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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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Published in: oDRNo return: precarious delivery workers in Ukraine look to Spain for inspirationFrom Zaragoza to Kyiv, the transnational fight against precarity in the delivery sector is hotting up.
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s precarious delivery workers protest for the first timeAs delivery apps take hold in Ukraine, couriers are coming out to protest declining wages and conditions.
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Published in: oDROn the brink: why Russia’s healthcare workers are organisingWhat would happen if Russia’s healthcare system went on strike? An interview with Russian healthcare union leader...
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Published in: oDRBuilding on bones: working undercover on Ukraine’s deadly building sitesEvery year, dozens of workers die on Ukraine’s construction sites due to poor safety procedures. To find out more, I...
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Published in: oDRWhy work-to-rule is a mobilising act on Ukraine’s railwaysIn May 2018, Ukraine’s railway workers took an unprecedented stand against deathtrap conditions. Six months on, I...
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Published in: oDRGrain truck drivers in south Russia wage war on corruptionA strike by Russian grain hauliers, demanding higher pay and an end to corruption, has gripped the south of the country. RU
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Published in: oDRStanislav Markelov: Russia’s Trade Union Movement, 1990s-2000sTen years ago this month, Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered. Here, we publish an extended...
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Published in: oDRThe democratic future of Uzbekistan doesn’t depend on the politicians, but whether workers can mobiliseUzbekistan’s transition to a market economy will require further worker suppression. But signs of worker...
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Published in: oDRWhat are Ukraine’s train drivers fighting for?Ukraine’s rail workers are now entering the second month of their work-to-rule action. I went to a train depot in...
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Published in: oDRHow workers in Ukraine’s metal industry are fighting for wages, rights and democracyEmployees at this foreign-owned steel complex in south-eastern Ukraine are setting an example for workers everywhere.
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Published in: oDR“In two years of picketing, 15 miners of working age have died”: how Rostov miners are fighting against all odds for their wages – and respectFor two years, workers at a bankrupt mining company in southern Russia attempting to recoup their outstanding wages....
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Published in: oDRIn Russia’s car industry, even the dead work overtimeOnce the pride of the Soviet Union, Tolyatti’s car factories are cutting workers and raising production quotas by...
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