Publicaciones On the Corona Frontline: The Experiences of care workers in nine European countries On the Corona frontline Pelling, Lisa | [Stockholm] : FES, Nordic Countries, 2021 the experiences of care workers in nine European countries : Summary report Download (EPUB) Descargar Publicacion Upcoming report series on the impact the pandemic has had on elder care and the justified demands of the care workers’ trade unions. It is high time we listen now! Covid-19 has uncovered many societal fault lines. The virus hit the elder care sector in many countries especially hard, leading to many deaths and pushing care workers fighting on the corona frontline to the end of their limits. The pandemic has underscored the deficiencies in elder care that haven been warned about and protested by trade unions for years. Precarious working conditions, understaffing and underfunding devastatingly undermined the ability to protect the most vulnerable during the corona pandemic: our elderly. Reports from nine countries The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has on initiative of the Swedish municipal workers unions, Kommunal, and the Swedish progressive thinktank Arena Idé commissioned reports from several Europeans countries. By focusing on the plight of those in need of care and their care givers, the reports shed light on the impact of the pandemic has had on elder care and highlights the justified demands of the care workers’ trade unions as well as the long overdue reforms for the elder care sector in general. Country, Author, Local partner organizations Summary report, Lisa Pelling, Arena Idé Denmark: Kasper Manniche, Amalie Dam-Hansen, Charlotte Bredal, FOA England: Gerry Mitchell, FES UK Finland: Sari Bäcklund-Kajanmaa, JHL Germany: Hildegard Theobald, Ver.Di, FES APB Norway: Anne-Mari Samskott, Ingvar Skjerve, Fagforbundet Portugal: Ana Catarina Fontes, FES Portugal Scotland: Dave Watson, FES UK Spain: Jorge Hernández-Moreno and Manuel Pereira-Puga, IPP-CSIC, FES Madrid and Fundación Alternativas Sweden: Mari Huupponen, Kommunal "On the corona frontline" is a cooperation with the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union Kommunal and the progressive think tank Arena Idé. The country reports will be published during the spring of 2021. Download and read the summary report here:
