Dear colleagues, friends and people in solidarity!
Now the time has come, our first newsletter is here! ;)
We want to give you an overview of our activities so far, but above all we want to present our plans for the coming year.
The first year: nightmarish working conditions…
Hooray, our new information brochure for 24-hour carers / personal carers is here! :)
Here for you to download:
Information brochure for 24-hour carers/personal carers
Published in January 2022 by CuraFAIR – Contact point for 24-hour carers (Volkshilfe) and IG24 – Interest Group for 24-hour Carers
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Das Gaismair-Jahrbuch ist eine Publikation der Michael-Gaismair-Gesellschaft, die sich als kritische Gegenstimme in der Tiroler Öffentlichkeit versteht. Ihr Ziel ist jene Stimmen hörbar zu machen, die in der öffentlichen Debatte verdrängt, ignoriert oder verschwiegen werden und wenig beachtete oder weitgehend tabuisierte Themen aufzugrefen.
Das Gaismair-Jahrbuch setzt sich mit kritischen Beiträgen über zeitgeschichtliche, gesellschaftspolitische und (sub)kulturelle Entwicklungen […]
More information at
https://www.vida.at/cms/S03/S03_0.a/1342656917126/home/artikel/kampf-gegen-scheinselbstaendigkeit
What IG24 says about it:
Wir freuen uns sehr, dass auch die Ö Gewerkschaften sich entschlossen haben, die #Scheinselbständigkeit in der #24hBetreuung zu bekämpfen!@Vida/#Vidaflex klagen auf #Anstellung – wir applaudieren diesem Schritt & werden die Entwicklung des Prozesses aufmerksam verfolgen! (1/n) https://t.co/QbYxXIpEwH
— IG24 – Interessengemeinschaft d. 24h-BetreuerInnen (@IG_24h) December 15, 2021
In 2019, a state-funded project to provide counselling for migrant 24-hour caregivers has emerged in Germany. Originally, the counselling was offered to Polish caregivers. From June 2021, Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Czech and Slovakian caregivers will also be supported in exercising their rights.
Caregivers face similar problems in carrying out their work as in Austria: Assignment to […]
In the last issue of the street newspaper Augustin you can find the UNDOK supplement “Working without papers, but not without rights! – with, among other things:
# Reports from migrant colleagues about undocumented work and resistance against labour exploitation.
# Interview with Flavia Matei from DREPT/IG 24 on the situation of 24-hour caregivers in Austria
# On-site […]
The Amnesty petition “Demand fair working conditions for caregivers now!” is still running and already has over 5600 supporters. Join in!
Well summarised – checklist for placement agencies:
List for support and offers in the mother tongues:
Support and offers incarers’ mother tongues
Amnesty offers support in organising carers’ […]
The Covid crisis and in particular the lockdown in March and April led to the worst economic slump in Austria since the Second World War. It quickly became apparent that the crisis was hitting different population groups differently. It has a particularly negative effect on those who were already in precarious circumstances before the Covid […]
On 24 October, the 2nd Caregivers’ Café took place, jointly organised by Curafair and IG24. As always, the buffet was rich, the atmosphere was excellent and there was a lot to talk about. On the occasion of IG24’s first birthday, we looked back on the past year and, above all, talked about lots of plans […]
Momentum, a congress for critical science and practice, took place in Hallstatt from 14-17 October. This year, scientists, trade unionists, experts and students from all fields of research and politics as well as interested people and activists from practice gathered to exchange on the topic of WORK.
IG24 was represented at the congress with two contributions […]