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Independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation. We support, stimulate and reinforce the European trade union movement.

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 13h
A green job is not automatically a good job 👷 Last week we launched a new issue of #HesaMag, the health & safety magazine with a European view 🗞️ This issue takes a hard look at the #OSH dimension of the #GreenTransition
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 13h
Un œil vers le passé, l’autre sur le présent, Jean Faniel (CRISP) et @kurtvandaele.bsky.social (ETUI) analysent les ressorts de la colère sociale en Belgique lavamedia.be/fr/les-syndi...
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« Les syndicats ont inscrit la mobilisation dans la longueur et la force » | Lava
Les mobilisations contre l’Arizona s’inscrivent dans la longue tradition belge des luttes sociales. Un œil vers le passé, l’autre sur le présent, Jean Faniel et Kurt Vandaele analysent les ressorts…
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Global trade has been thrown into disorder by a series of shocks, from Covid to Trump So how should trade unions be actively shaping trade under changed circumstances? 🧵 👇
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Kurt Vandaele @kurtvandaele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“De vakbonden hebben ingezet op duur en kracht” via @lavamediabe.bsky.social lavamedia.be/de-vakbonden...
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“De vakbonden hebben ingezet op duur en kracht” | LAVA
De mobilisaties tegen de Arizonaregering passen in de lange Belgische traditie van sociale strijd. Met één oog op het verleden en het andere op vandaag analyseren Jean Faniel en Kurt Vandaele de drijf...
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Kurt Vandaele @kurtvandaele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
« Les syndicats ont inscrit la mobilisation dans la longueur et la force » via @lavamediabe.bsky.social lavamedia.be/fr/les-syndi...
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« Les syndicats ont inscrit la mobilisation dans la longueur et la force » | Lava
Les mobilisations contre l’Arizona s’inscrivent dans la longue tradition belge des luttes sociales. Un œil vers le passé, l’autre sur le présent, Jean Faniel et Kurt Vandaele analysent les ressorts de...
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Emilio Gabaglio (1937-2024) was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in Europe’s post-war trade union movement, and at the heart of the struggle for #SocialEurope 🔗 etui.org/4Mf
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📣 We're hiring! The ETUI is seeking a Documentalist and Communication Officer (a hybrid role) to join our team 📚 More info about the position and how to apply here 🔗 etui.org/4YM
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Ageing is reshaping the economic and political foundations of European #WelfareStates As the share of elderly people in European electorates increases, the combination of growing #pension expenditure and high public debt is putting pressure on governments’ budgets
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Message delivered ✅ Right outside Council and Commission, working people and their unions have one call: fix it or sink it. No to opt-outs from labour law. No to undermining workers' rights. No to deregulation dressed up as "simplification". Yes to #QualityJobs! #FixOrSinkEUInc
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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We’re outside the European Commission with trade unions from across Europe to say: enough is enough! Workers’ rights are not red tape. Collective bargaining is not a barrier to competitiveness. EU Inc: protect workers’ rights — or sink it. ✊ @etuc-ces.bsky.social
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UNI Europa @uni-europa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today, we rallied in Brussels outside the @ec.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu together with workers and trade unionists from all across Europe against deregulation and social dumping. We will keep fighting to "fix or sink the EU Inc" that would allow companies to evade national labour standards.
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 24/09/2026
Trade unions protest in Brussels against EU Inc
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Trade unions protest in Brussels against EU Inc
Participants fear social dumping and threats to co-determination
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Round three in the 'Cyborg Workers' conference series 🤖
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What’s really wrong with the #EUInc proposal? At a recent forum in Brussels, the experts counted the ways...
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For several decades, trade policy was presented to EU citizens as an essentially technical project. Its purpose was to remove barriers and open markets to move more freely across borders. The liberalisation was delivered. The compensation was not...
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 23/09/2026
'EU Inc', or the 28th regime, started as an EU project to facilitate the expansion of small companies. Now, trade unions warn it could erode years of hard-earned labour rights.
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Unions rally against new ‘EU Inc’ race-to-bottom on labour laws and pay
'EU Inc', or the 28th regime, started as an EU project to facilitate the expansion of small companies. Now, trade unions warn it could erode years of hard-earned labour rights.
