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On the morning of 9 April 2013, some 1,100 employees of the Amazon fulfilment centres in Bad Hersfeld, a small town in central Germany, formed a picket line in front of the gates. They were kitted out with whistles, high-visibility vests bearing the logo of service sector trade union ver.di, and posters calling for a collective agreement based on the rules applicable to retail and mail-order companies.
Something had happened that nobody, least of all Amazon itself, had thought possible. For the first time in its almost 20-year history, ...
read more "2nd edition: The long struggle of the Amazon employees"
read more "2nd edition: The long struggle of the Amazon employees"
The massive coming strike and mobilisations against pension reform
By Daniel Cirera, General Secretary of the Scientific Council of the Fondation Gabriel Péri
Tuesday 19th November. Dinner at the Élysée Palace. The President brings together a close circle of ministers and parliamentarians. No more hesitation: the pension reform will be implemented.[1] Everyone must be on a war footing. No question of letting oneself be afraid. It had been necessary to back off in the face of the yellow vest protests,[2] to let slide in the case of the hospitals....
read more "Macron against the “5th December wall”"
read more "Macron against the “5th December wall”"
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How global imbalances are threatening peace, justice and democracyAbout the brochure
Like the 1930s or the 1970s, the 2010s are a pivotal period. At first, it seemed like neoliberal globalisation had absorbed the shock waves of the major 2008 financial and economic crisis. The rise of the G20 and the main powers’ commitment to pursuing free trade buoyed hopes that globalisation had a future. At the dawn of the 2020s, it is clear that it does not. When Donald Trump and his protectionist agenda arrived in the White House, a trend reversal already apparent in international ...
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in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain and arms exports by these countriesThe Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is a German political foundation that operates both nationally and internationally. In keeping with its namesake, it is committed to the ideas and actions of the socialist Rosa Luxemburg. We are committed to working within the traditions of the global workers’, feminist, anti-fascist, and anti-war movements and uphold the ideas of democratic socialism.
We work on two levels:
To strengthen left-wing actors in movements, political parties and unions....
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read more "Call for Projects on the Arms Industry"
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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RLS Brussels brings together transport and urban activists from all over EuropeThe Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Brussels invited almost 80 activists from nearly 20 European countries to a conference titled «Urban Movement! Connecting Resistance and Alternatives». The conference ran from 18 to 20 October 2019 and gave the participants an opportunity to discuss the transport revolution from a grassroots perspective, exchange views and ideas and learn from one another. The various groups and initiatives came to Brussels equipped ...
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Neither bloc, left or right secures a majority.
The far-right Vox party, which had no MPs just six months ago, emerges as a third political force.
The spectre of a third election appears to be a possible political scenario, although the possibility of an investiture agreement and European-style grand coalition seems to be the option preferred by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who has already made it clear that he will not govern with Unidas Podemos.
The election campaign was marked by the Catalonia issue, the court ...
read more "Social Democrats win elections amidst parliamentary fragmentation"
read more "Social Democrats win elections amidst parliamentary fragmentation"
The WTO launched its World Trade Report 2019 on the future of the service industry at its annual Public Forum, but fierce debates during the event prove that the WTO is almost completely “out of service” due to ongoing trade wars as well as US attacks on Special & Differential Treatment.
While the hype around e-commerce was the major theme of the World Trade Report and the lynchpin of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s hopes for future growth in world trade in 2018, this year’s report focuses on trade in services as the ...
read more "The WTO: Out of Service, but Obsessed with Services"
read more "The WTO: Out of Service, but Obsessed with Services"
Socialists hold onto the win as left-wing allies refuse a coalition governmentOn Sunday, the 6 of October, Partido Socialista (PS) couldn’t reach the majority of the polls predicted in the early weeks of the campaign for the 2019 Portuguese legislative elections. For the past four years the Socialists have governed with parliamentary support from Bloco de Esquerda (BE), Partido Comunista Português (PCP) and Partido Ecologista “Os Verdes” (PEV).
With a noticeable rise to 36,7% of the vote, from the 32,31% it garnered in 2015, PS still has to navigate a complex maze...
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read more "Portuguese elections"