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16/05/2017

Czech social and healthcare workers make the case for fair wages

As part of the Czech trade unions’ ‘End Cheap Labour’ initiative (#KonecLevnePrace), the health and social services union OSZSP has launched a campaign to boost wages in the social services ...

07/05/2017

The super-rich get richer in the UK

The latest Sunday Times Rich List, published in May, reveals bigger-than-ever fortunes for the elite but growing band of billionaires in the UK. The country’s 1,000 wealthiest individuals and ...

04/05/2017

The Stakes: Inequality

By Professor Danny Dorling Whether measured by the Gini coefficient for OECD countries, or by the take of the top 10%, income inequality rates in the UK today are the worst in all of Europe. The ...

07/04/2017

Childcare workers in Hungary support ETUC pay rise campaign

The BDDSz childcare workers’ trade union in Hungary is supporting the ETUC’s pay rise campaign. The union believes that many of the headline demands of the campaign – tackling low pay and the ...

Czech social and healthcare workers make the case for fair wages

The super-rich get richer in the UK

The Stakes: Inequality

Childcare workers in Hungary support ETUC pay rise campaign

"Since workers are living on the edge, bigger income will be spent on basic goods to satify basic needs."

Mirsad, journalist

"If I would get a pay rise, I would feel appreciated, thankful and more loyal to the company."

Bohdana, accountant

"If wages rise significantly the satisfaction of employees would increase as well -and i think the love for the country and our common home."

Martin, sales consultant

"We contributed to the economy to get better, now is our turn!"

Massimo, worker