AFL-CIO/Microsoft AI partnership: model to follow?
Workers must have a collective voice in the design of artificial-intelligence systems for the workplace.
EconomyWorkers must have a collective voice in the design of artificial-intelligence systems for the workplace.
PoliticsFacing the threat from right-wing populism at June’s Euro-elections, Austria offers lessons for progressives.
PoliticsWhy has the far right returned, after Holocaust and war? Chaos unnerves the vulnerable, sugaring fascism’s hollow promises.
EconomyA right to disconect, collective bargaining and public procurement are the levers to reduce excessive working hours.
EconomyWeak competition on labour markets means wages are often set below the market-clearing level.
EcologyThe European Commission’s plan to extend the Emissions Trading Scheme to the sector falls short in driving decarbonisation.
EcologyPatrick ten Brink, Faustine Bas-Defossez and Christian Skrivervik
The European Green Deal faces a fork in the road—between the politics of hope and the politics of fear—as the June elections loom.
SocietyNational measures adopted amid the energy crisis missed the opportunity to pursue social and climate goals.
SocietyEven if ambitious 2030 targets were attained, Sofia Fernandes writes, learning mobility would still be a minority privilege.
EcologyPursuing energy efficiency will generate more construction jobs—but that requires tackling labour shortages and skills mismatches.
SocietyA job guarantee could end long spells of joblessness for millions in the EU and send a pre-election signal that a ‘social Europe’ is possible.
EconomyDario Guarascio and Francesco Zezza
The new version of the pre-pandemic fiscal rules, if imposed, would jeopardise the European economy.
EconomyEuropean trade unions are mobilising today in Brussels against the austerity which would follow reimplanted fiscal rules.
SocietyAchieving the right to disconnect is becoming a test case of the European Union’s commitment to social dialogue.
PoliticsThe transatlantic partnership must be strengthened to combat a range of multifaceted global challenges.
PoliticsThe loopholes in the AI Act emerging from trilogue negotiations late on Friday could allow big corporations to slip through.
PoliticsLiberalism and socialism have been wrongly counterposed. Connected, they represent a hegemonic alternative.