Tag Archives: Covid-19

Half of NSW essential workers ‘put at risk’ of getting Covid-19 at work – report

The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) NSW & ACT branch published a report, An Emergency for Essential Workers, on August 5, 2021. The report was based on a survey of members of the AMWU in NSW on the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak and the lockdown that began in June. The survey focused on workplaceContinue reading “Half of NSW essential workers ‘put at risk’ of getting Covid-19 at work – report”

Ireland’s Covid response reinforces tax-haven model

I contributed the chapter below on Ireland’s economic response to the Covid-19 pandemic to the ‘Transform! Europe’ dossier, Economic Anti-Crisis Measures of EU Member States After the Outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 (pp88-99), published in July 2021. Note the chapter was completed in December 2020, so all dates refer to 2020. Transform! Europe is theContinue reading “Ireland’s Covid response reinforces tax-haven model”