Homecare and domestic workers deserve better
Oliver Roethig and Kristjan Bragason
A survey shows an alarming malaise in a sector heavily dominated by women and migrant workers.
When too few employers means too low wages
Stan De Spiegelaere and Oliver Roethig
Collective bargaining can redress the vulnerability of workers who find themselves in a buyers’ labour market.
Amazon: call to ban its lobbyists backed
Bram Vranken, Oliver Roethig, Margarida Silva and Max Bank
Support is mobilised behind the demand by MEPs that Amazon’s lobbyists be barred from the European Parliament.
Worldwide strikes, protests—making Amazon pay
The monopoly online retailer has extracted vast rents from workers and citizens who are raising their voices globally.
Collective bargaining: Romania shows the way
Oliver Roethig and Stan De Spiegelaere
Romania’s recent law strengthening collective bargaining offers a way forward for the European Union.
EU funds need stronger social conditionality
Claes-Mikael Ståhl, Judith Kirton-Darling, Jan Willem Goudriaan, Kristjan Bragason and Oliver Roethig
The rules for allocation of EU funds should be more transparent and provide a meaningful role for the social partners.
Euronews: public-interest journalism in jeopardy
Oliver Roethig and Ricardo Gutiérrez
Workers and their unions are today sounding the alarm for media independence at the heart of Europe.
Setting human-rights due diligence back on track
A carve-out for the finance sector would water down the ambition of the EU’s human-rights due-diligence legislation.
Achieving wage justice in Europe
Making public contracts for private firms conditional on collective agreements can help stem the falling labour share.
Reversing the procurement race to the bottom
Oliver Roethig and Stan De Spiegelaere
Companies must be denied contracts if they refuse to respect workers’ rights.
Workplace, public space: workers organising in the age of facial recognition
Oliver Roethig and Diego Naranjo
‘Surveillance capitalism’ is increasingly threatening workers’ collective action and the human right to public protest.
Public procurement: ending the race to the bottom on workers’ conditions
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, it’s worth remembering that when workers don’t have a say they may lose more than their voice.
Collective bargaining—a legal right unrecognised in Ireland
The EU recovery plan must link company bailouts to enforcement of collective-bargaining rights.
Resilience in the corona crisis—strongest where workers enjoy collective power
It may not have been thought of as an antidote to the coronavirus but collective bargaining is protecting workers’ health and security against its ravages.