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 [...]
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 [...]
The Amnesty petition "Demand fair working conditions for caregivers now!" is still running and already has over 5600 supporters. Join in! The Petition Well summarised - checklist for placement agencies: Checklist List for support and offers in the mother tongues: Support and offers incarers' mother tongues Amnesty offers support in organising carers' cafes: Organising carers'-cafés
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 [...]
In response to the discriminatory application conditions, IG24 intervened and, with the support of the Styrian Anti-Discrimination Agency, filed a complaint with the European Commission - this time with success! Since 16 June 2021, the new Hardship Fund Directive has been in force, which allows bank connections from EEA and EU countries as part of [...]
We won the SozialMarie main prize and are very happy! SozialMarie main prices 2021 Here you can watch the award ceremony as a video on youTube: Video An interview with Simona Durisowa was published in the Kurier: https://kurier.at/wissen/gesundheit/24-stunden-betreuer-ihre-stimmen-werden-nicht-gehoert/401369519
IG24: Curafair has been providing counselling for 24-hour caregivers since summer 2019 and is thus the only independent and free contact point in Austria. Can you say something about the concept and the experiences in counselling work? As Volkshilfe Flüchtlings- und MigrantInnenbetreuung (in Upper Austria), we have been active in counselling and supporting migrants for [...]
Thank you for voting and sharing! With our project "Industrial Dispute and Nursing" we received 1,438 votes in online voting. That's great!!! Thank you very much!!! SOCIALMARIE writes: They have decided! The SozialMarie Audience Award goes to LABOR AND CARE from Austria! Congratulations to the self-organized group of migrant 24-hour caregivers! The project collected 1,438 [...]