The story of a young translator as a precarious worker
Many graduate students live as precarious workers. The precariat is a type of working exploitation, abuse, profiteering that has a variety of effects on employees’ economic, social, psychological, and professional lives. New graduates are most exposed to this form of...
Precarization among Law Students
Many young people every year choose law school for their further education in the hope of contributing to the rule of law. Still, soon after graduating, they realize that they are the ones that are on the disadvantaged side. Even during their studies, they face many...
Precarization in the IT sector
We often think that certain job occupations are more exposed to precarization, but in reality, there are no exceptions. Modern capitalist society is constantly striving to introduce workplace flexibility. When we first heard about flexibility we thought it was...
THE PRECARIAT DOES NOT SPARE EVEN THE HIGHLY EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE
More and more young people are becoming part of the precariat every day, but they are not aware of it. The alarm of the exploitation of the young labor force is becoming disturbing at various levels as newly graduate and postgraduate students join the labor market and...
Challenges of international students
How hard can it be to enroll at a university in a foreign country? You just have to decide which program you want to enroll in and in which country. At least that's what we first thought before starting the enrollment process. When I decided that I wanted to go to...
PRECARIOUS TYPES OF CONTRACTS AMONG WOMEN IN SLOVENIA
Precarious employment is a worrying problem because it creates large inequalities among employees. As I already mentioned, precarious employed workers have a significantly lower scope of labor and social protection than standard employees with a full-time and...
“The rapidly growing number of mis-sized and small companies is a competition for attracting good employees whereby companies have to answer the question: what makes them attractive to good employees? The second question that companies need to answer is why should a good employee stay?”
Designing benefits for employees Having in mind the importance of small and mid-size companies in the global scale but also the importance in emerging economies, it is crucial to plan and design benefit programs which would create an environment of growth and...
Textile industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As an important measure in Yugoslavia after the Second World War, the so-called workers' participation approach was applied to industries and big corporations. This was a measure to ensure that workers' needs were addressed, while worker unions became an important...
My volunteering experience
Sara VelkoskaVolunteer at "Movement for decent work and welfare society" At the beginning of October, I started my volunteering program at Movement for decent work and welfare society in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This is my first volunteering...
PODPORA AKC METELKOVA IN AVTONOMNI TOVARNI ROG
V Gibanju za dostojno delo in socialno družbo smo ogorčeni nad dogodki, ki so se v zadnjem času odvili v Avtonomni tovarni Rog in na AKC Metelkovi. Ostro obsojamo samovoljo in način, s katerim so ljubljanske mestne oblasti pretekli mesec izselile uporabnike Roga in...
The process of precarization in the large companies Interview with Biljana Markoska
Sara Velkoska In the 1960s and 1970s firms were seen as a social institution, with rigid hierarchies, lifetime employment, seniority based wages and company unions. But with the introduction of flexibility, the process of embracing the American model has begun,...
Coronavirus and its effects on labor market
Sara Velkoska The beginning of 2020 was marked by the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent the spread of the virus the governments have taken a number of restrictive measures, with social distancing having the key role. As an outcome, the halth crisis...
This interview is made with Anđelka Matijević, an interesting young person who worked in the real, Government, and NGO sectors. Read her story below!
In the beginning, can you please tell us more about you? My name is Andjelka, I am 33 years old and I have a master's degree in engineering management. I was born in Čačak, Serbia, and I have been living in Sarajevo for two years. I have been volunteering since I was...
Precariat and Internship
Interwiev with Ana An internship is an opportunity offered by an employer to potential employees, called interns, to work at a firm for a fixed period. Interns are usually undergraduates or students, and most internships last between a month and three...
My corona EVS plan!
We, People of the planet Earth, we thought that we are so progressive in the 21th century. We learned at School about black pledge and other terrible diseases that happened because we were not progressive. But not now, not in the 21-th century. And then, the...
Translators in Slovenia are facing a big problem currently. Translator and our member Neža Vilhelm shared with us what happened
"We talked about minimum price for decent survival in an informal group on Facebook. Someone informed Slovene competition protection agency about these conversations. Members of the group were warned that they are limiting free forming of prices for translations,...
Decent Work-Decent Future
From now on you can fight us on the Facebook page "Decent Work-Decent Future". Please follow us and get informed about news and discussions about precarious work. Below you will find the link to our Facebook page....
THE STORY OF A YOUNG TRANSLATOR AS A PRECARIOUS WORKER
Many graduate students live as precarious workers. The precariat is a type of working exploitation, abuse, profiteering that has a variety of effects on employees’ economic, social, psychological, and professional lives. New graduates are most exposed to this form of...