Étiquette : COVID 19 : International Workers’ Survey
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MOROCCO The state has taken advantage of the pandemic to aggravate its repressive policies, violence and arbitrary arrests, budget cuts in the health budget itself, and corruption in the markets and in the aid to the health sector
The pandemic has had catastrophic consequences on the Moroccan population, be it political, economic, social or cultural. Politically, the state has taken advantage of the pandemic to aggravate its repressive policies, repressive practices by the authorities, violence and arbitrary arrests, budget cuts even in the health budget itself, and acts of corruption in the markets…
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ITALY « Poor and economically and culturally disadvantaged neighbourhoods are the most affected »
Report n° 9 ITALY Author : The redaction of Tribuna libera Date: December 29th, 2020 1/ What have the consequences of the health crisis for the population been especially for the working class? What has the covid impact been on employment, how many jobs have been lost? The coronavirus and in particular the lockdown periods…
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CHINA Migrant workers, disadvantaged groups, university graduates are mostly affected
Report n° 8 CHINA Author: A labour NGO (1) Date: January 5th, 2021 1/ What have the consequences of the health crisis for the population been especially for the working class? What has the covid impact been on employment, how many jobs have been lost? Most of the workers cannot travel normally, so they cannot…
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MEXICO Companies systematically violated the decrees ordering the closure of non-essential activities, accompanied by international pressure from the United States
Report n° 7 MEXICO Authors: Liliana Plumeda and Juan Carlos Vargas, Members of the Political Organization of the People and WorkersDate: December 28th, 2020 1/ What have the consequences of the health crisis for the population been – especially for the working class? What has the covid impact been on employment, how many jobs have…
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GERMANY « With the « rescue plan » of 1.3 trillion euros, they accepted the bases for the banks and capitalists to organize hundreds of thousands of layoffs »
With the almost unanimous decision of March 25, when all the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag accepted the « recovery plan » which at the time amounted to about 1300 billion euros, the bases were in place for the banks and capitalists to organize hundreds of thousands of layoffs under the control of the banks, speculation and…
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BENIN Activities have Slowed Down Especially for those Working in the Informal Sector – Workers are Managing to Protect themselves from the Danger Around them
In Benin, the working class has been hit hard by the crisis linked to the COVID 19 pandemic. Since March 2020, activities have slowed down in many sectors, especially for those working in the informal sector. Workers are managing to protect themselves from the danger around them. Accompanying measures adopted by the government have mainly…
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INDONESIA « 67% workers were still obligated to go to work. However, 25% of them did not received any protective equipment, such as hand-washing facilities, and disinfectants from the factory »
During pandemic of Covid 19, Indonesian government published some policy that against workers right. In the middle of March, the Minister of Manpower issued circular letter which legitimate the cut of wage and furlough. Many workers that employed with short term contract found it was even worse. They were being laid off without compensation. Besides,…
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THAILAND “The people want a political reform, and the first step is to oust the military junta”
It began among students and young people. The military regime that has been in place since 2014 (1) imposed a dark period for the democratic movement. The « flash mobs » of February 2020 (2) gave new hope. The second stage of the mobilization took place in the summer of 2020, when new strata of students and…
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AUSTRALIA Australia Asia Worker Links « Hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost »
1) What have the consequences of the health crisis for the population been – especially for the working class? What has the COVID impact been on employment, how many jobs have been lost? Australia, being an island, was able to shut its borders totally before the virus was able to take hold internally. As of…
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CANADA “Unanimous vote in Parliament: 107 billion dollars for the banks and bosses”
What are the effects of the pandemic? The death-toll of the Covid-19 has reached 9,636. By mid-June, health workers infected by the virus represented 25% of the cases that had been declared since the beginning of the pandemic. Hospital workers complain of the lack of personal protective equipment, especially face-masks and other such protective…
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