Category: Society - Page 8

EPOCH-making?—the tool to end homelessness

The European Union is committed to ending homelessness by 2030. It will come down to political will.

Even if we overshoot the 1.5C limit set by the Paris Agreement, we must return to it as quickly as possible.

Council of Europe member states need to enhance their commitments to social and economic rights.

A survey shows an alarming malaise in a sector heavily dominated by women and migrant workers.

A political reconceptualisation is critical if humanity’s hope for a sustainable global future is to be rescued.

EU instruments encouraging social dialogue and collective bargaining are very valuable—but not if employers can walk away.

The only exit from the ‘polycrisis’ is a corridor of sufficiency between meeting need and avoiding excess.

Rejecting bans on particularly hazardous chemicals, EU ministers have sought to dilute revised legislation on toy safety.

The EIB proposes that housing renovation and energy efficiency be financed via ‘securitised’ loans.

A German study finds the new working class lacking in class consciousness yet strongly aware of social inequalities.

Far from the European Green Deal being exhausted, it needs renewing with social ambition.

The war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s trade union movement—and the lives of workers.

Civil society stands up for a European pact for the future—green, social and fit for a one-planet economy.

Iceland owes its progress in narrowing the gender wage gap to a decades-long equal-rights movement and public policies.

Despite the European Pillar of Social Rights, social protection remains patchy for atypical and self-employed workers.

Housing may not be an EU competence but the growing affordability crisis across the union demands attention.