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Overwhelming majority for UN Tax Convention

a vote in the 2nd Committee of the UN General Assembly ended with an overwhelming majority in favor of approving the Terms of Reference for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. The negotiation process for the new convention is now set to begin in February 2025 and end in 2027.

Another overwhelming majority puts the UN Tax Convention negotiations on track, but the EU abstains – Eurodad

Trade Unions against Gender Based Violence

Crucial for social justice!

Trade unions in action against gender-based violence: 16 days of activism – International Trade Union Confederation

Why work so long hours?

Working time in Europe has not changed since the 1980s!

Why Haven’t Full-Time Workers Cut Hours Since the 1980s?

A political movement to fight billionaires?

Is there not too much silence today?

We need a political movement to fight billionaires | Will Bunch Newsletter

For a new International Financial Architecture

The international financial architecture is in urgent need of reform. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, it is “outdated, dysfunctional and unjust”. The main institutions were created 80 years ago in a transatlantic agreement, at a time when many of the world’s nation-states of today were still colonies. Moreover, the institutions have failed in their mission to prevent and mitigate crises and to mobilize sufficient financing for internationally agreed development goals.

Reimagining the International Financial Architecture | Global Policy Forum

Western Finance Ruins Economies

Western financial policies have been squeezing economies worldwide. After being urged to borrow commercial finance heavily, developing countries now struggle with contractionary Western monetary policies.

Western Finance Ruining Economies of the Rest | Inter Press Service

The minimum wage controversy

What is the discussion about? Will the EU directive be implemented?

Germany’s Minimum Wage Controversy: Will the EU Directive Be Enforced?

Austerity, the wrong medicine

In favour of a bold investment policy in the EU

Austerity déjà vu: the return of the wrong economic medicine

Labour Shortages in Europe

an opportunity for more and better collective bargaining?

Labour shortages – an opportunity to rebalance bargaining power?

Climate finance, reparations and human rights

In order to understand the very clear links between different topics …

Key_Concepts_-_Climate_Finance_Reparations_and_Human_Rights.pdf

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