Stripping workers of formal protections
The arrival of Uber, Lyft, Doordash and many companies that promoted independence and a flexible work schedule to the laborers...
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Non-compete clauses: the reality in the United States
1 in 6 people in the food industry sign a non-compete agreement upon entering the job, preventing them from working...
Ioana Constantin-Bercean: Turkey’s strategic ambiguity is not possible in the case of Romania and Bulgaria
An interview with a Romanian expert on international relations about the recent developments in the Middle Eastern politics – Joe...
Biden intervenes to stop freight workers from striking for now
In July, freight workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike vote which would have brought roughly 30% of the nation’s...
What comes after the Supreme Court blow to labor?
The US Supreme Court at the end of June stated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot implement caps of...
NATO in Madrid – with an eye on Russia, but with China in mind. The reverse-Kissinger moment?
LARICS, 1 July 2022 A Romanian expert discussion on the outcomes of the NATO summit in Madrid took place at...
The World of Digital Media in 2022
In general, we think of digital media as digitally encoded and machine-readable data that has been created, viewed, distributed, modified,...
Gabriel Danci: Afghani geopolitics continues to be interwoven with war on terror
Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, Vladimir Mitev Gabriel Danci is a Romanian expert on Afghanistan, who currently does a Ph.D. research on Afghan...
Dragoș Mateescu: There is a strong nationalist tendency in Turkey
Interview with a Romanian expert on Turkish foreign policy with regards to NATO, EU, Russian-Ukrainian war, the Middle East and...
Unlike Romanian labour unions, the American ones have a lot of money
The January 2022 strike of the public transport workers in Bucharest was met with strong resistance by the citizens and...
