The EPSU Podcast

Episode 12: Emma Dowling, author (University of Vienna) and Tuscany Bell (EPSU)

Celebrating the of Global Day of Action for Care, we welcome Emma Dowling (University of Austria) and Tuscany Bell (EPSU). The pandemic laid bare a crisis that’s been bubbling for decades: the care crisis. In this episode, we discuss Emma’s book ‘The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It?’.

Episode 11: Paola Panzeri, EPSU

Marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Paola Panzeri (EPSU) highlights just why workplace violence cannot be ignored and how unions can mobilise to support women.

Episode 10: Tom Rawley, openDemocracy

Before the current conflict kicked off, journalist Tom Rawley, openDemocracy, discovered something shocking: the British Foreign Office used consultants and development aid to push for neo-liberal market reforms in Ukraine and undermine labour rights. In this episode of the EPSU podcast, he discusses the United Kingdom’s push to gaslight the Ukrainian working class.

Episode 9: Dr Vera Weghmann, PSIRU

Dr Vera Weghmann (PSIRU, University of Greenwich) joins the EPSU podcast again to pose another important question: can the current waste management system be changed through public ownership? Vera will be discussing the right to public utilities at EPSU’s Pan-European Conference on Public Utilities on Tuesday, 10 May 2022. Find out how to join in here ➡ https://bit.ly/3EZ2Oqs

Episode 8: Andrea Oates, health and safety journalist

We often think we know what an occupational disease is – cancer, asbestos… but what about COVID? Andrea Oates, freelance health and safety journalist, tells the EPSU podcast know just why COVID-19 is an occupational disease, and why it’s important for unions and policymakers to recognise this. Andrea Oates is the author of an EPSU report which makes the case for COVID to be recognised as an occupational disease. Read the full report here ➡ https://bit.ly/2XQaUQV