anger over rising energy prices in Romania, 700 British postal workers soon to be compensated and a rebate for women in Switzerland

In Romania, the rise in energy prices has provoked discontent among the country’s inhabitants. In the streets, trade unionists and metallurgical workers are protesting as the profitability of the aluminum sector is weighed down and more than half of production capacity is already shut down. “Up to 14,000 people are already on technical unemployment. Other smelters are at risk of being closed. It’s a national betrayal“, annoys Constantin Popescu, president of the free union of aluminum workers. The demonstrators demand a return to the 2020 tariffs with a price freeze for at least a year.

In Great Britain, postal workers were relieved at the recognition of their good faith last April. More than 700 of them had been wrongfully accused of thefts. For fifteen years they were victims of faulty software that distorted the accounts. “Lives were ruined, families broke up, some ended up on the streets, reputations were destroyed“, says Jason Beer, head of the UK Postal Investigation. Today, Great Britain says it is ready to compensate its victims and justice promises to identify those responsible.

A discount for women in public facilities in Geneva. By offering 20% ​​less on the price of theater or swimming pool tickets, the municipality wants to draw attention to the unequal pay of women. “There are women millionaires who will have a reduction while men who have trouble making ends meet, they will have to pay full price“, regrets Michelle Roullet, municipal deputy of the Radical Liberal Party of Geneva. The federal court could revoke this initiative because discrimination between the sexes is prohibited in Switzerland.