The Danish relationship with Everything Not Danish can at times be strained, to say the least. We all blame the weirdo right-wingers for saying absurd and maybe even racist things, but somehow seem to miss that it's not just the weirdo politicians. It's all of us, and a lot (too much) of the time. The latest thing around Aarhus appears to be that Eastern Europeans aren't let into nightclubs, solely on the basis of being Lithuanian, Bulgarian or whatever. Some of the people affected are furious, while others pull the ”it's private property so who cares and I'll just go somewhere else” argument, (even though there are some convincing arguments that it might be illegal. I don't know the giurispudence, but I'm fairly sure this particular way of discriminating guests won't hold in court.) But this is just the latest example of often tiny things that make people feel not welcome. How does it feel to be foreign in a country that does not know how to deal with foreigners and would rather have them go away so as not to think about them?
Where the silence gives room to the thoughts that would otherwise drown in the noise of outside life
Showing posts with label labour market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label labour market. Show all posts
12 June 2013
Being Foreign in a Country That Doesn't Know How to Deal With Foreigners
Labels:
aliens,
anthropology,
Barcelona,
colonialism,
criminals,
Denmark,
discrimination,
English,
ethnic minority,
exclusionary practices,
integration,
labour market,
language,
minorities,
passport,
society,
violence
09 May 2012
Carta de una danesa a sus conciudadanos
El 19 de Marzo hubo huelga
general en España, organizada por los sindicatos españoles más
grandes y unas cuantas otras organizaciones más pequeñas. El motivo
era una reforma laboral que hará aún más fácil para los
empresarios despedir a la gente sin compensación, y hará el mercado
laboral aún más inseguro para la juventud española, que ya está
viviendo con un desempleo de entre el 40 y 50%.
Lo que sigue a
continuación es una reflexión sobre qué ha hecho salir cientos de
miles de personas a las calles de Barcelona, sobre porqué esto ni se
podría imaginar en Dinamarca, sobre el papel de los sindicatos en la
sociedad y sobre qué significado tienen ahora y cual deberían tener
en el futuro.
Labels:
Castellano,
condiciones laborales,
Denmark,
España,
labour market,
labour relations,
labour unions,
mercado laboral,
sindicatos,
Spain,
Spanish,
working conditions
Location:
Barcelona, Spain
De danske fagforeninger set fra Spanien
Den 29. marts var der generalstrejke i
Spanien, arrangeret af de største spanske fagforeninger samt en lang
række mindre organisationer. Anledningen var en arbejdsmarkedsreform
som vil gøre det (endnu) nemmere for arbejdsgiverne at fyre folk
uden at rekompensere dem, og gøre arbejdsmarkedet (endnu mere)
usikkert for spanske unge, som i forvejen lider under en
arbejdsløshedsprocent på mellem 40-50%.
Nedenstående er en refleksion over,
hvad der fik flere hundredetusinde mennesker på gaden alene i
Barcelona, over hvorfor dette ikke er til at forestille sig i
Danmark, over fagforeningernes rolle i samfundet, og over, hvilken
betydning de har og bør have fremover.
Labels:
Dansk,
Denmark,
labour market,
labour relations,
labour unions,
Spain,
working conditions
Location:
Barcelona, Spain
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