Future of Work

In this episode we speak with Christos Manoukas from the cooperative bookstore, cafe and publishing house Akyvernites Polities and Telemachos Doufexis-Antonopoulos from Sinadelfon Publications on how the activities of cooperative bookstores and publishing houses were affected during the time of restrictive measures and how they managed though this unprecedented situation.

In this episode we speak about the impact of the pandemic in the food sector with Elias Ziogas from Solidarity Economy Cooperative “Syn Allois”, Anthi Kamaterou from the social and consumer cooperative "Bioscoop" and Dimitris Ziakas from the Cooperative Grocery and Cafe "Eklectik". We also discuss the ways the cooperative ventures reformed their operation in order to respond to these new circumstances.

In this episode we discuss about the sudden turn of the biggest part of social and economic activity to technology and the internet with Antonis Faras from the Sociality Employees' Cooperative and Valantis Karagiannis from the Social Cooperative Enterprise SolidarIT.

In this episode we discuss on the months-long closure of the restaurant industry and its impact on the lives of employees with Paraskevi Marangou, member of the Social Cooperative Enterprise "Mikri Frida", and Dora, member of the Employees' Cooperative that operates the cafe bar Art Core.

In this episode we discuss the impact of prolonged confinement and restrictive measures had on people's mental health and the ways collaborative mental health organizations, empowerment and psychotherapy ventures have looked for in order to respond to the new circumstances and provide as much help as possible. We spoke to Katerina Charalampaki from the collaborative project "Apo Kinou, Mental Health Empowerment and Psychotherapy" and Maria Harizani from "Protoleio Ψ - Psychological and Psychosocial Support”.

In this episode we discuss on the effects of the suspension of social activities had on the operation of ventures providing consulting to other Social and Solidarity Economy projects. We speak with Manolis Britzolakis from the Heraklion Support Center, Chrysostomos Galanos from the Chania Support Center and Georgia Bekridaki from the Support Center operating in Athens.