Ukraine labour news (English texts)

Articles	Author	Date	www
Be like Nina against hospital closures	Patrick Le Tréhondat	November 8, 2024
Ukraine: civil society and labour in the third winter of Russia’s all-out war	Serhii Guz	October 30, 2024	ukraine-solidarity.org
Ukrainian state reduces social guarantees for health personnel	Patrick Le Tréhondat	October 5, 2024	laboursolidarity.org
The neoliberal battle for Ukraine’s reconstruction	Lily Lynch	August 24, 2024	www.newstatesman.com
Ukraine: Lviv miners: "We are not slaves"	Tetiana Hnativa Karetnikova , Ihor Vasylets, Maksym Shumakov, Translation Patrick Le Tréhondat	July 29, 2024	laboursolidarity.org
Commotion and margin of opportunity: how COVID-19 and the war have affected the position of nurses in Ukraine	OLENA TKALICH	June 20, 2024	commons.com.ua
Ukraine: “The most important thing is self-organisation”.	Alexander Kitral, Interview by Patrick Le Tréhondat, Illustration : Katya Gritseva	June 16, 2024	Telegram-Patrick Le Tréhondat
Ukraine: What does Nina want?	Be Like Nina, Translated by Patrick Le Tréhondat	May 23, 2024
Ukraine : The obstacles and challenges to the medical workers at wartime	Ignacy Jozwiak (Inicjatywa Pracownicza)	May 15, 2024	laboursolidarity.org
To foreign politicians - justice for Ukrainian workers!	Kryvyi Rih appeal (EN)	May 14, 2024
How the war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s trade union movement – and the lives of workers	Inès Gil	May 7, 2024	www.equaltimes.org
On Vitaliy Dudin's Telegram channel	Vitaliy Dudin	March 13, 2024
Ukraine: 7 conclusions for 24 February	Vitaliy Dudin	February 24, 2024
Ukraine: Act, the new student union zine	Patrick Le Tréhondat	February 15, 2024
Viktoriia Pihul (Social Movement, Ukraine): ‘The normalisation of full-scale war has seen the return of political confrontation’	Viktoriia Pihul Federico Fuentes	February 15, 2024
Ukraine : "Tensions are building in Ukrainian society as a result of neoliberal policies imposed by the government”	Patrick Le Tréhondat Oksana Dutchak	February 3, 2024
Ukraine is quietly abandoning neoliberalism	Luke Cooper	January 31, 2024	www.ips-journal.eu
Position of the KVPU on the Draft Labour Code of Ukraine	Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU)	January 22, 2024	kvpu.org.ua
New attacks on the Labour Code	Vitaliy Dudin, Translation by Patrick Le Tréhondat	January 18, 2024	Vitaliy Dudin (Telegram)
Ukraine: "Our union protects workers under martial law".	Volodymyr Kozelsky	January 12, 2024	laboursolidarity.org
Ukraine’s Trade Unions Face Russian Invasion and Homegrown Attacks on Labor Rights	VOLODYA VAGNER	January 11, 2024	jacobin.com
Revealed: Ukraine’s secret attempt to bypass top trade union bodies	Thomas Rowley, Serhiy Guz	December 21, 2023	www.opendemocracy.net
The War in Ukraine: Agenda for the Left	Oleksandr Kyselov	December 21, 2023	commons.com.ua
Ukraine : 3 questions to Be like Nina	Patrick Le Tréhondat Oksana Slobodyana	November 21, 2023
Ukraine : “Cooperatives are one of the ways to spread the principles and ideas of self-organization in society”	Patrick Le Tréhondat ReSew coop - Швейний Кооператив	November 9, 2023
Background to Be Like Nina movement	Szymon Martys	October 1, 2023
The anti-social ferocity of Ukraine's neo-liberals	Olena Slobodien	September 28, 2023
Ukraine: Notes from Kyiv: Which side are we on?	Eric Lee	September 26, 2023	www.ericlee.info
Ukrainian unions support the war, but . . .	Eric Lee	September 22, 2023	www.radiolabour.net
Urgent Appeal For Medical Aid	Ukraine Solidarity Campaign	September 21, 2023	ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
The country lacks doctors: the medical job market is full of vacancies that no one can fill	Socportal	September 14, 2023
What Does Solidarity With Ukraine’s Workers Look Like?	Bill Fletcher, Jr. Olesia Briazgunova Liz Lawrence Fabio Bosco	September 7, 2023	therealnews.com
