The World Bank expects the international economic slowdown to be at its worst in over four decades in 2024. This is mainly due to powerful Western nations’ contractionary macroeconomic and geopolitical policies.
South Suffering Due to Powerful Nations’ Policies | Inter Press Service (ipsnews.net)
At the beginning of 2024 it emerged that the top five richest men in the world had doubled their wealth since 2020. If this trend continues, the world could see its first trillionaire within a decade.
EU instruments encouraging social dialogue and collective bargaining are very valuable—but not if employers can walk away.
Social dialogue: urgent to turn words into deeds (socialeurope.eu)
This report highlights the depth of a crisis that is beyond debt. It is a development
and human crisis when government opts to service a creditor [rather] than
its citizens. The findings are clear, governments are working for creditors
and not people, this must change Join the movement for a fair economy
if Africa is to be a rule maker
The primary aim of this ILO study is to provide updated estimates of the financing gap to attain universal coverage for social protection floors. This estimation encompasses 133 low- and middle-income countries, and includes five income security guarantees (for children, persons with severe disabilities, mothers of newborns, older persons and the unemployed), together with essential health care.
Greenwashing the Skies: How the Private Jet Lobby Uses ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ as a Marketing Ploy
The war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s trade union movement—and the lives of workers.
Workers’ rights—a casualty of the war in Ukraine (socialeurope.eu)
Civil society stands up for a European pact for the future—green, social and fit for a one-planet economy.
A new European social contract must be green (socialeurope.eu)
Despite the European Pillar of Social Rights, social protection remains patchy for atypical and self-employed workers.
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