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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

EU Inc. risks opening the door to more letterbox companies, cross-border fraud and labour exploitation. In an op-ed for Agence Europe, EFBWW President Claus von Elling and Secretary General Tom Deleu explain why construction must be excluded from the proposed 28th company regime #SinkEUInc

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Organised crime is moving into legitimate business. Europol found that 86% of the EU’s most threatening criminal networks use legal business structures with construction being a prime target for organised crime. Europe must limit subcontracting and bring responsibility back to construction.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

460 workers were hidden through subcontracting chains at France’s Flamanville nuclear site. Up to 12 million euros in social contributions went unpaid. The final fine was just 29,950 euros. Breaking the rules remained profitable. Europe must limit subcontracting chains. #QualityJobsAct

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Kenneth Lund from Unionen, Sweden, joins the call for binding limits on subcontracting and more direct jobs in construction. ⏰It's time to act. Europe’s workers have waited long enough. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting #DirectJobs #QualityJobsAct

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Gijs Lokhorst from CNV, The Netherlands, joins the call for binding limits on subcontracting and more direct jobs in construction. Europe’s workers have waited long enough. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting #DirectJobs #QualityJobsAct

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Workers did the work. They were denied their wages. They went to court. They won. And they still did not get paid. On a 3.3 billion euros public railway, responsibility disappeared through a cross-border contracting chain. The EU must limit these chains. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

⚡ 100 years of strength and solidarity! Congratulations to Félag íslenskra rafvirkja (FÍR), the Icelandic Electricians’ Union, as it celebrates a century of organising workers across the electrical trades. A full century is something truly special ✊ #TradeUnion

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Letterbox companies are already a major problem in construction, as European Labour Authority reporting confirms. EU Inc. provides a shortcut to evade tax obligations and responsibility for workers. It must be stopped. Thank you to MEP @arashsaeidi.bsky.social for hosting today’s discussion.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Support is growing for binding EU action on subcontracting. In a letter to the Commission, Korinna Schumann and Gaby Bischoff call for limits on long chains and bans on subcontracting practices in specific high-risk sectors. Thank you for backing workers’ demands. Full letter in comments 👇

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today is the deadline for the EU’s Quality Jobs Act consultation. The Commission’s options fall short. EFBWW calls for binding limits on subcontracting chains: one level, or two for genuinely specialised work. It's like this: Long chains make responsibility disappear. Our response below 👇

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

EU ministers met inside. Workers made themselves heard outside. At today’s Brussels rally, trade unions delivered a loud and clear message: Europe must not make it easier to set up companies across borders than to enforce workers’ rights. #EU #SinkEUInc

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yesterday at Fehmarnbelt, one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects connecting Denmark and Germany. EFBWW visited the construction site with MEP @gabischoff.bsky.social and trade union colleagues from both countries. Cross-border infrastructure needs cross-border protection for workers.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In 2016, unpaid construction workers at Charleroi’s Rive Gauche in Belgium climbed a crane to demand their wages. 10 years later, the court acquitted the subcontractors. When chains are long, liability disappears. The EU must cap subcontracting tiers #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Business is asking Europe for more. So are Europe's workers. Workers' rights barely featured in today's #SOTEU2026. The Quality Jobs Act got one sentence. Let us be clear: quality jobs are direct jobs. Europe needs an ambitious Subcontracting Directive with binding limits on subcontracting tiers.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cross-border exploitation needs cross-border enforcement. The proposal for a stronger European Labour Authority is a welcome step. Stronger inspections, better cooperation and more protection for mobile and third-country workers are essential. Now the details matter! #FairLabourMobility

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As Europe prepares for #SOTEU2026, important pieces are still missing from the Quality Jobs Act consultation. Limits on subcontracting chains, a ban on labour intermediaries, and joint and several liability. Quality jobs in construction require structural reform. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Public money and EU funds financed renovation projects in Bucharest where 200 Vietnamese construction workers lived in overcrowded containers, worked up to 60-hour weeks and earned less than €600 a month. EU #PublicProcurement rules should promote responsible business models. #Limitsubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Another step towards fair labour mobility in Europe ✊ Denmark has adopted mandatory Worker ID Cards on construction sites, joining a growing number of European countries. Europe should build on this momentum through the Fair Labour Mobility Package. #Construction #FairLabourMobility #Transparency

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Europe's construction sector is the Single Market in practice. But open borders must never become an open door to worker exploitation and fraud. The upcoming revision of the EU's #PublicProcurement rules is an opportunity to restore clear responsibility throughout subcontracting chains.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Politicians promised a Just Transition, but on many modern construction sites working life is anything but just. Europe's climate ambitions cannot be built on worker exploitation, social dumping and endless subcontracting chains that works to facilitate crime and hide abuse. Photo: Porthos CO2

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Today you lose your job, tonight you lose your home." The Dutch government's 2020 Roemer Report exposed how labour intermediaries can make migrant workers dependent not only on work, but also on housing and transport. Five years later, the lesson remains. Link in comments 👇 #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In construction, cases like this happen all the time. Complex subcontracting is a systemic flaw that allows bad actors to exploit workers and run away when things go wrong. Public procurement rules must be designed to protect workers and ensure fair competition for responsible businesses.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our thoughts are with the families, friends and colleagues of the six workers who lost their lives yesterday in the fire at the OXY construction site on Place de Brouckère in central Brussels. We also wish a full recovery to those who were injured.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"They were sent home. We never saw them again." Aalborg University has documented how injured migrant construction workers can disappear from workplaces and accident statistics. EFBWW calls for a stronger European Labour Authority to strengthen labour intelligence and cross-border enforcement.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