Ukraine : Trudova Halychyna, the voice of the workers of Galicia	Patrick Le Tréhondat Trudova Halychyna	September 1, 2023
Ukraine: Kyiv: Hope In The Darkness	Luke Cooper	August 30, 2023	euroalter.com
Ukraine: "It is possible to manage and control hospitals”	Patrick Le Tréhondat	August 25, 2023
In conversation with Ukrainian grassroots collectives	Davide Grasso	August 19, 2023	trise.org
Ukraine: Call for strike in Mariupol	International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles	August 13, 2023	laboursolidarity.org
July wave of social conflicts in Ukraine	assembly.org.ua	August 6, 2023	libcom.org
Crane operators are unprotected workers	Trudova Halychyna Patrick Le Tréhondat	August 4, 2023	laboursolidarity.org
Ukraine’s medics are calling for change – but nobody is listening	Kateryna Farbar	August 3, 2023	www.opendemocracy.net
Protecting workers' rights in Ukraine during the war and in the reconstruction of the country	IndustriALL Global Union	July 20, 2023	www.industriall-union.org
Support the GMB Missile Depot Workers’ strike in Scotland!	Ukraine Solidarity Campaign	July 16, 2023	ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
Campaign Aid Delivered to Resistance and Rescue Squad in Ukraine	Ukraine Solidarity Campaign	July 12, 2023	ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
Four days in west Ukraine	Sacha Ismail	July 11, 2023	workersliberty.org
Gregor Kerr: Irish Left with Ukraine at ICTU	Gregor Kerr	July 5, 2023	www.facebook.com
Why Australian Unionists should Build Solidarity with Ukrainian Workers and their Union	Lisabeth Latham	July 3, 2023	docs.google.com
Will Unite the Union stand with Ukraine?	Sacha Ismail	June 25, 2023	ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
Another Ukraine is possible	Mike Davis	June 23, 2023	www.chartist.org.uk
Insourcing the Ukrainian war-effort	Luke Cooper	June 21, 2023	www.ips-journal.eu
Ukraine: From Lisbon to Kryvyi Rih: a conversation about labor struggles with Yurii Samoilov	Valerii Petrov Daria Selishcheva Yurii Samoilov	May 30, 2023	commons.com.ua
Ukraine’s Left Fights for a Future Free from Domination by Russian Tanks & Western Banks	Denis Pilash Gregory Afinogenov Nermeen Shaikh	May 25, 2023	www.democracynow.org
Utility bill hike set to compound ordinary Ukrainians’ economic pain	Kateryna Semchuk	May 24, 2023	www.opendemocracy.net
Ukraine : Commons, journal of social criticism	Patrick Le Tréhondat	May 17, 2023
Swimming Upstream: Stories of people who challenged employer tyranny in Ukraine	Oleksandr Kitral	May 16, 2023	commons.com.ua
Ukraine: Interview With The Hungarian Media Platform Mérce	Mérce Artem Tidva	May 13, 2023	rev.org.ua
The pain of Ukrainian nurses in wartime	Be Like Nina	May 12, 2023
Tbilisi: Meeting at a time of crises	Eric Lee	May 8, 2023	www.workersliberty.org
Support the Ukraine trade union initiative	SAP Executive Committee	May 4, 2023	socinf.dk
Labour Start Global Conference in Tbilisi	Alfons Bech	May 1, 2023
The cost of war leaves Ukraine struggling to pay its teachers	Kateryna Semchuk	April 6, 2023	www.opendemocracy.net
Ukraine: "We form independent unions in hospitals	Patrick Le Tréhondat Oksana Slobodiana	April 3, 2023
After shock comes resistance	Ivanna Khrapko	March 16, 2023	www.chartist.org.uk
Marshall Plan for Ukraine? Not only huge opportunities, but also serious risks	Daniel Šitera	March 14, 2023	a2larm.cz
Unions on the front line	Olesia Briazgunova	March 13, 2023	www.chartist.org.uk
Ukraine: Victory Over Russia Is A Priority, But We Cannot Be Silent About Workers.	Pavlo Holota Ukraine Solidarity Campaign	March 4, 2023	ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
Exclusive: EU concerned by Ukraine’s controversial labour reforms	Kateryna Semchuk Thomas Rowley	February 28, 2023	www.opendemocracy.net
After the war, Ukrainian workers will never agree again to be exploited	Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat	February 24, 2023	www.crossbordertalks.eu
