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UK MPs demand ‘just reconstruction’ in Ukraine amid fears for workers’ rights

Money for Ukraine’s recovery must ‘not disappear into the hands of oligarchs’, Nadia Whittome told openDemocracy

UK MPs demand ‘just reconstruction’ in Ukraine amid fears for workers’ rights
Labour MP Nadia Whittome speaks in solidarity with Ukrainians at a rally in March 2022 | Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy
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UK MPs have called for a post-war reconstruction process that benefits “every Ukrainian” and includes a role for the country’s trade unions and civil society.

Since Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s government has signalled a permanent move away from consulting trade unions as part of its reconstruction and reform agenda, sparking fears for workers’ rights.

International reconstruction discussions have, so far, largely been silent on the Ukrainian government’s approach of pushing through radical deregulation of workplace protections and socio-economic policy.