The economic decline and lockdowns due to Covid-19 throughout the European Union have not only seen a shift to remote work and online activities but also an increase in the number of hostile takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Thus, services sectors have been under-going dramatic changes at both the workplace and sectoral level. To advance unions’ […]
“2021 is a time to give meaning to all of this.” Oliver Roethig looks ahead to a year of building services workers’ power. With the 5th UNI Europa Conference on the horizon, unions are poised to set a common agenda and push forward on three fronts: organising, policy advocacy and multinational coordination. […]
May Day comes at a crucial time. Across the continent, communities are coming together and working people are carrying societies through the Covid-19 crisis. One thing is clear: a return to pre-crisis times is no longer an option. Instead, services sector unions are aiming for a new normal based on social justice and the primacy […]
