Tag: Employment and Work
Alstom launches a capital increase to complete its debt reduction plan
To restore its financial situation, the French railway manufacturer Alstom announced this Wednesday, May 8, an increase in its capital of around 1 billion euros. A stronger increase than expected,…
soon-to-be employed sex workers
In Belgium, this will soon be a reality: male and female prostitutes will be employed and brothel owners will operate completely legally. Two years after decriminalizing sex work, the Belgian…
more than 200 arrests in Istanbul on the sidelines of Workers’ Day
On this International Workers’ Day, more than 200 people were arrested in Istanbul, this Wednesday, May 1, 2024. They had responded to the call to demonstrate by opposition parties and…
various demands for unions, activists side by side
In France, May 1, 2023 was marked by the movement against pension reform. This year, the CGT has recorded more than 250 processions throughout France. No single slogan, but the…
Olympic Games 2024: “we are asking for compensation bonuses for the constraints”, says Céline Verzeletti (CGT)
Céline Verzeletti, confederal secretary of the CGT, is today, May 1, World Workers’ Day, the big guest on RFI’s morning show. Labor legislation, social discontent, risks of strikes and all-out…
in Senegal and Ivory Coast, women in the fight against ordinary sexism
In Senegal, certain professions still have an image as men’s jobs, this is the case of bus drivers. However, many women love driving and imagine themselves behind the wheel. Around…
after the contestation of the pension reform, what remains of the union?
A year ago, on May 1, 2023, France was still affected by a very large protest movement against pension reform. For weeks, the different employee representative organizations have called for…
demonstration against President Yoon Suk-yeol’s “anti-worker policies”
On this Workers’ Day, a country is agitated by the question of work and the rights surrounding it: South Korea. Since President Yoon Suk-yeol came to power, unions have faced…
a tribute paid to a worker who died in Paris on an Olympic Games construction site
On June 16, 2023, the first fatal accident took place on a construction site linked to the Olympic Games. Amara Dioumassy, a 51-year-old worker, was hit by a truck on…
In Chile, the working week will go from 45 to 40 hours
After six years of parliamentary shuttle, the law was finally adopted last year under the leadership of the left-wing government of Gabriel Boric, and the measure comes into force this…