A New Contract for a New Economy
Congress Equality Officer David Joyce looks at the likley impact of the Digital Economy on the world of work and how we can ensure a 'just transition' Daily we are bombarded with propaganda that promotes the 'gig' economy as exciting and empowering. It is also referred to as the 'sharing' economy...
Don't Hold the Front Page
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day and as Ireland drops in the Press Freedom rankings, NUJ Acting General Secretary Seamus Dooley says yes, there is a crisis in the media and yes, we should be worried Those who lament the passing of the traditional newspaper are in danger of sounding like a blacksmith...
Europe Needs a Pay Rise
ETUC General Secretary Luca Visentinioutlines the reasoning behind the organisation's ambitious new campaign - a pay rise for workers across Europe Wages in Europe have collapsed in the last decade. The cause? Globalisation, the financial crisis and, above all, the austerity measures that followed...
