Tag: Unions
The unions sound the alarm: Ukrainian refugees are being exploited in Sweden
– My foot swelled up a lot and I had a fever. No one called the ambulance or the police, nothing. Then I worked for three days in a row…
Hospitals: unions put pressure on the “uncontrolled bankruptcy” of emergencies
“This spring, the crisis of our health system will reach its climax through the uncontrolled failure of the functioning of the emergency services”. The first words of the letter from…
Philippe Martinez (CGT): “We prefer a government that puts retirement at 60 rather than 65”
08:49 Philippe Martinez, secretary general of the CGT is this Monday, May 16, the guest of the morning of RFI. French legislative of June 12 and 19, 2022, legal retirement…
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…
Low blows, conspiracies, clichés: “Parliament”, the series that is blowing the European Union’s hair
Samy, a young parliamentary assistant, has the sense of the formula to talk about Europe. “You have two types of MEPs: psychopaths and imbeciles.” No risk of sanctions for Samy,…
Amazon, Google, Facebook … In the United States, the organized struggle of the Gafa against the unions
“It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Despite the disappointment, Christian Smalls wants to keep his head held high. On Monday May 2, the emblematic leader of the Amazon Labor Union…
the five major trade union centers received by Patrick Achi for May Day
The Ivorian Prime Minister received on Sunday the representatives of the five major trade union centers in the country on the occasion of May Day. All reiterated their demands. The…
Pensions: “As Macron seeks to provoke the French, mobilizations count”
This May 1st, a week after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, is a bit special. At a time when some are talking about a third social round, where the political…
OTS, a leaderless social defense movement that manages to impose itself
Workers’ Day takes place this year in a context marked by the emergence in the public arena of new actors in the field of social demands. In this case the…
May Day parades: how the unions want to put pressure on Emmanuel Macron
This Sunday will be a special May Day for the unions. It “timely”, according to Philippe Martinez, the boss of the CGT, seven days after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron…