Europe
German workers say Amazon boss Jeff Bezos deserves no awards
April 24, 2018Union spokeswoman: "Innovation must also have a human face, and the expansion of a global monopoly does not deserve the term innovation."
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Amazon slammed for firing 100 workers after strike
April 20, 2018After long-term temp workers went on strike in Spain, the global logistics giant decided not to renew their contracts. Unions are up in arms.
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Public sector walkout brings France to a halt
March 23, 2018The public sector has been galvanized by President Macron’s plans to fire 120,000 government workers by 2022.
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Social democracy abandoned workers; now, workers are doing likewise
March 21, 2018The fall of the center-left has more to do with social democrats' 1990s accommodation to capital than with any rightward shift by European voters.
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Outlook for Italy grim as far right advances in elections
March 6, 2018Results show the radical right is continuing to advance across Europe—and expose the ongoing decline of what liberals term the “center-left.”
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