From Hitler’s Industrialists to Trump’s Tech Bros: The Case for Democracy at Work
The alignment of America’s tech billionaires with authoritarian politics echoes 1930s industrial collaboration — but Germany and Spain offer a democratic remedy.
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.
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.
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.
It’s time to talk about democracy at work
Democracy at work has many benefits but above all it is a matter of human dignity.
An Unlikely Cure For Populism: Workplace Democracy
Trump in the White House, Orban in Hungary, the Law and Justice party in Poland, the AfD in Germany, Erdoğan in Turkey… It seems like
Top Of The Christmas Wish List: A Working Time Reduction
In our family, Christmas means sending and receiving wish lists. This year, my cousin took a very honest approach and wished for (among other things)
Do We Need Another Renault To Wake Us Up?
Exactly 20 years ago today, the very first European-wide strike was organized. In all Renault plants workers suspended work for one hour in protest against
Let’s Give A New Boost To European Works Councils
The social policy track record of the European Union is bleak at best. But in one field the EU did make a marked difference: in