Latvia -Critical article on the country’s profile -January 9, 2013

Latvia is often portrayed as the country where labour did not fight back, but simply emigrated politely and quietly. No general strikes, nor destruction of private property or violence, it is presented as a country where labour had the good sense to not make a fuss when faced with austerity. In a critical article it is shown how the country’s economic disaster is heralded as a ‘neo-liberal success story’.    

English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/direct_speech/?doc=68375

 

For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.

Check Out WageIndicator's Newsletters on Gig Work

News Archive

Loading...