Statement of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine. One year into the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine	Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (CFTU)	February 23, 2023	kvpu.org.ua
Russia-Ukraine: one year of war – the economics	Michael Roberts	February 22, 2023	thenextrecession.wordpress.com
Ukraine and the question of self-management	Patrick Le Tréhondat	February 17, 2023
Ukraine: My 24 February in Kharkiv	Kharkiv	February 16, 2023
New independent grassroots union founded in Lviv	Patrick Le Tréhondat	February 15, 2023	www.facebook.com
A full-scale attack on Ukraine’s labour rights	Georgii Sandul	February 10, 2023	www.ips-journal.eu
Ukrainian student union Direct Action is back	Patrick Le Tréhondat Пряма Дія	February 10, 2023	www.facebook.com
Ukraine: Scandinavian trade unions called for the expulsion of Russian representatives from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).	Соціальний рух (Social Movement - Ukraine)	February 2, 2023	www.facebook.com
Ukraine’s Neoliberal War Mobilization	Luke Cooper	January 30, 2023	prospect.org
Support trade union aid to Ukrainian workers!	ENSU/RESU	January 30, 2023
Ukraine’s Postwar Reconstruction Has Big Business Licking Its Lips	Branko Marcetic	January 29, 2023	jacobin.com
Ukraine: I am writing to you on behalf of the trolleybus drivers of Kharkiv	International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles	January 9, 2023	laboursolidarity.org
Ukraine: Free market will not win the war - British researcher criticises Kyiv’s economic policy	Justinas Šuliokas	January 2, 2023	www.lrt.lt
Ukraine: for concrete solidarity, let's finance the Workers' Christmas of the Kryvyi Rih trade union	Solidaires (CM)	December 18, 2022	laboursolidarity.org
Ukrainian employers use the war as pretext to cancel workers’ rights	Ignacy Jóźwiak Yuriy Samoylov	December 16, 2022	www.crossbordertalks.eu
UK: Nadhim Zahawi is playing into Putin’s hands, not striking nurses	Paul Mason	December 5, 2022	www.newstatesman.com
Ukraine: Solidarity vital to expel Russia	Alena Ivanova	November 29, 2022	www.chartist.org.uk
Mineworkers union leader: ‘Please stand with Ukraine and help us win this war’	Chloe DS Nataliya Levytska	November 23, 2022	www.greenleft.org.au
In Ukraine’s Just War of Self-Defense, Zelensky Must Still Respect Rights	Stephen R. Shalom	November 21, 2022	fpif.org
Labor Rights as a Guarantee of Sustainable Peace	Maksym Shumakov	November 17, 2022	commons.com.ua
Ukraine: The state attacks union assets	Solidaires (CM)	November 9, 2022	laboursolidarity.org
Resistance and Solidarity. The Left Volunteer Movement in the Russo-Ukrainian War	Vladyslav Starodubtsev	November 9, 2022	commons.com.ua
Ukraine: Tear gas bombs for workers' self-defense	Solidaires (CM)	November 4, 2022	laboursolidarity.org
Ukrainian workers fight on the front – and suffer from lack of political power	Wojciech Albert Łobodziński	October 28, 2022	www.crossbordertalks.eu
UK MPs demand ‘just reconstruction’ in Ukraine amid fears for workers’ rights	Thomas Rowley	October 24, 2022	www.opendemocracy.net
Ukrainian miners win their wartime strike, but victory looks short-lived	Kateryna Semchuk	October 21, 2022	www.opendemocracy.net
Ukraine Resolution of the Central European Trade Unions	Collective	October 17, 2022
Ukraine’s latest economic reforms threaten workers’ social benefits	Serhiy Guz	October 12, 2022	www.opendemocracy.net
Ukraine: Decent Work during and after the War	Natalia Lomonosova	October 11, 2022	commons.com.ua
Ukraine is not the Neoliberal Laboratory for Transnational Capital	Karen Yamanaka	October 6, 2022
Ukrainian workers are struggling for survival	Wojciech Albert Łobodziński Vladyslav Starodubtsev	October 5, 2022	www.crossbordertalks.eu
Ukraine: “The minimum task is to restore, without losses, all the civil, political, and social rights that we had before the war. ” Interview with Serhii Guz	LeftEast Serhii Guz	October 4, 2022	lefteast.org
