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The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) podcast offers new perspectives on ongoing research and education on social Europe, worker participation, health and safety, the wider labour movement and the world of work.
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Trade unions, unemployment benefits and labour market outsiders with Daniel Clegg and Elke Heins

etui.podcastSep 12, 2022

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The future of Social Europe with Maarten Keune
Sep 07, 202317:22
Regulating AI at work with Valerio De Stefano and Virginia Doellgast

Regulating AI at work with Valerio De Stefano and Virginia Doellgast

AI is now widely used to automate business processes and replace labour-intensive tasks while changing the skill demands for those that remain. How are AI-based tools deployed to monitor worker conduct and to automate HR management processes? Through the dual lens of comparative labour law and employment relations research, our guest investigate the role of collective bargaining and government policy in shaping strategies to deploy new digital and AI-based technologies at work.


More about the special issue: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/trsa/29/1

Jun 30, 202334:43
A house of dignity for domestic workers in Europe with Maddalena Colombi, Aude Cefaliello and Grace Papa

A house of dignity for domestic workers in Europe with Maddalena Colombi, Aude Cefaliello and Grace Papa

There are almost 2.6 million domestic workers in Europe working in private homes or others. Though representing a huge and vital workforce, their economic and social contribution has often been denied and they are longing for recognition. Although domestic workers are finally enjoying more social rights, trade unions have a key role to play to achieve improved working conditions for domestic workers within and across borders.

Jun 11, 202316:05
What is happening in the world of work? with Nicola Countouris and Sotiria Theodoropoulou
Apr 07, 202312:18
What are eco-social policies? with Philippe Pochet & Béla Galgóczi
Mar 15, 202308:38
How should we think about modern capitalism? with Lucio Baccaro, Mark Blyth, and Jonas Pontusson
Feb 20, 202328:02
The EU adequate minimum wages directive with Esther Lynch and Torsten Müller
Sep 21, 202219:02
Trade unions, unemployment benefits and labour market outsiders with Daniel Clegg and Elke Heins
Sep 12, 202224:06
How is AI impacting our lives? with Hamid Ekbia and Nicola Countouris
Aug 04, 202210:58
Psychosocial risks in Europe with Aude Cefaliello

Psychosocial risks in Europe with Aude Cefaliello

What are psychosocial risks? PSRs are increasingly impacting all industries in every Member State. The effects of psychosocial risks can be long-lasting and have both physical and psychological impacts on workers’ lives (such as depression, musculoskeletal disorders or burnout).


Find out more: https://www.etui.org/publications/psychosocial-risks-europe

https://www.etui.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/01-ETU%20BM2021-Chap5-Occupational%20health%20and%20safety%20inequalities%20in%20the%20EU_1.pdf

Jul 11, 202215:20
Covid-19 and the world of work with David Natali
Jul 04, 202217:45
European social citizenship: what does the public think? with Marius Busemeyer and Gianna Eick
Apr 25, 202218:32
The platform economy in Europe with Wouter Zwysen and Jan Drahokoupil
Apr 11, 202229:02
Re-emerging social ambitions in EU policy making? with Bart Vanhercke and Slavina Spasova
Mar 22, 202228:39
Quo vadis, Social Europe? with Caroline de la Porte, Maurizio Ferrera and Philippe Pochet
Feb 15, 202225:37
A conversation with Nobel Prize winner, Klaus Hasselmann and Susanne Hasselmann-Barthe on climate change and climatology
Nov 18, 202112:47
Why is the ETUI’s Education department learning approach unique? with Gabriela Portela

Why is the ETUI’s Education department learning approach unique? with Gabriela Portela

The ETUI Education department offers a wide range of high-quality training on key competencies and skills to European Trade Union members. The end goal? Strengthening and expanding the labour movement.

More info: www.etui.org/education

Oct 25, 202116:58
Do trade unions and industrial relations effectively reduce inequality? with Lisa Dorigatti and Roberto Pedersini

Do trade unions and industrial relations effectively reduce inequality? with Lisa Dorigatti and Roberto Pedersini

Inequality has been a growing concern in recent years. The internationalisation of production and markets, the rampant financialisation of the economy, the deregulation of labour markets, and the retrenchment of welfare systems are only some of the factors that have been feeding into increased inequality in terms of income, property, job security, and working and living conditions. The weakening of industrial relations institutions has also been regarded as part of this broad picture since trade unions and collective bargaining have usually been considered as vehicles of fairness and capable of reducing or at least containing inequality. This podcast episode revolves around Transfer's issue on Industrial relations and inequality and intends to contribute to this strand of research by investigating the analytical premises and the empirical evidence of such claims.

