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15
May
2023
| | Dear readers, The wave of strikes across Europe continues unabated. The working class continues to take to the streets against high energy prices, the general rise in the cost of living, precarious labour realities, anti-union attacks, austerity measures and, in France, an increase in the retirement age.
This newsletter gives an overview of the development of the strikes and mass mobilisations across Europe and looks at the role of the trade unions and the challenges they're facing to fight effectively against the policies of social inequality.
As well as engaging content on current workers' struggles in various European countries, this newsletter also contains our latest publications and information on topical events organised by transform! europe and our network.
We wish you interesting reading! Štefica Gazibara, web editor for transform! europe |
Featured Article
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Blog
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Speech
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After Tempe: Preconditions For Regaining Confidence in the Railways
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By Kostas Genidounias
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Speech by Kostas Genidounias, President of the Panhellenic Association of Train Drivers (PEPE) at the conference organised by the Nikos Poulantzas Institute entitled "Safety: Countering the Argument - From Individual Responsibility to Multifaceted Collective Safety" held on 26th of April 2023.
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Analysis
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One Against All?
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By Gala Kabbaj,
Zakaria Bendali
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Macron's deeply unpopular pension reform passed, but the fight isn't over yet.
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Report
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What Is Really Behind Delhaize's Plan?
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Workers at Delhaize (one of Belgium's largest supermarket chains) are massively protesting against implementation of the franchise model which is expected to lead to layoffs, precariousness, and lower wages, as well as to endanger national unions and set a new franchising trend in the whole retail...
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Analysis
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Problematic Working Conditions Among Contract Workers in the Italian Shipbuilding Industry
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By Matteo Gaddi
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Fincantieri is an Italian shipbuilding company that has expanded its global reach through a series of acquisitions and agreements and is portrayed as a respected and successful company. However, behind the façade of its industrial and commercial succes lies a darker reality of exploiting temporary...
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Analysis
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May 2023 - Italian Trade Unions Mobilise For a New Era of Labour Rights
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By Leopoldo Tartaglia
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In Italy this month is marked by successful inter-regional demonstrations organised by the three confederal trade unions. Leopoldo Tartaglia, Secretary of the CGIL-International Department, outlines the crucial role of organised and unified trade union forces in embarking on a new path of general...
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Analysis
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The UK’s Strike Wave: Where Next for Workers Struggles?
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By Craig Lewis
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2022 saw more strikes in Britain than any year since 2011 as workers continued to fight back against an on-going cost of living crisis that will see poverty, foodbank use, and homelessness hit even wider sections of the working class. The strike wave, which began last summer led by rail and postal...
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Analysis
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Different Countries, Same Labour Struggle: Europe’s Hospitals on Strike
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Healthcare cuts have sparked strike movements in many countries. How have these struggles developed in Germany, Great Britain and Spain, and what is actually going on in Austria’s hospitals? Fabian Hattendorfer, Benjamin Herr and Mathias Krams (editors of the Austrian online blog mosaik) provide an...
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Interview
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The Romanian IT Workers’ Labour Union Showed that Everyone Can!
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Florentin Iancu, President of the Romanian IT Workers' Union (SITT), reflects on the history of his union, how it differs from other unions and how its members' attitudes to labour have changed over the years.
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Calendar
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Publications
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eDossier
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Studies on Challenges in Post-Coal Regions
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By Roland Kulke,
Dagmar Švendová
Czesław Kulesza
Ivan Strachoň
Paweł Jaworski
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The aim of this research is to develop and provide basic knowledge on the challenges of the "coal exit" for the areas of North Czech Republic, East Germany and large parts of South-West and Central Poland.
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