Marie-Hélène Ska

Marie Hélène Ska is general secretary of the Belgian trade union confederation ACV-CSC.

Marie-Hélène Ska

European elections: beware the ‘little man’ sorcerers

Marie-Hélène Ska 4th June 2024

European workers enjoy more social support than five years ago but the far right and strict austerity are looming threats.

Far right against women workers’ rights in Europe

Marie-Hélène Ska 8th March 2024

They will claim to stand up for ‘the people’ in the June elections. But the extreme right only stamps on women’s rights.

General strike in Belgium

Marie-Hélène Ska 9th November 2022

Belgian trade union confederations this week led strikes and other actions to challenge the impact of inflation on purchasing power.

Belgium: heat rising over cost of living

Marie-Hélène Ska 21st September 2022

Thousands of workers join a union rally in Brussels to defend their purchasing power.

Why we are on Brussels’ streets

Marie-Hélène Ska 20th June 2022

Tens of thousands of Belgian workers today demand better wages and purchasing power.

Building social Europe, winning public confidence

Marie-Hélène Ska 14th February 2022

Trade unions demand an ambitious directive on minimum wages and collective bargaining.

WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2023/2024

Real wages in the European Union continued their decline in 2023—despite an acceleration in nominal wage growth and falling inflation rates. For the current year, there are tentative signs only of a slow recovery of the purchasing power of wages. A resumption of real wage growth would stabilise the functional distribution of income and strengthen domestic demand. However, even under this benign scenario, the crisis is not over from workers' point of view: they have borne the brunt of the real income losses associated with the energy-price shock resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The lingering reduction in real wage levels means that wage policy still needs to catch up to contribute to a fairer distribution of the burden between labour and capital.

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Read FEPS new book ‘A new Gender Equality Contract for Europe’!

Just as the European Commission is about to enter its new term and as concerns have been high on the lack of ambition on equality policy, this publication offers a timely reflection on the need for a new gender contract for Europe!
Read the new open-access book “A New Gender Equality Contract for Europe”, which argues why gender equality should become a unifying force (the glue!) towards more egalitarian, solidaristic and caring societies.
The topics include education, reproductive health, labour, care, cultural rights, democracy, climate, and Feminist Foreign Policy. Featuring gender experts from diverse disciplines and backgrounds across Europe, the book connects feminist academic intelligence with hands-on policymaking.

By FEPS and Fondation Jean-Jaurès, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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