The issue can be viewed here: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/trsa/27/1


Oct 13, 202124:05
The creative industry & Covid-19 with Valeria Pulignano

The creative industry & Covid-19 with Valeria Pulignano

The Covid‑19 pandemic is still causing tremendous human suffering, with serious and long-term implications for people’s health, wellbeing and quality of life as well as for the economy, work and employment overall. In this episode, we will be exploring together with Valeria Pulignano how millions of workers especially in the creative industries have been vulnerable to layoffs and income loss. 

Valeria Pulignano et al.'s publication can be downloaded here: https://www.etui.org/publications/creative-labour-era-covid-19

Jul 08, 202120:27
(How) can international trade union organisations be democratic? with Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick

(How) can international trade union organisations be democratic? with Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick

International trade union organisations, like unions at national level, commonly affirm their commitment to internal democracy. But what does this mean? We will be discussing this with two academic giants, Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick.

Find out more in Rebecca's and Richard's latest article in Transfer: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1024258920938499

May 31, 202140:17
What can we learn from Alphabet workers? with Stan De Spiegelaere

What can we learn from Alphabet workers? with Stan De Spiegelaere

In this episode of etui.podcast we will explore the whys and the hows of the Alphabet workers and what this experience means for the wider trade union movement.

Show notes:

Trabsfer article by Stan De Spiegelaere on transnational trade unionism & the Ryanair case https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1024258920921106

De Tocqueville was right about trade unions: they are the schools of democracy

https://medium.com/@ETUI_org/trade-unions-the-schools-of-democracy-93caa690ef71

Apr 01, 202113:10
EU Social policy - state of play with Bart Vanhercke

EU Social policy - state of play with Bart Vanhercke

Despite a spectacular economic reaction to the pandemic crisis, which stands in stark contrast to the austerity-driven response to the 2008 financial and economic crisis, Bart Vanhercke and the co-authors of Bilan Social express concerns about the so-called ‘social affairs players’ being sidelined in the new Recovery and Resilience Facility,  the fuzzy EU commitment to gender issues, the EU response to rising in-work poverty and the setting a new social-ecological contract.

The pandemic's longer-term economic consequences are not clear at this stage. No one can exclude that a real social crisis will quickly follow the vaccination campaign in the headlines. For the time being, however, it’s the unprecedented –and unexpected coordinated response by the EU’s and its 27 Members States and the European Commission that stands out. The EU’s response indeed contributed to mitigate the impact on unemployment (compared to the rest of the world) and demonstrated that the EU can react quickly and forcefully.

Mar 24, 202123:58
The EU pay transparency directive with Kalina Arabadjieva

The EU pay transparency directive with Kalina Arabadjieva

The EU Commission has recently released a proposal for a directive on equal pay. Kalina Arabadjieva will unpack the flaws of such a proposal and spell out why women are still, on average, paid less than men.

Mar 15, 202116:01
Benchmarking Working Europe, the impact of a pandemic with Romuald Jagodzinski

Benchmarking Working Europe, the impact of a pandemic with Romuald Jagodzinski

In this episode, Romuald Jagodzinsk, points out the main takeaways of the 20th-anniversary issue of Benchmarking Working Europe. The Covid-19 pandemic, and the ensuing economic recession, has proved to be the harshest of ‘stress tests’ for the European Union, probing policymakers’ ability and willingness to emerge from this new crisis without repeating the mistakes of the past.

Jan 28, 202114:00
European economic policy developments during Covid-19 with Sotiria Theodoropoulou

European economic policy developments during Covid-19 with Sotiria Theodoropoulou

In this episode, Sotiria Theodoropoulou sheds light on the economic developments in Europe since the onset of possibly the deepest recession in European history.  The analysis will contextualize the economic and social challenges of member states and provide a preliminary analysis of the autumn package and the economic policy priorities of the EU.

Nov 18, 202032:30
How Covid-19 has impacted workers in the healthcare sector with Paula Franklin

How Covid-19 has impacted workers in the healthcare sector with Paula Franklin

In this episode, Paula Franklin, Senior Researcher at the ETUI will shed light on how the Covid-19 has heightened and amplified the pre-existing cracks in the healthcare sector, imposing difficult working conditions for (female) health workers.

