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, Peace, oligarchs and big power manoeuvres
Capitulation NO! - Protester against the peace plan. A new peace plan has been floated to end the Russo-Ukraine War begun in 2014. But at what price? Ten thousand have protested in Kyiv against what some are calling a capitulation. Ukrainian socialist scholar Marko Bojcun assesses what is happening. Thoughts about a possible peace agreement … Continue reading Ukraine, Peace, oligarchs and big power manoeuvres
Reinterpreting the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014
Starting in November 2013 mass protests began in Ukraine leading to what became known as the EuroMaidan or the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. It has been argued that Ukraine experienced a revolution in that period, the nature of that revolution has been a matter of some controversy. Or indeed whether there was revolution at all. An … Continue reading Reinterpreting the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014
Ukraine: the elections and after, Interview with historian serhiy hirik
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign interviewed the historian Serhiy Hirik about the recent round of Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections and the current situation. Sergiusz Hirik 1. Why did the Ukrainian voters so overwhelmingly reject the incumbent Poroshenko? What did they expect Zelensky would do for them? First of all, the Ukrainian voters, a majority of them, … Continue reading Ukraine: the elections and after, Interview with historian serhiy hirik
Lessons from the election in Kryvyi Rih
Ukrainian socialist Vitaliy Dudin recently stood in the Parliamentary elections in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih. Standing on an openly left-wing program as an activist of the "Social Movement" he gained a small vote. It was however an invaluable experience with man lessons. We publish below Vitaliy’s initial thoughts. I got 328 votes. I … Continue reading Lessons from the election in Kryvyi Rih
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 