Millions of European workers in precarious employment - World Socialist Web Site
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Millions of European workers in precarious employment
By Verena Nees
26 September 2017
On the 150th anniversary of Marx’s Capital, a new report reveals how European capitalism, headed by the bureaucracy of the European Union, has created a huge army of precarious workers, plunging millions into poverty.
On 12 September, the Berlin daily Tagesspiegel published an article by the research network Investigate Europe titled “Europe’s new reserve army.” The report authored by Harald Schumann and Elisa Simantke presents shocking figures.
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Poverty, inequality on the rise in Spain as independence vote looms - World Socialist Web Site
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Poverty, inequality on the rise in Spain as independence vote looms
By James Lerner
26 September 2017
The worsening social crisis in Spain has been virtually ignored in the run-up to the October 1 vote on Catalan independence.
Official Spanish government figures for August show a major increase in unemployment, signaling a slowdown in economic growth and pointing toward a growth in social inequality.
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