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Added on the 07/10/2021 22:20:29 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Brussels, Oct 7 (EFE / EPA) .- The European Trade Union Confederation organized Thursday a rally in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels to demand decent jobs for digital platform workers such as Uber and Deliveroo.(Camera: LEO RODRÍGUEZ)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.SOUND BITES: LUDOVIC VOET, SECRETARY OF THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (IN ENGLISH).
Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Brussels will now draw up plans to protect app-based workers, after MEPs overwhelmingly backed giving them full employment rights under EU law.
The Commission aims to make things clearer for the EU's 24 million gig workers. The digital platform economy is now worth an estimated €14 billion.
A new report published by the European Trade Union Institute found that more than 30 sectors have managed to find common ground in the face of COVID-19 related restrictions.