EFBWW stands in solidarity with our colleagues in the UK ✊ Around 1,000 local government craftworkers are taking industrial action after rejecting a pay offer which amounts to a real-terms pay cut and was presented without negotiations with the union. #Solidarity #TradeUnions #WorkersRights

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

From Strasbourg: EU Inc. is the wrong answer for Europe. Construction is already one of Europe's most fraud-sensitive sectors, and when you open the door for more fraudulent letterbox companies, that's what you get. Don't build Europe on letterbox companies. #EUInc #28thRegime #WorkersRights

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

After more than 10 years, it's done 🎉 The European Parliament today approved mandatory prior notification for all postings in construction 🏗️ A major step forward for enforcement, stronger labour inspections and the protection of mobile construction workers! #SocialEurope #Construction

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

EFBWW travelled to Moldova with the objective to help make social dialogue a cornerstone of the country's EU accession process ✊ EU enlargement should strengthen trade unions, collective bargaining and quality jobs - not just expand the Internal Market. #Moldova #EUEnlargement #SocialDialogue

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Now employers are also calling for limits on long, complex subcontracting chains in construction. Momentum is growing! Yesterday, EFBWW and EBC presented shared priorities for better public procurement in the European Parliament. Link in comments 👇 #LimitSubcontracting #QualityJobs

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Change is made this way. EU policymakers and leaders from industry and trade unions discussing limits on subcontracting in the European Parliament. No Public Money for Exploitation. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Complex subcontracting chains are already being limited by countries, cites and companies in Europe. Europe doesn't need to start from scratch. It can build on what already works. Tomorrow, we bring the discussion to the European Parliament. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A subcontractor creates a new company. The workers stay. The construction sites stay. Only the company name changes. A trade union investigation later uncovered more than €100,000 in unpaid wages. Labour exploitation thrives when responsibility is subcontracted away. #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Last night, the Commission's deregulation drive suffered a setback. Member States and the European Parliament sided with labour inspectorates in negotiations on an e-declarations portal for employers posting workers. Link to press release in comments 👇 With @etuc-ces.bsky.social

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

16,000 hours of unpaid overtime. 218 inspection proceedings. €1.9 million in fines. Camp Nou stadium, one of Europe's largest construction projects. 77 companies working on the same site. When responsibility is spread across dozens of companies, accountability disappear and workers are exploited.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Five construction workers died in Antwerp in 2021. Today, trade union representatives gathered to remember them. Workers deserve safe workplaces. The families deserve answers. The search for justice continues. Nicolae, Mihael, Carlos, Antonio and Cristiano have not been forgotten.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

For social justice in Europe ✊ EFBWW Vice-President Gianni De Vlaminck at today's ETUC mobilisation in Madrid. #Solidarity #WorkersR

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Trade union representatives from across Central and Eastern Europe stand with today's ETUC mobilisation. Europe needs direct jobs and safe workplaces, not deregulation that erodes workers' rights. Solidarity with everyone marching in Madrid today! @etuc-ces.bsky.social #BuildFightWin

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The revision of EU public procurement rules is an opportunity to move away from lowest-price procurement and towards a Europe that rewards quality jobs, fair competition and responsible companies #LimitSubcontracting No public money for exploitation. EFBWW policy brief in comments ⬇️

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The problems arising from long subcontracting chains are increasingly under scrutiny. Together with EBC and MEPs Johan Danielsson and @liesbetsommen.bsky.social we take the debate inside the European Parliament on July 1 to discuss subcontracting and public procurement. Registration link 👇

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Across Europe, the same conclusion is being reached. Spain, Belgium and Norway have all introduced measures limiting subcontracting chains in public construction projects. Public money should create quality jobs, not perfect conditions for labour crime and exploitation. #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Construction is different. Mobile worksites. High labour mobility. Difficult enforcement. Fragmented supply chains. The proposed Construction Services Act does not address the realities of the construction sector. Trade unions and employers in joint statement ⬇️ #EU #Construction #LabourMobility

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The question is what public money should reward? Fair wages, direct employment and safe working conditions? Or social dumping and labour crime hidden in long subcontracting chains? EFBWW says: no public money for exploitation. #PublicProcurement #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A conversation on a construction site can make the difference between knowing your rights and not knowing them. Yesterday, we joined @acvbievakbond.bsky.social Journée de chantier in Belgium, meeting workers directly at their workplaces. Workers build Europe. They deserve to know their rights.

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“Stop the mafia in construction” That’s how Swedish unions describe what long subcontracting chains enable. Across Europe, trade unions confront the same failed system that allows exploitation of workers and lets responsibility disappear down the chain. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

EU ministers discuss the 28th regime (EU Inc) today. Allowing companies to operate without real presence creates more letterbox companies, where responsibility exists on paper, but disappears in practice. EU Inc. extends that model across the internal market and should be rejected #28thRegime

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For the first time, EFBWW took part in an on-site labour inspection together with the European Labour Authority. In construction, cross-border work and subcontracting chains make enforcement difficult. This joint inspection in Iceland shows why cooperation on the ground matters. #LabourMobility

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

48 hours company creation with no real safeguards. That’s not simplification, but rather a blueprint for letterbox companies. More loopholes ➡️ more fraud, exploitation and unfair competition. EFBWW calls for construction to be excluded from EU Inc. #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting #EUInc

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Belgium mobilises today. A national demonstration organised by Belgian trade unions brings workers to the streets across the country. Workers are mobilising to defend wages, working conditions and social protections. When workers mobilise, policymakers must listen. #TradeUnions #WorkersRights

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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

EU Inc. must not become “Letterbox Inc.” Without proper safeguards, it risks enabling more letterbox companies in construction - reinforcing a pattern we already see: fraud, labour exploitation, social dumping and unfair competition. Construction must be excluded. #LimitSubcontracting #EUInc

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