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Published in: oDR“Be like Nina”: how a Ukrainian nurse organised a protest movement
Low wages, stressful conditions and little hope in the future of Ukraine’s healthcare system – this is what Nina...
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Published in: oDRThese miners protested for 43 days underground. Then they were betrayed
This autumn, miners in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih held a strike one kilometre underground to force management...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Covid-time jobs: how Russia’s working people are dealing with the pandemic
We speak to people in Saratov region about coronavirus restrictions - and how they’re making ends meet.
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Published in: oDRMetal city: notes on Lukashenka’s stolen election from Zhlobin
In the immediate aftermath of Belarus’ presidential election, this state steel factory in Zhlobin became a centre of...
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Published in: oDRWhy miners in Ukraine's longest city are holding an underground strike
Under a media blackout, mine workers in Ukraine are refusing to come up from their mines - for wages, better...
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Published in: oDRLabour activists speak out about underground miners' protest in Ukraine
Workers in Ukraine’s iron ore industry are refusing to come up from their mines, risking their wellbeing for better...
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Published in: oDRAs Russia faces an economic downturn, migrant workers are paying a brutal price
Over the past month, migrant workers in Russia have faced retaliatory round-ups, harassment and brutal treatment at...
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Published in: oDRBelarusian labour activists pressured as political crisis drags on
Growing labour unrest and strikes at key state-owned businesses have become a major challenge to embattled president...
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Published in: oDRHow Russia’s doctors are dealing with the psychological strain of COVID-19
For several months, Russian medics have been living with the constant stress of coronavirus. The Ministry of Health...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionIn Ukraine, quarantine measures weaken workplace protections
Covid-19 has become a pretext for pushing back workplace inspections in Ukraine, making the fight for decent work harder.
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Big brands and cheap clothes in the West are bad news for Ukrainian workers
Western fashion brands are happy to outsource their production to Ukrainian textile shops, but labour conditions...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionUK must end trade complicity in Uzbek forced labour
A new report documents the ongoing use of forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton sector.
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Published in: oDRThe pandemic has returned migrant workers to Ukraine. Will they stay?
Ukrainian labour keeps several European economies afloat. But after migrants returned home during the COVID-19...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Russia's labour migrants are caught between poverty and a pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of Central Asian migrants are trapped in Russia's quarantine lockdown, lacking jobs,...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия""If an infected person enters the factory, everything will fall apart"
In late March, two COVID-19 cases were discovered at the large AvtoVaz factory in the Russian city of Tolyatti. The...
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Published in: oDRCoronavirus could crash Russia’s already overstretched healthcare system
Russia’s healthcare system was already working at full capacity before coronavirus. We spoke to one of the people...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionIn Ukraine, liberalisation will not solve the shadow economy
As part of its "turbo reforms", Ukraine's new government sought to write the concept of competition into workplace...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionAn investor standoff in Georgia brings workers, US congressmen into conflict
As a major foreign investor faces rocky times in Georgia, America looms in the shadows.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionMoves against labour rights reveal blind spot in Ukraine’s reform agenda
Ukraine’s draft labour law tests international commitments to human rights and freedom of association.
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Published in: oDRFighting for justice in Ukraine’s construction industry
With high rates of workplace accidents, deaths and informal employment, Ukraine’s construction industry is...