Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by TKALICH Olena
Ukrainian civilian medical staff, despite the norms of international humanitarian law, are regularly exposed to Russian attacks. Almost 200 of them died. The state provides that this risk must be compensated: in the event of injury, doctors are entitled to payments of up to 800,000 UAH (…)
, by LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick, PIVEN Sashko
Sashko belongs to a generation of Ukrainian artists who, despite the war, continue to be intensely creative, even though the conflict looms over “everything and everyone”. A refugee in Kyiv, this 20-year-old artist has resumed her studies at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, (…)
, by LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick, SLOBODIANA Oksana
The figures are overwhelming: Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, particularly healthcare facilities, continues to suffer regular damage as a result of Russia’s armed aggression and relentless bombardment. In more than three years of war, the Russian aggressor has damaged 1,984 healthcare (…)
, by DUDIN Vitaliy
Ukraine’s first government reshuffle since Russia’s full-scale invasion has brought Yulia Svyrydenko to power as Prime Minister, but this change offers little hope for ordinary Ukrainians facing wartime hardships. Rather than addressing critical shortages in defence resources and rising poverty, (…)
, by OLEKSUN Snizhana, TKALICH Olena
Despite the constant danger and shortage of teachers, educators in the border town of Kryvyi Rih continue to teach children and look after their future. Snizhana Oleksun, a teacher, talks about life between sirens and underground schools.
In Ukraine, the number of teachers is declining: by (…)
, by PIRANI Simon
Oleg Dubrovsky’s memoir offers a rare, unvarnished account of grassroots socialist organising in post-Soviet Ukraine’s industrial heartland. Working as a metal pourer, boiler fitter, and rolling-mill operator across three factories in Dnipropetrovsk, a major industrial region in eastern Ukraine, (…)
, by SKIBA Oleksandr
Ukrainian trade unions are confronting an existential crisis deepened by Russia’s full-scale invasion. Wartime legislation has stripped workers of fundamental rights, including the right to strike, whilst territorial recruitment centres have allegedly targeted union activists for mobilisation. (…)
, by SHATSYLO Antonina
At the invitation of the French trade union organisation Solidaires, two representatives of the Ukrainian healthcare workers’ union Be like we are were in Paris on 1 May 2025 and took part in the trade union demonstration. We are publishing the statement made by Antonina Shatsylo, a member of Be (…)
, by GORBACH Denys
Interview with Denys Gorbach. A Franco-Ukrainian researcher, he teaches at Lund University (Sweden) and is the author of a thesis on the Ukrainian working class. He contributes to the Ukrainian activist website Spilne/Commons
Photo : Denys Gorbach What is the trade union landscape in (…)
, by LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick, VASYLETS Ihor
Since the start of the large-scale war, due to Russian bombing, more than 3,400 educational establishments have been damaged and 400 have been completely destroyed. Among them are many universities. In these establishments, the conditions for students to study are becoming increasingly (…)
, by Interfax - Ukraine, KPU (Ukraine), NOVAK Adam
Labour leaders and left activists have criticised the arrest of leaders of the labour organisations UkrProfTur and Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU), which they consider a politically motivated attack on labour and the left.
The FPU considers this an attempt “to discredit the most (…)
, by LOMONOSOVA Nataliia
Care work is immensely valuable to society, yet for centuries, it has largely remained behind the scenes—hidden behind the closed doors of homes and social institutions. Globally, women and girls perform three-quarters of unpaid caregiving at home, and more than two-thirds of professional (…)
, by Be Like Us (formerly Be Like Nina)
Medical staff suffering from Russian bombing at their place of work are entitled to compensation not only under the general procedure in accordance with the law “On Compulsory State Social Insurance”, but also in accordance with the law "On one-off financial assistance for damage to life and (…)
, by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign
The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has forged connections between workers’ movements in the UK and Ukraine, providing life-saving equipment to miners, firefighters, teachers, rescue squads and others since the start of Russia’s invasion. We have been outspoken on the need to protect and advance (…)
, by Be Like Us (formerly Be Like Nina)
Dear members of Be like Nina! We wish you a Happy New Year and hope that 2025 will be a victorious year on all fronts.
We take stock of the results of our work in 2024 and the priorities for the Movement’s activities in the year ahead.
January - Be like Nina received numerous complaints from (…)
, by FUENTES Federico, SAMOILOV Yuriy
In this eye-opening interview, Yuriy Samoilov, a leader of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine in Kryvyi Rih, sheds light on the immense challenges facing Ukrainian workers amidst Russia’s ongoing invasion. As an activist with the left-wing organisation Social Movement, Samoilov (…)
, by DUDIN Vitaliy, SOKOLOVA Maria
Vitaliy Dudyn is one of those lawyers for whom the idea of fighting for justice defines his professional practice. This shouldn’t surprise us, as it is the foundation of any legal profession. However, what makes Vitaliy an outstanding lawyer is his understanding that achieving individual justice (…)
, by LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick
On 8 November, Be like Nina held a press conference on the reduction of medical facilities in Ukraine during martial law. According to the activists, this is happening despite the significant threats posed by the Russian invasion and the acute need for medical care for civilians and military (…)
, by GUZ Serhii
This article by Serhii Guz, trade unionist and journalist, is based on a talk he gave at a discussion meeting on “Ukraine: civil society and labour in the third winter of Russia’s all-out war” in London on Wednesday 30 October.
Serhii is a member of Ukraine’s Commission on Journalistic Ethics, (…)
, by KARETNIKOVA Tetiana Hnativa , LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick, SHUMAKOV Maksym, VASYLETS Ihor
Interview with the activist Tetiana Hnativa Karetnikova for Trudova Halychyna by Ihor Vasylets and Maksym Shumakov - Translation Patrick Le Tréhondat
On 24 June, the miners’ wives and children went to the premises of the Chervonohrad town administration. The women demanded payment of six (…)
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