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UNI Europa @uni-europa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thousands of workers and their unions from across Europe will demonstrate in Brussels this Thursday against the controversial “EU Inc.” law. Schuman. 10am. Join us.
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Thousands of workers to rally over “EU Inc.” corporate deregulation plan
UNI Europa will join thousands of workers and their unions from across Europe protesting against the controversial “EU Inc.” law in Brussels on 24 September 2026.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Imagine trying to live in Belgium while being paid the minimum wage in Bulgaria. The sums just wouldn’t add up Yet this scenario could become a reality under the EU Commission’s loophole-ridden ‘EU Inc' proposal - ✍️ @estherlynch.bsky.social www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/2329...
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Brussels proposal risks race to the bottom on workers’ rights
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Aída Ponce Del Castillo @aidaponcedelcastillo.com · 23/09/2026
𝑼𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒔. 𝑺𝒊𝒙 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 I'm interested in how the regulatory simplification is designed. Here I have a look at the environmental omnibus package and it's framing www.etui.org/news/unpacki...
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
💻 Don't miss the next #AItalks webinar, with guest speaker Anna Milanez, labour market economist at the OECD, and host @aidaponcedelcastillo.com
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What could a pro-worker and more democratically legitimate #trade policy look like? www.socialeurope.eu/beyond-free-... ✍ ETUI General Director @andrewwatteu.bsky.social and @etuc-ces.bsky.social Deputy General Secretary Claes-Mikael Ståhl outline four key changes to be made:
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
With my comrade @judekd.bsky.social of @industrialleurope.bsky.social arguing in support of circular economy Why it needs qualified workers with decent pay and conditions from repair and reuse, to collection, sorting, recycling and disposal @epsu.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social
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Europe’s Circular Economy Act Will Fail Without Workers at Its Heart
Two union leaders warn that waste, repair and recycling jobs risk becoming Europe’s next low-pay, high-hazard market.
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Sophie Achleitner @sophieachleitner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Very honored to be among this year's @etui.bsky.social EcoSocial Summer School participants and to get the opportunity to present research conducted within the C(L)ARE project: www.momentum-institut.at/projekt/clar...
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C(L)ARE: How to deal with care and catastrophes in communes in times of climate crisis - Momentum Institut
Die Klimakrise stellt Gesellschaften weltweit vor immense Herausforderungen – nicht nur durch zerstörerische Extremwetterereignisse, sondern auch durch ihre weitreichenden sozialen Folgen. Besonders b...
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The room is full, but you can still sign up to attend our Thursday event with i.a. Dani Rodrik online. 👇 Link at the end of the thread.
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To better understand why, read our latest Op-Ed signed by ETUC Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social & @etui.bsky.social Director General Andrew Watt 👇 Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy: www.socialeurope.eu/beyond-free-... @ec.europa.eu
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Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What can #TradeUnions do about #ClimateChange? This is the big question tackled in the latest issue of Transfer, the European Review of Labour and Research, published quarterly by ETUI Research and Sage Journals 📗
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'We would end up in a situation where wherever the founders choose to register an #EUInc, those labour laws apply to all of its workers across the EU' Marcus Meyer-Erdmann (ETUI) on the #TradeUnion concerns with the #28thRegime proposal Listen to the full etui.podcast episode here 🔗 etui.org/4Y9
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📆 Upcoming event How can the #GreenTransition protect workers' health and safety while delivering on its environmental ambitions?
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What role can #TradeUnions play in shaping the new rules of the game in international #trade? 🌍 📆 Our upcoming hybrid conference, co-organised with @etuc-ces.bsky.social and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, is bringing together a number of distinguished speakers to tackle the question 👇
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking to boost your project management skills in your #TradeUnion work? 💻️ This online course will guide you through the process of how to effectively manage a union project, from drafting and budgeting to task delivery and evaluation
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📣 New publication Is it time to start addressing domestic violence as a workplace issue?
