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Jeremy Rifkin on role of trade unions & cooperatives in the zero marginal cost society

video interview Jeremy Rifkin, President Foundation on Economic Trends, ETUC/ETUI conference 'Shaping the new world of work', 27-29 June 2016
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IMF should stop attacks against pensions and workers' rights in Greece

IMF should stop attacks against pensions and workers' rights in Greece | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The ITUC has attacked the IMF over its hard-line stand on Greece, including its demands that the Greek government should dismantle workers' rights. The global union body expressed its strong support to its affiliated organisation in Greece, GSEE, at a moment when unreasonable austerity and deregulatory reform demands could force the country to default to the IMF as early as next month. In June, the government will have to choose between maintaining vital public services and pension (...)
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Not Alone: Cooperative and Trade Union Solutions for Freelancers

Not Alone: Cooperative and Trade Union Solutions for Freelancers | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Photo credit: The Blue Diamond Gallery / CC BY. A proliferation of atypical forms of work in Europe has become known as "The Gig Economy." For many, a permanent state of social economic uncertainty is the new normal. Casual work, temping, zero hour contracts, and diverse forms of self-employment are characteristic of this brave new world of "precarious work."
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