Ukraine’s Other War – The Class War

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-social-insurance-pension-fund-merger-unions/

Plans to merge its social benefits fund with its deficit-laden state pension fund could risk a reduction in – or even an end to – workplace sickness and incapacity benefits, policy analysts and union leaders are warning.

“This merger will not lead to better social protection for Ukrainians, but more likely a reduction in it,” said Nataliia Lomonosova, a social policy analyst at Ukrainian think tank Cedos.