etui.podcast

etui.podcast

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  • Episode #5 (EN) with Ilaria Costantini, Trade union education in times of crisis: is the online a viable solution?
    In this episode we talk to Ilaria Costantini, Education Officer at the ETUI about trade union education and how it is evolving in this time of crisis. 
    The ETUI organizes training activities for trade unionists across Europe and Ilaria talks to us about the online courses the ETUI has developed. 
    What are the main differences between the online and face-to-face courses? What are the advantages and disadvantages of organizing online courses? 
    For more information about these courses: https://www.etui.org/Training/On-line-courses
    21 min
  • Episode #4 (EN) with Bela Galgoczi, COVID19 and the climate crisis: their interconnections and lessons from both
    For the 4th episode of the etui.podcast series, we talk to Bela Galgoczi, senior researcher at the ETUI about the two crisis humanity is facing:the climate crisis and the health crisis. He walks us through the differences and similarities between the two crisis, in both the way the public opinion and governments are reacting to them both. We go on to talk about the European Green New Deal and how COVID19 is affecting the European Commission's plan to move forward with this new initiative. Finally, we talk about the situation in Hungary and the attack on fundamental rights in the country.
    Fact sheet on the episode available here: https://medium.com/@ETUI_org/episode-4-en-covid19-and-the-climate-crisis-their-interconnections-and-how-we-can-learn-from-83e4d910d72a?sk=dc2f620bdc533957edef1b72a209ccff
    50 min
  • Episode #3 (EN) with Zane Rasnača, social protection and the rule of law in times of COVID19, the case of Latvia

    In this third episode we talk with Zane Rasnača, a senior researcher specializing in labour law at the ETUI and an affiliated member at the Institute for European Law (KU Leuven) about social protection for highly mobile workers in the EU. What are the rules which apply to them in normal times and now under COVID-19, what has changed. Then we move on and talk about Latvia. Zane will guide us through the measures put into place by the government in response to the Coronavirus and also what the trade unions are doing to protect workers and jobs, with some specific examples (i.e. AirBaltic). Finally, we talk about the attack on the rule of law and fundamental rights in Europe from different countries.


    28 min
  • Episode #1 (EN) with Stan De Spiegelaere: COVID19, the crisis we did not expect and its impact on work, the case of Belgium.

    This is the first episode of the ETUI.podcast series on "voices on the world of work".  In this episode we talk about how COVID19 is re-shaping our societies and the world of work. What are unions doing, can role can they play and what can be the impact on the world of work in the years to come. We talk with Stan de Spiegelaere, senior researcher at the ETUI and Guest professor at the University of Ghent, about Belgium and what does it mean democracy at work in times of a crisis.

    Here the resources Stan de Spiegelaere mentions at the end of the podcast.

    Books:

    • No Shortcuts, Organizing for power in the new gilded age, by Jane McAlevey
    • A collective bargain. Unions, organizing and the fight for democracy, by Jane McAlevey

      • Mooc:

      • Trade unions in transformation. Iversity
      • International labour Standards: how to use them. Iversity.
        • 27 min

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      The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) podcast offers fresh and original perspectives on the world of work, social Europe, and the labour movement.

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