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The all-purpose cop-out of ‘anti-competitiveness’

Companies, especially since the crisis, make the case that advances in workers’ rights lessen the competitiveness of an economy. Should we believe them?

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Labor protestors in Korea. rabble/Flickr. (CC 2.0 by-nc)

We spoke to Montserrat Mir Roca, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, about the obstacles and potential for labour organising in Europe in the context of the contemporary economic crisis.

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