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Promoting coordinated action by European working-class organisationsThe Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is an internationally operating non-profit organisation for civic education affiliated with Germany’s Left Party. It is a discussion forum for progressive political alternatives and a centre for critical thinking and research both in Germany and throughout the world. The Brussels Office operates as a think tank reflecting on European and international issues affecting contemporary society.
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The tender is for a service to...
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Consultation of trade unionists, academics and policy experts at RLS BrusselsOn 26 September 2019, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Brussels hosted a first major expert meeting on the transformation of the European automotive industry, an industry that is under pressure for a number of reasons. First of all, the economic model of producing cars with internal combustion engines in a mass production is approaching the limits of its environmental viability. Resources are becoming scarce, CO2 emissions need to fall sharply, ...
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New Challenges for the European World of Work
We appear to be on the cusp of a new age. The era of digitalisation looks set to revolutionise the status quo, from the world of work to the way we live, from leisure activities and public space through to politics and privacy. Technically, the term ‘digitalisation’ refers to the enhancement of information and communication processes by means of digital storage, transmission and processing technology. Innovative hardware and software allows these processes to take place faster and more flexibly and be less ...
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A far-reaching process of restructuring that did not come without difficulties.April 2014. All of the cleaning staff in the Netherlands who clean buildings belonging to the government and the state administration stop work at the same time and travel to protest in The Hague. Nobody cleans the parliament in the Dutch capital. Trains are left overflowing with rubbish. No one cleans Schiphol Airport. The cleaners working in office buildings also join the strike. As Getta Gajadhar explained to the press at the time, ‘We are ...
read more "How the Dutch trade union confederation got itself out of the crisis"
read more "How the Dutch trade union confederation got itself out of the crisis"
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Network of land workers and migrants in EuropeUnder the auspices of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office, the Network of land workers and migrants in Europe is convening for its founding meeting to exchange experiences and foster mutual understanding of migrant seasonal workers and identify common solutions at the national or EU and international level. The meeting will take place in Almería, Spain, 6-8 July 2018.
The tender is for a service to develop a methodology to support the working group meeting, to prepare...
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Today, we can find cheap tomatoes from Italy in almost every supermarket and weekly farmers' market in Europe. However, the country of origin indicated on the vegetable crates or cans of tomatoes says nothing about the real living and working conditions on the fields and in the greenhouses of Southern Italy. But the price does, since it is the result of price pressure on producers and farmers and reflects the hard work of the exploited people who often work and live under slave-like conditions.
The issue of migration to ...
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Report of a two-day working meeting of unions and close allies in the energy democracy movementOn June 14th and 15th, 2017, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) convened a two-day working meeting of unions and close allies in the energy democracy movement, under the title Reclaiming Power: The Struggle for Europe’s Energy Future.
Participants from 14 unions—as well as several social movement allies, universities, foundations and think tanks—came together at the Workers University in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss prospects of building "TUED ...
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read more "TUED in Europe: laying the groundwork"
Report of a two-day working meeting of unions and close allies in the energy democracy movementOn June 14th and 15th, 2017, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) convened a two-day working meeting of unions and close allies in the energy democracy movement, under the title Reclaiming Power: The Struggle for Europe’s Energy Future.
Participants from 14 unions—as well as several social movement allies, universities, foundations and think tanks—came together at the Workers University in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss prospects of building "TUED ...
read more "TUED in Europe: laying the groundwork"
read more "TUED in Europe: laying the groundwork"
Progressive social and political forces discussed the issues of a new industrial strategy for EuropeThis conference, a joint initiative of transform! europe, the Nicos Poulantzas Institute and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels office, brought trade unionists, researchers, politicians and representatives of NGOs together in Brussels (19 and 20 June 2017) to tackle the issues of a new industrial strategy for Europe could help us find a new path for Europe. This strategy should be based on the following principles: a truly progressive ...
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read more "Finding a New Path – Another Development for Europe"
Booklet presentation in Belfast | 1 June 2017 | Unite the Union OfficesRetail, logistics and service sectors are notorious for poor working conditions and anti-union tactics across countries; this is reflected in a low degree of workers' mobilisation in these sectors. Yet, four years of strike action at Amazon in Germany have turned workers' struggle for union representation, collective agreement and improved working conditions into a "laboratory of resistance". This struggle is documented in the 2015 report "The Long...
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read more "Laboratories of Resistance: Union organising in precarious employment sectors"