Health and social care: staff shortages critical
Clapping key workers was one thing—Europe needs to recruit and retain more of them.
Ukrainian women in Poland—an insecure sanctuary
Poland’s welcome doesn’t mitigate the upheaval and labour gaps facing refugees.
How can we build an international labour court?
Multinationals dominate the economy but no global body defends workers in supply chains.
Children’s rights—delivering the Child Guarantee
Social services must be central if the Child Guarantee is to deliver for vulnerable children.
The explicable non-death of neoliberalism in Chile
The rejection of the new constitution in a referendum has deep historical traces.
Equal rights for domestic workers (finally) in Spain
Labour rights are to be extended to this large, female—and largely informal—sector.
Tourism in southern Europe: potential and perils
The return of tourists to southern Europe’s squeezed resorts is not an unmixed blessing.
Is ESG the solution to climate and social ills?
Corporations tacking on environmental and social goals falls well short of an answer.
Here we go again …
The cost-of-living crisis, Kate Pickett writes, follows a familiar path of hugely unequal burdens.
The political struggle over reality in Sweden
Elections come amid sweeping claims from the (far) right about a Sweden in decline.
Where is the French left going?
Beyond the new electoral formation, a potential avenue is open to democratise work.
Who cares for the carers?
The European Care Strategy is a step in the right direction but care workers need more.
Who guards the guardians in Europe?
Judges are taking action, since EU institutions have failed to uphold the rule of law.
Trade unions on the frontline in the cost-of-living crisis
Defending workers' living standards has become trade unions' primary concern.
Are workers going to pay the bill for Putin’s war?
Real wages could fall by 2.9 per cent in the European Union in 2022.
Enclosing the internet—Big Tech’s cloud cover
Like physical clouds, the services provided by the technology majors are utterly opaque.
Who is to blame? Citizens, elites and democracy
If there is a crisis of democracy, look up at leaders rather than down at citizens to find it.