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📣 We're hiring! The ETUI is seeking a Documentalist and Communication Officer (a hybrid role) to join our team 📚 More info about the position and how to apply here 🔗 etui.org/4YM
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are the interests of #labour effectively protected under the 2019 EU Directive on preventive #restructuring and #insolvency? ⚖️ 💡 According to a new ETUI report from Séverine Picard (Progressive Policies), this depends heavily on national transposition choices
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📆 Upcoming event How can the #GreenTransition protect workers' health and safety while delivering on its environmental ambitions?
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Last week, the ETUI hosted the 2026 edition of its EcoSocial Summer School on Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policies, right here in Brussels 🎓 We brought together 12 early-career researchers for three days of presentations and rich discussion on everything green and social 🌍 ✊
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Competitiveness, industrial renewal, and strategic autonomy are now at the centre of the #EU's agenda 🎯 But will these ambitions support the green and social transitions, or become a pretext for #deregulation and a weakening of #SocialEurope? www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/competitive-...
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Competitive, Green, Social: Can Europe Have All Three?
Andrew Watt explains what the changing political landscape could mean for workers and trade unions – and for the kind of economic model Europe is building.
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/competitive-... There are trade offs between the goals of a competitive, green and social Europe. But there are also synergies, and the tradeoffs can be addressed - if we are willing to change policies. My interview with the Green European Journal.
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Competitive, Green, Social: Can Europe Have All Three?
Andrew Watt explains what the changing political landscape could mean for workers and trade unions – and for the kind of economic model Europe is building.
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'#AI has the potential to boost productivity and benefit #workers, if used to enhance skills and reduce the need for repetitive tasks. Left to itself, however, it's more likely to be used to weaken workers' bargaining power through labour saving.'
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Mario Draghi argues for the need to invest in European data centres to enable growth and ensure sovereignty. He sees fragmentation among those European companies buying "compute" as the major obstacle to be overcome. 1/3
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Europe’s difficult choices on AI
Data is the one area where it can still be sovereign and it has the greatest potential to generate growth
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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ukrainian unions demand a role in reconstruction at @industriall-union.org meeting including @etui.bsky.social @ilo.org @industrialleurope.bsky.social @metall.bsky.social @ifmetall.bsky.social www.industriall-union.org/ukraine-trad...
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Ukraine Reconstruction Trade Unions: A Path Forward - industriall-union
Learn about the impact of Ukraine reconstruction trade unions in shaping social dialogue and influencing recovery efforts.
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European Trade Union e-action of ACV-CSC-Belgium @acv-csc-europe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‼️"Fair Labour Mobility Must Mean Fair for Workers" - very important socialeurope.eu OpEd by @etui.bsky.social's @wzwysen.bsky.social ahead of the publication of the @ec.europa.eu package this week‼️ www.socialeurope.eu/fair-labour-...
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Markus Marterbauer @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Was kann Europa tun, um sich vor einer aus den USA kommenden Finanzkrise zu schützen? Die Schaffung einer sicheren, liquiden Euro-Anleihe, eines "Safe Asset", so argumentiert @andrewwatteu.bsky.social, General Director @etui.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/americas-fis...
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America’s Fiscal Crisis Is Europe’s Chance to Build a Treasury Market of Its Own
The EU should seize the moment to gain strategic autonomy by creating its own safe asset.
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Looking to boost your project management skills in your #TradeUnion work? 💻️ This online course will guide you through the process of how to effectively manage a union project, from drafting and budgeting to task delivery and evaluation
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What happened over the summer in the world of #CollectiveBargaining❓️ A few highlights: #MinimumWage increases agreed in Czechia, Lithuania and Slovakia, and deals to expand collective bargaining coverage in Germany and Luxembourg ✊️
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'#LabourMobility is often put forward as a way to make the European labour market more efficient. The problem is that shortages are not only due to a lack of available workers but also to jobs that are simply not attractive.'
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
💻 Upcoming webinar
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What’s really wrong with the #EUInc proposal? Last week in Brussels, the experts counted the ways...
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What is the European Social Dialogue, and how is it relevant to trade unions? This online training course offers trade unionists a deep dive 👩‍🏫 More info about the course and registration process here 🔗 etui.org/4Yq ⌛️ Deadline 18 September
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