ETUC Briefing Note: National measures to protect self-employed workers

This ETUC briefing note is focused on how EU Member States must also ensure that the protections, changes in laws and regulations regarding short-term work, paid sick leave, etc,. do …

Briefing Note: National measures to protect non-standard workers including workers in the platform economy

This briefing contains the following sections: • Policy pointers on the vulnerable situation of non-standard workers and platform workers amidst the COVID outburst. • Measures introduced at national level to …

ETUC Briefing Note: National measures to avoid collective/individual lay-offs (incl. granting (additional/special) leaves)

This briefing note focuses on strategies to avoid worker lay offs and to ensure alternatives such as ‘short-term work schemes,’ teleworking, etc. to avoid a complete loss of wages. This …

Víctimas de crímenes ambientales en Brasil buscan reparación y justicia en tribunales europeos

Ante la incapacidad del Estado brasileño de brindar respuestas efectivas a las víctimas de crímenes ambientales, se han presentado algunas acciones judiciales en países europeos, en donde empresas responsables por …

Tragédia Brumadinho: sindicatos e familiares cobram justiça e leis mais rígidas na Alemanha

Leis mais rígidas e justiça na Alemanha. Essas foram algumas das pautas levantadas pelo advogado alemão Rudiger Helm para tratar das medidas tomadas em relação à Tüv Süd, empresa alemã contratada pela Vale …

Vale ex-CEO charged with homicide over dam disaster

The former chief executive of mining group Vale was on Tuesday charged with homicide by prosecutors in Brazil for his role in a dam disaster last year that killed more …

THE SAFETY BUSINESS: TÜV SÜD’S ROLE IN THE BRUMADINHO DAM FAILURE IN BRAZI

Recently, a lawsuit was filed in Germany against the auditing firm which had declared the Brumadinho dam safe just prior to its collapse. At least 272 people were killed on …

Freedoms on the Move: The Civic Space for Migrant Workers and Refugees

This report explores the main challenges faced by migrant workers and refugees in exercising their rights to the fundamental freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression; the factors that make …

The safety business: TÜV SÜD’s role in the Brumadinho dam failure in Brazil

On 15 October 2019, five Brazilians who lost close family members in the dam failure, together with ECCHR and MISEREOR, and supported by Brazilian NGOs Associação Comunitária da Jangada and …

Deliveroo’s German exit prompts worker outrage

“BERLIN — Wojtek Świeca was startled when he received an email from Deliveroo on Monday notifying him, like the rest of the company’s roughly 1,100 other riders across Germany, that it …