: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukrainian workers battle controversial new labour code


Trade unions are up in arms at moves to significantly empower employersTrade unionists block a road in the Luhansk Region in protest against Ukraine’s proposed new labour code, 14 January, 2019. Photo (c): Pervaya Polosa. Used with permission.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to strike a note of unity and inclusivity in his New Year’s speech, calling on citizens of all professions and backgrounds to ask themselves the question “Who am I?”
Zelensky may have started 2020 by asking the questions, but two weeks on, the Ukrainian government is on the back foot dealing with an outraged section of the population.
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