The world's largest trial of a 4-day week in the UK has got off to a successful start and is already showing very positive results. So positive, in fact, that 86 percent of the companies...
Barcelona warns companies: Rent out your empty apartments or we will take them over!
Philipp Stadler
Barcelona aims to fill empty flats. The city recently wrote to 14 companies owning a total of 194 vacant apartments in Barcelona and warned them to rent them out. Otherwise, the city will take over...
A four-day week is to be trialled in Scotland - with no loss of pay for workers. A report published in early September makes suggestions on how shorter working hours could be implemented for Scots,...
Price limits, vouchers, and tax cuts: Unlike Austria, most governments are trying to fight inflation
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Energy prices are going through the roof. But for the first time, the Austrian government did not decide on anything at the energy summit. Many other European governments have already taken measures against inflation in...
What may seem impossible to employees is common practice for multinationals: they shift their profits around the world until they no longer have to pay taxes on them. A global minimum tax on corporate profits...
“Creating Prosperity Together”: How the social economy model saved the English city of Preston
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For a long time, Preston was the centre of industry in England. But when the city's big companies decided to move production to low-wage countries, the economy collapsed and Preston plunged into a deep crisis....
Instead of paying taxes, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is staging a billion-dollar donation to fight climate change. Meanwhile, Amazon continues to support oil and gas companies as well as climate-denying think tanks. Employees now criticise...
Private jets and yachts: Anthropologist Richard Wilk explains how the lifestyle of billionaires harms our society
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Megayachts cause over 7.000 tons of carbon emissions per year, meanwhile average citizens try to deliberately live an eco-friendly lifestyle. Anthropologist Richard Wilk and his colleagues calculated the CO2 emissions of the worlds super rich and...
The Spanish government of Socialist Pedro Sanchéz wants to do everything to "relieve the middle class and workers", says the Prime Minister. From September 1st, rail travel in Spain will be free for local...
Poor working conditions are causing almost 3 million deaths per year – How is that possible?
Johanna Pauls
An estimated 3 million people die globally per year due to concomitant diseases or workplace accidents. When thinking about such events, the first thing that comes to mind might be construction sites or hazardous jobs...