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Published in: oDRWhy miners in Ukraine's longest city are holding an underground strikeUnder 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 UkraineWorkers 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 priceOver 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 onGrowing 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-19For 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 protectionsCovid-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 workersWestern 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 labourA 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 pandemicHundreds 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 systemRussia’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 economyAs 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 conflictAs 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 agendaUkraine’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 industryWith high rates of workplace accidents, deaths and informal employment, Ukraine’s construction industry is...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionGeorgia’s trainee doctors are sick of their uncertain futures - and are fighting backAmid a wider political crisis in Georgia, new fees on qualifying exams have brought medical students in Tbilisi out...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionCome on mate, regulate! Why the Eastern Partnership needs labour rights at its centreEastern Partnership countries need to put labour rights at the heart of their progress. And the EU should pay close...
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Published in: oDRAfter years of neoliberalism, Georgia’s workers have forgotten what it means to winWith migration and precarity hitting Georgian workers hard, we speak to two organisers at an independent trade union...
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Published in: oDR“A strike isn’t a goal in itself”: defending labour rights in Ukraine’s gig economyRecent signs of mobilisation by precarious workers in Ukraine have refocused public attention on labour rights. But...
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