Poles are for Ukraine, but against Ukrainians	Sławomir Sierakowski Przemysław Sadura	October 3, 2022	wiadomosci.onet.pl
OPINION: Sweden should welcome Russians who don’t want to kill Ukrainians	David Crouch	September 29, 2022	www.thelocal.se
Greetings from Alfons BECH on behalf of ENSU trade union working group to Sotsialnyi Rukh conference, September 17, Kyiv	Alfons Bech	September 26, 2022
What do Ukrainian trade unions expect from their European counterparts?	Alfons Bech	September 22, 2022
Winter and humanitarian aid	Alfons Bech	September 21, 2022
Where are the people of Bucha?	Alfons Bech	September 20, 2022
Report from Alfons, Catherine, Francesco and Szymon	Catherine Samary Alfons Bech Peiró Francesco Brusa Szymon Martys	September 17, 2022
Ukrainian coal miners defy national protest ban to go on strike	Kateryna Semchuk Thomas Rowley	September 14, 2022	www.opendemocracy.net
Bad old days of corruption in Ukraine’s mining sector could be back	Kateryna Semchuk	August 31, 2022	www.opendemocracy.net
Ukraine: Under the cover of Putin’s war, Zelensky tears up workers’ rights	Federico Fuentes	August 25, 2022	www.greenleft.org.au
Dehumanization of labor? The risks of employment reform in war-torn Ukraine	Vitaliy Dudin	August 24, 2022
How to restore employment in Ukraine: an alternative proposal to the government’s neoliberal reconstruction plan	Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat	August 10, 2022	www.crossbordertalks.eu
“When there’s a problem, people come to us”	Pavel Lisyansky Posle	August 3, 2022	posle.media
Ukraine: Censorship and self-censorship in time of war	Matt Salusbury	August 1, 2022	www.londonfreelance.org
Ukrainian workers’ war on two fronts	Dick Nichols	July 22, 2022	www.greenleft.org.au
Urgent Financial Appeal To Aid The Ukrainian Mineworkers Resistance	Ukraine Solidarity Campaign	July 21, 2022	ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
Ukraine uses Russian invasion to pass laws wrecking workers’ rights	Thomas Rowley Serhiy Guz	July 20, 2022	www.opendemocracy.net
After Lviv, Bolt Delivery Drivers in Kyiv Demand Wages They Can Live On	Tula Connell	July 18, 2022	www.facebook.com
The Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) strongly condemns the attempts to illegally confiscate trade union property	Solidaires (CM)	July 17, 2022	www.laboursolidarity.org
Ukraine: Anti-social bill no. 5371 has been withdrawn . But the threat has not disappeared	FPU	July 14, 2022	www.laboursolidarity.org
UK: PCS conference rejects “Stop the War” argument, votes for strong Ukraine solidarity	PCS activist	June 1, 2022	www.workersliberty.org
UK: Stand with Ukraine and its labour movement: a letter to UCU Congress delegates and activists	Denis Pilash Rhian Keyse	May 31, 2022	ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
The workers are defending Ukraine. The Ukrainian state is not defending workers’ rights	Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, Vitaly Dudin	May 28, 2022	crossbordertalks.wordpress.com
Ukraine’s new labour law could ‘open Pandora’s box’ for workers	Serhiy Guz	May 20, 2022	www.opendemocracy.net
Interview with construction union leader Vasyl Andreyev [video]	Soren Sondergaard	May 5, 2022	drive.google.com
CSP-Conlutas goes to Ukraine with international worker convoy and delivers donations	CSP-Conlutas	May 4, 2022	litci.org
Ukraine: The war on workers? What is wrong with labor regulations under martial law	Vitaliy Dudin	April 29, 2022	commons.com.ua
Practical help for Ukraine	Mark Serwotka, Public and Commercial Services Union	04/04/2022	www.pcs.org.uk
Interview with labour solidarity union member from Kiev, Ukraine	Vitaliy Makhinko Ignacy Jóźwiak	March 1, 2022	cspconlutas.org
Belarus: Trial of former president of independent trade union Naftan Olga Brytikova begins	Viasna Center