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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 24/04/2026

Thank you @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social for a good meeting with Finnish social partners in Helsinki. Strengthening Europe's competitiveness must go hand in hand with improved protection for workers and investment in new and updated skills. @sak.fi @etuc-ces.bsky.social

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 12/03/2026

Working for the EU has never been so attractive. Interesting differences in the proportional distribution (as % of population) between EU member states. eu-careers.europa.eu/en/news/ad5-...

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 22/01/2026

Suomen hallitus yhteisiä arvoja edistämässä?

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 26/11/2025

Valued guests in the Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) meeting in Helsinki: @ituc.bsky.social GS Luc Triangle and, through video greeting, Aliaksandr Yarashuk, the President of BKDP Belarus. Strong messages on democracy and human rights from both of them. @sak.fi

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025

Professor @teivo.bsky.social discusses the political nature of corporations. When we recognise this nature, we can make claims of democracy. @sak.fi @sttk.fi

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025

General Secretary @luctriangle.bsky.social from the @ituc.bsky.social underlines the role of trade unions as a global movement defending democracy against the billionaire coup. @sak.fi @sttk.fi

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025

President @elorantaja.bsky.social of @sak.fi opens the SAK, @sttk.fi and the Council of Nordic Trade Unions NFS democracy conference in Helsinki.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 23/09/2025

SAK @sak.fi, STTK @sttk.fi and PAM @pam.fi together with the @etuc-ces.bsky.social and friends from all around Europe, for human rights, justice and sustainability, against deregulation. #Backtothefuture

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 28/08/2025

Turku Europe Forum continues. @sak.fi President @elorantaja.bsky.social joins MEP @liandersson.bsky.social, MP @niinamalm.bsky.social and former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen in discussing the fate of workers' rights in the EU.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 28/08/2025

"The US is 10 per cent more productive than Europe. That has nothing to do with labour costs, or lacking regulations. It's all about technological advance." - Hosuk Lee-Makiyama in the Turku Europe Forum

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 27/08/2025

Turun Eurooppa-foorumi on käynnissä! Työmarkkinajärjestöjen keskustelussa paljon yhteisiä näkemyksiä, mutta myös eri painotuksia. @sak.fi:n @elorantaja.bsky.social korosti EU:n tarvetta tuoda ihmisten arkeen turvaa aikamme suurissa muutoksissa.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 18/06/2025

Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) was represented by acting chairman Maksim Pazniakou. Freedom for Belarusian trade unionists who remain political prisoners! @workers-eesc.bsky.social @eesc.bsky.social

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 18/06/2025

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of Belarusian democratic forces, in @eesc.bsky.social Plenary to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the committee. As she underlines, support for Belarusian democratic forces is not charity, it is an essential investment for Europe. 🇪🇺 @workers-eesc.bsky.social

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 20/05/2025

I addressed the @etuc-ces.bsky.social Mid-Term Conference in Belgrade, explaining the anti-union policies of the Finnish Government. Strengthening European and international labour standards is essential. @sak.fi @finunions.bsky.social

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 20/05/2025

The ETUC Mid-Term Conference is opened in Belgrade by @wolfgangk.bsky.social. Our meeting here is a signal. Social rights must be respected and trade unions play a role in EU enlargement. @etuc-ces.bsky.social @sak.fi @finunions.bsky.social

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 13/05/2025

Meeting of the @workers-eesc.bsky.social starts in a historical venue: Sala BHP, the hall where the Gdańsk agreement was signed in 31.8.1980, leading to the establishment of the Solidarity trade union.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 05/04/2025

I enjoyed this book by Vili Lehdonvirta. Fascinating economic and social history, original political theory, beautifully written.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 23/01/2025

Executive Vice-President @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu joins @eesc.bsky.social debate on artificial intelligence at work.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 11/12/2024

SAK President Jarkko Eloranta and ETUC General Secretary Esther Lynch open the ETUC Executive Committee meeting with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 22/11/2024

Excellent address from MEP, Employment and Social Affairs Committee Chair Li Andersson at the SAK Delegate Council in Helsinki. In today's world, it becomes ever more important to strengthen the European social model. Fundamental workers' rights are essential for democracy.

MEP Li Andersson addresses the SAK Delegate Council in Helsinki

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 03/02/2024

Highly educational, inspiring and entertaining speech by President TarjaHalonen - former SAK trade union lawyer and long-time SASK partner - to kick of SASK Solidarity Days. 1/2 #Solidaarisuuspäivät

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 01/02/2024

Senate Square in the heart of Helsinki full of people calling the @FinGovernment to stop their plans to undermine workers' rights and social security. #STOPnow #STOPnyt

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 12/12/2023

Yhdessä työntekijöiden oikeuksien puolesta!

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 12/12/2023

Eurooppalainen ay-liike vastustaa Brysselissä vastuutonta talouskuripolitiikkaa ja työntekijöiden oikeuksien rikkomista.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 12/12/2023

Muutama muukin matkalla rautatieasemalta mielenosoituspaikalle.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 06/12/2023

ETUCin hallituksen perinteinen itsenäisyyspäivän kokous Brysselissä.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 07/11/2023

SAK President Jarkko Eloranta opens the FinUnions seminar on right-wing populism in Europe.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 27/10/2023

Missing my connecting flight and spending the night in a CDG airport hotel had it's positive sides, like finding this from an airport kiosk.

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Pekka Ristelä @pekkaristela.eurosky.social · 06/10/2023

Hundreds of union representatives from all around #Finland fill the hall in #Helsinki. We have #seriousgrounds to oppose the anti-worker measures planned by the Orpo-Purra Government.

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