[P2P-F] Fwd: June 2019: European elections, the platform economy and social law, the cost of living in the EU, ETUI job vacancies

Michel Bauwens michel at p2pfoundation.net
Mon Jul 1 10:23:37 CEST 2019 

worthwhile analysis of the results of the European elections, and
especially the West-East split

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Date: Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 9:35 AM
Subject: June 2019: European elections, the platform economy and social
law, the cost of living in the EU, ETUI job vacancies
To: <michel at p2pfoundation.net>



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*Editorial*

*Mapping the results of the EU election: some preliminary reflections on
the social challenges*

The results of the recent European elections give us a very complex picture
at the EU and national level. The common interpretation is that there was a
lower than expected rise of the extreme right and populist parties in
Europe and that the green and liberal parties have been the winners. This
is true for the Western part of the EU, but in Eastern and Central Europe
the situation is different. In these countries, the Greens get only 3 seats
(on a total of almost 200) and so does the radical left (3 seats too). The
Socialists & Democrats in Central and Eastern Europe, for their part, have
stabilized their share of the vote. Altogether the left counts for 25 % of
the vote in that region. Looking more closely at the national level, it is
very difficult to make any generalization. Look at the situation in Poland
and Spain, for example.

The cleavage theory of Rokkan and Lipset from 1967 can be useful here in
trying to put some order and understand the picture by analyzing emerging
cleavages. Of the 3 traditional cleavages  - state vs church, centre vs
periphery, and owner/capital vs worker -  the last one was the most
influential for the trade union movement. Even if a redefinition of the
capital/workers cleavage would be possible, with more attention for the
ecological question, it would nevertheless be helpful to add 2 additional
(new) cleavages to the picture.

A first new cleavage is the opposition between open – closed society. It
was clearly part of this election debate.  It can be illustrated by the
tensions between the renamed Renew Europe Group and the Identity and
Democracy Group. Although intuitively we would take for granted that both
are opposed to social policies, this does not quite seem to be the case.
We can observe that some nationalistic parties propagate social messages.
At the same time, Emmanuel Macron, who has decided to join with his
political movement the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament, has a
socially inspired discourse, although only at EU level (doing the contrary
at national level). If this cleavage is becoming dominant, it could be very
challenging for the trade unions.

A second cleavage is the green, post-materialist versus productivist
political positioning, which has gained more popularity recently.  For the
proponents of post-materialist values, the environmental crisis imposes a
completely new paradigm. It challenges the productivist paradigm which
centers on the concept of growth. Again, the social orientation of the
post-materalist paradigm is not straightforward. It ranges from very
socially sensitive to more liberal. The challenge here will be to have an
in-depth reflection about what it means concretely for trade unions to
operate in this new paradigm. If post-materialism takes the lead, what does
this mean for pensions and wages? What could be a trade union agenda in
this context?

In any case, it is only the start of very complex, challenging and
strategic debates for the future.

*Philippe Pochet, General director ETUI*
*Publications*
*The platform economy and social law: Key issues in comparative perspective
*

This Working Paper brings together two parallel but complementary
approaches to the impact of the platform economy on working conditions and
social law.

*Aussi disponible en français*
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*The cost of living in the EU: how much do you need?*

This policy brief details the necessary amounts for dignified living
according to official EU figures and the perceptions of Europeans, as well
as the actual disposable income of families in the lower part of the income
distribution across EU member states.
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*Save the date*

8/07/2019: Working behind bars: Launch of HesaMag#19 and Vernissage Photo
Exhibition by Sadak Souici
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9/07/2019: Lunch debate: Revolt of the Laborers of Love: Organizing
Teachers, Journalists and Museum workers in the U.S.
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Europe. 30 years after the EU Framework Directive on health and safety at
work, what’s the way forward?
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*Job vacancies*
*Legal researcher*

The ETUI is seeking to recruit a full time researcher (M/F) in European
social and labour law and/or comparative social and labour law.

Application deadline: 8 July 2019
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*Education officer *

The ETUI is seeking to recruit a full time Education Officer (M/F) to
design, organize and develop training activities in partnership with
National Trade Union Confederations and European Trade Union Federations,
and
deliver, implement and contribute to the ETUI Education Strategy and
programme.

Application deadline: 12 July 2019
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*Calls for tenders*
*Website Development and Support*

The ETUI is procuring a supplier for a Framework Agreement of ETUI’s
website (www.etui.org) and sub-websites.

Submission deadline: 25 August 2019 17:00
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*Production of ETUI publication “EWC representatives’ survey 2018”*

Graphical design, lay outing, pre-print preparation

Submission deadline: 5 August 2019 8:00
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*Training*
*EWCs and organising workers *

Faced with declining union density across Europe trade unions are stepping
up their initiatives for membership recruitment and organising workers.
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*ETUI learning approach *

In this guide you will have an insight into ETUI's learning approach, our
mission and impact of our training programmes and learning pathways.
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*Recent events*
*In memoriam Christos Triantafillou  *

It is with great sadness that the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
learned of the passing of Christos Traintafillou, an economist at the
Labour Institute of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (INE-GSEE),
member of ETUI's Trade Union related Research Institutes (TURI) network,
trainer, member of the NETYL network (Young Leader) and member of the
Pedagogical Committee of the Education department.
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*Trade union related research institutes meet on the verge of the ETUC
Congress *

This year the members of the network of research Institutes close to the
trade union movement (TURI) were invited by the Austrian Chamber of Labour
(AK) to hold their annual conference on the fringe of the ETUC Congress in
Vienna.
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*The European Pillar of Social Rights: where are we now and where are we
going?*

Almost one and a half years after the proclamation of the European Pillar
of Social Rights (EPSR), a group of researchers, policymakers and civil
society representatives came together at the ETUI to assess the status of
the EPSR’s implementation and reflect on its future.
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*TSD 2019: what agenda for the European and US trade unions? *

The political situation in Europe after the recent elections for European
Parliament and the trade union agendas on both sides of the Atlantic were
the main topics of this year’s Transatlantic Social Dialogue meeting,
organised by the European Trade Union Institute, the Institute of Economic
and Social Research of the Hans Böckler Foundation and the Worker Institute
of Cornell University.
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* In the media*

   - TokFM, Raport „Workforce View in Europe 2019 - Polacy nie chcą krócej
   pracować
   <https://crm.etui.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=53064&qid=644047>
   (21 June 2019)
   - makronom.mandiner, Lehet még emelni a béreket, mert a képzettségünk
   már nyugati szintű
   <https://crm.etui.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=53065&qid=644047>
   (20 June 2019)
   - Nepszava, A korszerű ingatlanokat keresik, de abból kevés van
   <https://crm.etui.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=53066&qid=644047>
   (19 June 2019)
   - RTBF, Homme VS machine: qui l'emportera sur le marché du travail ?
   <https://crm.etui.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=53067&qid=644047>
   (12 June 2019)
   - Dissentmagazine, Belabored Podcast #177: More Hours for What We Will,
   with Will Stronge
   <https://crm.etui.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=53068&qid=644047>
   (07 June 2019)
   - De Wereld Morgen, Democratie op het werk gaat over respect
   <https://crm.etui.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=53069&qid=644047>(04
   June 2019)

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