The Covid-19 pandemic caused many companies to introduce comprehensive restructuring measures. This restructuring at company level took place with varying intensity and came in different forms, from collective redundancies and salary cuts to working time reduction, short-time work, changes in... Find out more

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Short-term engineering measures involve the installation of physical barriers to provide protection from infection. The provision of separate patient pre-screening areas limits the number of patients going to hospitals or outpatient settings. A glass or plastic window or partition placed between an... Find out more

The argument made here is that a critical mass of newcomers has shown a willingness to be more involved in union activities. To reflect on how unions could best respond to this opportunity, it is helpful to distinguish between three ideal approaches for building union power: advocacy, mobilising and... Find out more

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In the specific case of blockchain technology applied to cryptocurrency trading, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, transactions are inputted into the network by generating a unique encrypted code called a ‘hash’ (or hash value). This is done by an algorithm, which converts any content (for example, a series... Find out more

Superpowers, states and companies around the world are all pushing hard to win the AI race. Artificial intelligence (AI) is of strategic importance for the EU, with the European Commission recently stating that ‘artificial intelligence with a purpose can make Europe a world leader’. Europe can only... Find out more

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One worker, one vote? The notion that every citizen’s voice should count equally is, of course, fundamental to democracy. Indeed, this principle was first brought into the trade union political discourse by the British trade unionist George Howell (1880). Despite the wide variation in national... Find out more

Cross-border management needscross-border democracy at work Article 27 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights is very clear: ‘Workers or their representatives must, at the appropriate levels, be guaranteed information and consultation in good time in the cases and under the conditions... Find out more