The reported unemployment rate in the Žilina region is 6 percent, which is below the average for Slovakia. We assumed it would be easy to locate workers willing to be interviewed. We were wrong. As a result, we compiled this report out of three interviews with employees of three different companies based in this region.
No work, no bread. I know what that means.
“People can’t just pack their things and go work in Bratislava: home is home.”
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Volkswagen employees in Devínska Nová Ves are demanding a 16 per cent salary increase or longer breaks.
I must be happy at work. There is no way to get a job anywhere else.
People are afraid to say what they think at work.
Slovaks in the UK Don’t Perceive Brexit as a Threat to Their Jobs
What are Slovak workers in the UK anticipating regarding their employment after Brexit?
Slovak Generation Z Battles Corruption in Politics
Corruption could not have inspired more people to take to the streets.
Posting Abroad: Same Pay, Same Work, Same Place
Should Slovakia continue in this direction, it would only result in precarization of the work of employees and citizens.