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#T48 - webinar ITUC AP - 5 June 2020
Jun 05 2020, 14:15 ITUC
The COVID-19 pandemic has had global consequences on the income and livelihoods of workers around the world. Workers are facing increasing occupational safety and health risks; jobs are being suppressed worldwide and precariousness is growing. Informal economy workers have been especially affected as lockdown measures are challenging their livelihoods and they remain largely uncovered by social protection systems and lack access to health care. Workers' rights have been further repressed (...) …- Wages initiative needed even more after coronavirus ETUC 03.06.2020 Press release Wages initiative needed even more after coronavirus A European Commission initiative on fair minimum wages is needed not only to repair the damage caused by EU economic policies following the 2008 economic crisis, but also to deal with the effects of the corona virus crisis …
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