Category: Economy - Page 17

How can we build an international labour court?

Multinationals dominate the economy but no global body defends workers in supply chains.

The return of tourists to southern Europe’s squeezed resorts is not an unmixed blessing.

Defending workers’ living standards has become trade unions’ primary concern.

Real wages could fall by 2.9 per cent in the European Union in 2022.

The good news is that ‘hybrid’ working favours employee self-determination. The bad news is it’s hard to keep work at bay.

A decade ago Mario Draghi helped save the euro and the EU. Yet the lessons have still fully to sink in.

Jayati Ghosh bemoans the economics profession’s inability to think beyond crude analyses of inflation—and crude policies to stem it.

Calls for the ECB to raise rates to stem inflation have missed the negative impact of ‘structural reforms’ of labour markets on innovation.

The grim statistics on workers’ rights will only be righted if global standards are properly enforced.

A ‘tight’ labour market is not such a bad thing for trade unions—and therefore for workers.

Best practices in short-time working can prepare for the looming downturn.

The ‘key’ workers of the pandemic need sustained recognition. The chaos at airports shows what happens otherwise.

The directive fundamentally strengthens collective bargaining and trade union power.

Reining in demand via monetary policy will not solve a supply problem.

Minimum wages have risen across Europe this year. Inflation is eroding them.

On UN Public Service Day, many public-service workers and the services they provide remain needlessly impoverished.