Law radically curtailing labour rights is crucial in face of Russian invasion, say Ukrainian politicians. Trade unions say it’s an excuse for deregulation
Oil workers are stepping up their battle for independent union organisation and better pay and conditions in the shadow of state repression and a 2011 massacre
Low wages, stressful conditions and little hope in the future of Ukraine’s healthcare system – this is what Nina Kozlovska, a nurse at a Kyiv regional hospital, is campaigning against.
This autumn, miners in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih held a strike one kilometre underground to force management into a compromise. The day after an agreement was signed, the plant began legal proceedings against 400 miners.