Bolsonarism after Bolsonaro
While Jair Bolsonaro has been voted out of office, the forces that empowered him retain considerable influence.
Does the minimum-wages directive get it right?
Are statutory minimum wages or collective-bargaining coverage the answer to low pay? Both, actually.
Grappling with power imbalances
In a world of interlocking crises, Jayati Ghosh finds an antidote to despair in the potential of mobilisation for a new eco-social contract.
From ‘green growth’ to a ‘good life’
The Green Deal assumes economic growth can be ‘decoupled’ from ecological damage. That’s wishful thinking.
A green growth and innovation paradigm
Meeting the challenge of climate change requires social democracy to come up with a new social paradigm.
War’s impact on Ukraine’s child-focused workers
Not only have many children been traumatised by the Russian invasion. Some of their carers and teachers have too.
Organising and bargaining in the platform economy
Unions have the capacities to mobilise and represent platform workers and connected workforces in non-standard work forms.
Mental health in a digital world of work
A crisis of wellbeing is invisibly surging in the digital economy. As with the coronavirus, Europe needs to get a grip on it.
Cost-of-living emergency: Europe needs radical steps
Measures advanced by trade unions, and trade union involvement, will be key to getting through this crisis.
Beyond the politics of ‘us’ and ‘them’
In a world that is ever more interconnected it is essential to question naturalised dividing lines and build solidarity.
Occupations, respect and social status
‘Respect’ was a motif of the successful electoral campaign by Germany’s social-democratic leader, Olaf Scholz, in 2021. What’s at stake?
The left must embrace fiscal restructuring
A raft of new instruments are required to address the rentier capitalism of today and the threat to the ecosphere.
Government by finger-pointing
The new Swedish government, Lisa Pelling writes, is obsessed with stigmatising immigrants and refugees.
Ten years for a small but important step for women
European Union institutions at long last finalise a directive to put more women on company boards.
Combating inflation: the case for one-off wealth taxes
Monetary tightening only risks recession, whereas fiscal measures can set Europe on a sustainable recovery path.
Constitutional moments: Chile and Iceland
Some perspective on the referendum defeat for Chile’s draft constitution comes from a different quarter—Iceland.
Asbestos: eradicating the hidden killer
Workers facing asbestos exposure need much more protection—through tighter limits and proper equipment and protocols.