Monday, May 1, 2023

Today Is May Day And This Is The State Of Global Workers' Rights

Statista: The State Of Global Workers' Rights 

The following chart zooms out to give an overview of the state of workers’ rights around the world, using data compiled by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). According to their analysis, Bangladesh was rated in the lowest category for workers rights by to the International Trade Union Confederation (save for places where a general breakdown of the rule of law was identified). The organization also said it saw the country towards the bottom of that category, together with Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Eswatini, the Philippines, Guatemala, Myanmar and Turkey. The ITUC ranked 148 countries based on the right to freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike, giving each nation a score of 1-5+, where 1=sporadic violations of rights and 5+=no guarantee of rights due to breakdown of the rule of law.  

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WNU Editor: A lot of violent protests in France today .... France protests: More than 100 police hurt in May Day demonstrations (BBC).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

put on riot gear and fight or get wacked day

Anonymous said...

good life in Europe will soon end, because analyzing well a good part of South America works like the Chinese, USA going the same way Europe is declining, Apparently, the model of no retirement, no benefits and 12 hours of service is turning China into a superpower, while Europe 3 days off, 6 hours and Netflix..., account is coming Europe no longer has good land and what will the population live on? Living on worthless euro paper? Live in the Metaverse? Worse phase than the N4ZI era, just don't see who doesn't want to ...

Hans Persson said...

Right.. Then move to China and send us a postcard.

Anonymous said...

"he model of no retirement, no benefits and 12 hours of service is turning China into a superpower,"

12 hours as a regular shift is stupid. People make mistakes that cause injuries lives and defective product.

I know plenty of retired people in China with state pensions. That might be changing. If anything the government needs to do two things, which are a defined contribution pension and stable money.

The government may not provide healthcare (it is a good idea that it does not), but they could or should mandate that people spend a percentage of earning on health insurance, with any surpluses rolling over.

When people lack the means to attain lower level needs in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what little surplus they have they spend on detrimental things. They spend it in pick me ups like drugs, alcohol etc. Squeezing the lower classes is detrimental to a strong nation.

Can't afford that house or won an apartment or rent an apartment that is livable. Well take what little surplus you have and eat junk food.

Many Chinese cannot afford medical care now ICO of emergency, but they can get obese. Squeezing the lower classes is counterproductive.