Nov 10, 202018:28
Nicola Countouris: Covid-19 and the world of work, an overview

Nicola Countouris: Covid-19 and the world of work, an overview

In this episode, the ETUI's new Research Director, Nicola Countouris, sheds light on the importance of research for strengthening the trade union movement, the short term and long term goals for the Institute's research department, and provides insights on how the pandemic has hit the EU labour markets after decades of deregulation and austerity.

Oct 21, 202017:55
Episode #11 with Ludovic Voet, migrant workers and COVID19, trade unions in action
Jun 08, 202019:54
Episode #10 with Torsten Müller and Thorsten Schulten, short-time work and Covid19, is this the new normal?
May 26, 202031:35
Episode #9 with Jan Drahokoupil, COVID19 and platform workers, what rights and protections? A look into Czechia
May 18, 202024:40
Episode #8 (EN) with Aída Ponce Del Castillo, privacy in times of COVID19, the case of contact-tracing applications

Episode #8 (EN) with Aída Ponce Del Castillo, privacy in times of COVID19, the case of contact-tracing applications

In the 8th episode of etui.podcast, Aída Ponce Del Castillo, senior researcher at the ETUI talks with Elisa Bruno (ETUI) about her recent policy brief on Covid-19 and contact-tracing apps (https://www.etui.org/Publications2/Policy-Briefs/European-Economic-Employment-and-Social-Policy/Covid-19-contact-tracing-apps-how-to-prevent-privacy-from-becoming-the-next-victim). The topic of contact-tracing with apps emerged very early in tackling the pandemic in the Asian countries and it was rapidly implemented in Singapore and South Korea. We get to talk about the implementation of contact-tracing apps in Europe, at government and at the company level, and the implications on the privacy of citizens and workers. Trade unions should be at the forefront in trying to assess and negotiate the use of contact-tracing apps at the workplace. Aida gives very hand-on indications on what unions can do to protect workers from live in a surveillance work-environment.
May 11, 202032:18
Episode #7 (EN) with Silvia Rainone, COVID19 with a little help from the EU and the case of Italy

Episode #7 (EN) with Silvia Rainone, COVID19 with a little help from the EU and the case of Italy

In the 7th episode, Silvia Rainone, legal researcher, in conversation with Elisa Bruno (ETUI) about the EU recovery plans and the different instruments put in place at EU level to save the economy and the labour market following the coronavirus outbreak. This episode gives a detailed overview from the resercher's perspective of all the instruments the EU has deployed to help Member States during the pandemic, and it digs into the implications on the world of work and labour law.
Don't miss the important facts at the end of the podcast when the discussion turns around Italy, Silvia describes the measures taken at national level, their impact on the world of work and the role of the trade union movement in the Italian case.
May 07, 202044:39
Episode #6 (FR) avec Philippe Pochet, Quatre scénarios pour l'avenir de l'Europe après la crise
May 03, 202028:20
Episode #5 (EN) with Ilaria Costantini, Trade union education in times of crisis: is the online a viable solution?
Apr 20, 202020:35
Episode #4 (EN) with Bela Galgoczi, COVID19 and the climate crisis: their interconnections and lessons from both
Apr 20, 202049:24
Episode #3 (EN) with Zane Rasnača, social protection and the rule of law in times of COVID19, the case of Latvia

Episode #3 (EN) with Zane Rasnača, social protection and the rule of law in times of COVID19, the case of Latvia

In this third episode we talk with Zane Rasnača, a senior researcher specializing in labour law at the ETUI and an affiliated member at the Institute for European Law (KU Leuven) about social protection for highly mobile workers in the EU. What are the rules which apply to them in normal times and now under COVID-19, what has changed. Then we move on and talk about Latvia. Zane will guide us through the measures put into place by the government in response to the Coronavirus and also what the trade unions are doing to protect workers and jobs, with some specific examples (i.e. AirBaltic). Finally, we talk about the attack on the rule of law and fundamental rights in Europe from different countries.


Apr 08, 202027:03
Episode #2 (FR) avec Laurent Vogel: La crise du Covid-19 analysée sous l'angle de la santé et sécurité au travail
Apr 06, 202028:58
Episode #1 (EN) with Stan De Spiegelaere: COVID19, the crisis we did not expect and its impact on work, the case of Belgium.
Apr 02, 202026:39
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