, it is not enough to counter the surge in inflation which is eating away at the rise in…
Mélenchon promises to increase the Smic to 1500 euros net: “A risk of job destruction”
After having promised a minimum wage of 1,400 euros net per month, Jean-Luc Mélenchon revised his proposal upwards by announcing that the minimum wage would finally increase to 1,500 euros…
faced with the shortage of workers, seasonal workers as reinforcements
Since the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, the catering world has been facing a shortage of staff. As summer approaches, tourists are always more numerous and yet 200,000 seasonal positions…
From Manila to Paris, the story of Zita, a former victim of forced labor
In France, since 2006, May 10 has been the National Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition. Today, one of the forms of modern slavery…
first professional elections for meal deliverers and VTC drivers
The platform model of meal deliverers and VTC drivers with so-called self-employed workers is increasingly contested, especially in Europe. The ballot, which runs until May 16, is supposed to be…