For more than a month Ukrainian trade union have been struggling against the changes proposed by the Government to the legislation on employment rights, trade unions, social insurance and social dialogue. Trade union organisations around the world have offered their support to workers in Ukraine. Published here is a statement by the European Trade Union … Continue reading European education unions in solidarity with Ukrainian workers
Wave of Anger – mass trade union protest in Ukraine
Kyiv protesters on 30 January: “A Red Card for the Government’s Law On Labour No. 2708” A report from the Kyiv organization Social Movement about the growing opposition to the government’s attempt to satisfy the demands of domestic and foreign owned big business for a cheaper and more pliant Ukrainian labour force. No less than … Continue reading Wave of Anger – mass trade union protest in Ukraine
UKRAINIAN UNIONS UNITE AGAINST ANTI-WORKER LAWS
ALL-UKRAINIAN TRADE UNION FORUM IN KYIV On January 16, representatives of more than 60 thousand primary trade union organisations from all over Ukraine, delegated by 7 million members of trade unions, came to Kyiv to take part in the Trade Union Forum. Representatives of workers from of sectors of the national economy have sent a … Continue reading UKRAINIAN UNIONS UNITE AGAINST ANTI-WORKER LAWS
Auschwitz 75th Anniversary: A memoir by Roman Rosdolsky
Seventy-five years ago Auschwitz was liberated– the first to enter the camp was a battalion led by the Major Anatoliy Shapiro, a Jewish Ukrainian of the Red Army’s, First Ukrainian Front. To mark the Anniversary we republish the memoir of the respected scholar Roman Rosdolsky first published in the Ukrainian émigré socialist journal Oborona in … Continue reading Auschwitz 75th Anniversary: A memoir by Roman Rosdolsky
UKRAINIAN UNIONS TAKE TO THE STREETS FOR FREEDOM
On 15 January thousands of trade unionists and social activists took to the streets of Kyiv and picketed the Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Kyiv. The mass protest was against new labour code - branded 'legalised slavery' which will massively restrict workers rights and of trade unions to represent workers. The mass protest … Continue reading UKRAINIAN UNIONS TAKE TO THE STREETS FOR FREEDOM
Ukrainian unions urgent appeal for solidarity
👉 On 28 December 2019, on the eve of the New Year holidays, without any warning and agreement with social partners, without timely publication and wide discussion, Honcharuk’s Government attacked labour and social rights of Ukrainians! The draft law provides for dismissal of employees at request of the employer without any grounds and without severance pay; … Continue reading Ukrainian unions urgent appeal for solidarity
Ukrainian workers face major attack on their freedom
A new labour law is being introduced in Ukraine which represents a major attacks on workers freedom and democracy as a whole. The Ukrainian trade union as whole is engaged in mobilising to oppose this attacks and is calling for solidarity. We publish below a press release issued by the Labor Initiatives centre in Kyiv. … Continue reading Ukrainian workers face major attack on their freedom
Війна і окупація: життя і смерть по другій стороні фронту
Шукаючи кращого розуміння війни на Сході України та перспектив її мирного врегулювання, Кампанія Солідарності з Україною запрошує спостереження та аналізи людей, близьких до центру конфлікту. Нещодавно ми попросили Олену Скоморощенко Доктор філософії, Директор Інституту соціального партнерства і Міжнародний секретар Соціал-демократичної партії України, щоби вона відповіла на ряд наших запитань. Її відповіді наведені нижче. Олену Скоморощенко … Continue reading Війна і окупація: життя і смерть по другій стороні фронту
War and occupation: life and death across the front line
Interview with Olena Skomoroshchenko of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine In search of a better understanding of the war in Eastern Ukraine and the prospects for its peaceful settlement, we are soliciting the observations and analyses of people in Ukraine close to the centre of the conflict. We asked Olena Skomoroshchenko (PhD, Philosophy), Director … Continue reading War and occupation: life and death across the front line
FEAR AND HOPE IN UKRAINE
We publish below the observations of Maksym Kazakov in Kyiv about the demonstrations in October against President Zelensky’s attempt to restart the peace process and bring the war in Eastern Ukraine to an end. Kazakov. Maksym is a historian and activist in Social Movement (Соціальний Рух) Translation by Marko Bojcun President Zelensky visiting the war … Continue reading FEAR AND HOPE IN UKRAINE
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 