Aboubakar Soumahoro, activist and trade unionist of the agricultural workers of the USB, in an interview with Fanpage.it, explains the reasons for the strike of the laborers called for next May 21, to protest against the conditions of regularization contained in the Relaunch decree: " We are more concerned about vegetables and fruit, which are feared to rot, rather than people whose rights have been rotting for years in the fields".
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Latest update : 26 May 2020.
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"Government is more worried about the fruit than the humans"
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The regularization of undocumented migrants in Europe
14 May 2020The regularisation of undocumented migrants living in Europe is again at the centre of the political debate. Indeed, in the pandemic situation that we are experiencing, regularisation becomes a public health measure; it should remove the obstacles to access to health services. But it is also necessary to enable these workers, who have no rights and no income, to have access to the various public support measures.
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Covid-19: what are the measures taken at the European Union level?
6 May 2020The European Union has taken several steps to respond to the coronavirus crisis. On 23 March, it announced a relaxation of the rules for balancing the budget (European semester) and a temporary modification for state aid within the framework of the Single Market. On 23 April, the European Council also adopted an extraordinary financial support package (ESM, SURE, EIB) and mandated the European Commission to propose a European Recovery Fund linked to the Union’s ordinary budget (2021-2027).
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Behind the apps: lessons from the European Riders’ Assembly
21 November 2019The platform economy is part of our everyday life. Who hasn’t occasionally (and depending on how digitally savvy they are) surfed on Facebook? Bought a book on Amazon? Travelled with BlablaCar and searched for accommodation via AirBnB? Ordered a takeaway delivered by Deliveroo or a taxi using Uber? Platforms offer multiple and varied services for eating, sleeping, travelling.... but what lurks behind these apps?
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Editorial: Resisting Transnational Corporations
21 November 2019During the last Alter Summit meeting, we had the opportunity to discuss with undocumented workers in struggle at Chronopost, a subsidiary of the French Post that manages the express parcel of the public giant. We also had the opportunity to hear from a representative of the international network of call centre workers who organize resistance in this highly internationalized sector.
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Urgent change needed to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
21 November 2019Biodiversity degradation, groundwater and surface water pollution, loss of fertility of arable land, deforestation, animal abuse, health of consumers and also of farmers who use pesticides and other insecticides, ruin of food crops in southern countries affected by subsidised exports from dominant capitalist countries; these are the evils of today’s industrial agriculture supported by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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Resisting the permanent state of insecurity
21 November 2019Securitization is the center dominant politics in our times. Neoliberals, racists and sexists feed in the society with fear and sell their political agendas in the context of a promised security. Thus they promote their idea of militarized security, through creating and enhancing social insecurity.
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The Business of Building Walls
21 November 2019Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe is once again known for its border walls. This time Europe is divided not so much by ideology as by perceived fear of refugees and migrants, some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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Combating the causes of migration
21 November 2019General States of Migration, 18-21 December, Kayes, Mali.
At the initiative of the Coordination Sans-Papiers 75 (Paris) and the Internationale Coalition of Sans-Papiers and Migrants (CISPM), the General States of Migration (GSM) is being organised from 18 to 21 December 2019 in Kayes, Mali. An important event that will address the multiple causes of migration; the lack of professional opportunities, the frenetic exploitation of natural resources and a fragile political and environmental situation have pushed a whole generation of young Malians to embark on the dangerous path of migration.
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Editorial: Where is Europe going?
6 May 2019Social and political crisis, destruction of social protection, decline in labour rights, repression of protest, stigmatizing and racist discourses; at the eve of European elections on 26th of May, the panorama is not encouraging.
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Youth in rebellion!
6 May 2019An act of individual civil disobedience - the climate school strike of young Greta Thunberg in Sweden - has become a real global movement. Nearly 1.5 million high school and university students mobilized on March 15 for an unprecedented climate strike. More than 2000 demonstrations have been recorded in the streets of 125 countries. A next global strike is already scheduled for May 24.
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8M: feminist mobilization with class point of view
6 May 2019On 8 March 2019, Galicia was one of the territories that participated in the international women’s strike, successfully focusing the debate on the issue of care and discrimination suffered by women both in and outside the workplace. This historic day of demonstrations paralyzed a large part of our country.
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Stop the EU’s Services Notification Procedure - municipalities need democratic space to protect the interests of citizens!
18 December 2018A coalition of more than 75 civil society groups, unions, mayors and progressive parties running major European cities has come out to oppose a controversial proposed EU directive (modification of Bolkenstein directive) that has been pushed by business lobbies and would create major new obstacles for progressive municipal policies and initiatives.
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Macron’s Announcements: smoke screen to preserve tax injustice and gifts to the wealthiest
18 December 2018While the whole country has a strong desire for more social and fiscal justice, Emmanuel Macron has finally spoken out, after three weeks of silence, but refuses to change course.
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The Ryanair strike against low labour standards. Made simple
18 December 2018“Ryanair must change”. This simple message, emblazoned on T-shirts in the familiar shades of yellow and blue, stood out loud and clear in airport lobbies of at least seven countries on 28 September.
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Galicia – Spain: Slavery 2.0.
18 December 2018Fighting false cooperatives and false self-employement: the labour inspection obliges company Servicarne to register 5000 self-employed workers to the social security system.
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Struggle of couriers and yellow vests: neoliberal hegemony in danger
18 December 2018The year 2018 is coming to an end and with it the transition that saw the Alter Summit secretariat integrated into the Gresea team. Today our network enjoys relative stability and better opportunities for collaboration.
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Mobilizations for climate justice
18 December 2018In September 2018, at the COP 24 preparatory meeting in Bangkok, delegates representing some of the world’s smallest and poorest countries accused the United States and other Western countries of failing to live up to their green investment commitments.
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The European Pillar of Broken Promises!
18 December 2018As already reported in the Alter summit newsletter, in 2015 EPSU signed an agreement with central/federal government employers to grant EU minimum standards on information and consultation rights to 9.8 million public employees in Europe (point 8 of the EPSR acknowledges these rights to all workers in Europe).
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EU-Africa: Regularization VS Readmission
19 June 2018We are seeing an increase in racist and discriminatory acts against migrants and refugees. In addition, we are also witnessing the proliferation of bilateral and European agreements aimed at deporting "illegalized" persons.
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