Europe is undergoing multiple transitions. For these to succeed, social dialogue to build consensus will be essential.
Making labour law fit for all those who labour
EU anti-discrimination law applies to all ‘personal work’—not just employment contracts—the Court of Justice has ruled.
Working from a distance: remote or removed?
Remote work will outlast the pandemic. But workers must be inoculated against the risks.
Reconstruction: time for transformative ideas
Deep structural crises need tackling.
The Metaverse is a labour issue
The Metaverse has been talked about only in terms of gee-whiz technologies.
Regulating digital work: from laisser-faire to fairness
The proposal for an EU directive on platform work about to emerge is welcome, yet insufficient—and no substitute for national action.
Structural solutions for structural inequalities—a trade union perspective
Responses to the pandemic have upended the idea that ‘there is no alternative’ to macroeconomic policies engendering widening inequality.