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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 6h

Gaza: @ituc.bsky.social welcomes ceasefire and urges full implementation as a critical step towards lasting peace under international law www.ituc-csi.org/gaza-ituc-we...

Gaza: ITUC welcomes ceasefire and urges full implementation as a critical step towards lasting peace under international law

The ITUC joins unions in Palestine and Israel in welcoming the US-, Qatar-, Egypt- and Türkiye-brokered ceasefire agreement as a crucial first diplomatic step towards peace. This agreement offers a me...

www.ituc-csi.org

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 18h

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

Denmark vs @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu Judgement on Adequate minimum wages in the European Union Directive coming up on 11 November 🤞
H/T @stevepeers.bsky.social
curia.europa.eu/juris/liste....

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

@industrialleurope.bsky.social welcomes @ec.europa.eu introduction of permanent safeguard measures for steel imports. While this is a crucial step towards defending Europe’s steel and its workforce, it must be part of a broader, ambitious industrial strategy. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1355

Permanent safeguards: overdue but essential protection for Europe’s steel industry

IndustriAll Europe welcomes today’s decision by the European Commission’s to introduce permanent safeguard measures for steel imports. While this is a crucial step towards defending Europe’s steel and...

news.industriall-europe.eu

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

@sabineweyand.bsky.social tells COREPER that EU will not drop rules requiring American firms to produce plans to fight climate change and end environmental and human rights violations in their supply chains. Trouble is @ec.europa.eu is already emasculating the CSDDD www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

www.politico.eu

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

EU's Entry/Exit System progressively starts operations on 12 October and rolled out over a period of 6 months. As of 10 April 2026, the EES will be fully operational at all external border crossing points and passport stamping will be replaced with electronic records ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The EU\'s Entry\/Exit System progressively starts operations on 12 October 2025

From 12 October, Member States will start introducing Europe\'s new digital border system, the Entry\/Exit System (EES), across their external borders. As of this date, Member States will start electr...

ec.europa.eu

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

Text of EFTA-Mercosur RTA👇. Includes sustainable development chapter (even weaker than the EU’s). www.efta.int/sites/defaul...

www.efta.int

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

Will ICE nab him when he queues up to renew his green card?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Rishi Sunak’s twin appointments mean he will be advising rivals in the push for AI breakthroughs. on.ft.com/3KNw22e

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

Modi hogging the arm rest

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Claes-Mikael Stahl @cmstahl.bsky.social · 1d

Having a piece on hope as a political choice published today. By coincidence today, as hope did return. How can progressives fight back the far right? @etuc-ces.bsky.social www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

Hope is not naïve optimism

It is a political choice

www.ips-journal.eu

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 1d

@europarl.europa.eu greenlights EWC revision. "Good new for workers": Isabelle Schömann @etuc-ces.bsky.social www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

www.etuc.org

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 2d

@inta.europarl.europa.eu chief @bernd-lange.bsky.social calls @ec.europa.eu handling of Morocco deal "outrageous" www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Parliament trade chief calls Commission’s handling of Morocco deal ‘outrageous’ | Euractiv

“Despite having just improved our framework with the Commission to prevent this kind of situation ... they’ve gone ahead and done exactly that,” Bernd Lange, who chairs Parliament’s trade committee, s...

www.euractiv.com

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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @efjeurope.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ JOB ALERT: We are looking for a full-time Project Assistant to join our team of 8 staff based in the EU district in Brussels!

Read more about the position 👇 europeanjournalists.org/about-efj/jo... #Job #emploi

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 2d

Wordle 1,573 4/6
UNFAIR! Two perfectly good words rejected

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 2d

@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social Column: ‘The Left has a political and moral duty to defend the ECHR’ labourlist.org/2025/10/paul... – via @labourlist.bsky.social

Paul Nowak Column: 'The Left has a political and moral duty to defend the ECHR' - LabourList

In his barnstorming regular column TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak says all MPs have a moral and political duty o defend the ECHR.

labourlist.org

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 2d

Well said

Mohammed Chahim @chahim.bsky.social · 2d

What happens when industry fears its own innovation?

The story of Kodak should serve as a warning to Europe’s automotive industry.

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

Trump also wants the EU to drop CSDDD enforcement on US companies. Unfortunately he has his epigones in @europarl.europa.eu

S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 3d

Donald Trump and American tech companies cannot threaten the EU and tell us which tech rules we should “keep” or cancel.

We will defend the DSA, DMA and the AI Act - laws we have adopted to protect our citizens and to make the digital sector fairer.
www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

Voting now on

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

Surprising that diplomats accredited to the Government of a country can 'legally' operate in another. Surely there is no Schengen area diplomatic immunity? What is needed is better cross-border intelligence sharing. Problem is then can police in, say, Hungary or Austria, be trusted to cooperate?

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

Dark from Joschka Fischer @socialeurope.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/the-sun-sets...

The Sun Sets on the Transatlantic Dream

As Trump weakens Western alliances and democracy erodes at home, Europeans confront a painful truth: yesterday's world is gone.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

Great soundtrack, that starts just after this clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxZs...

Easy Rider - The pusher

YouTube video by Felipe Chacon

www.youtube.com

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FinUnions @finunions.bsky.social · 3d

🗳 The vote on the revision of the #EWC Directive is scheduled to take place during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday 9 October. Europe moves forward and delivers positive outcomes for all actors of the economy.
📢 @eppgroup.bsky.social @reneweurope.bsky.social

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

‘Take it off the table’: @etuc-ces.bsky.social General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social urges @ec.europa.eu to protect workers’ rights www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...

INTERVIEW: ‘Take it off the table’: Union chief urges Brussels to protect workers’ rights | Euractiv

The Commission's €2 trillion EU budget proposal is also "too small" and could spell "disaster" for European regions, said Esther Lynch, head of Europe's largest trade union organisation

www.euractiv.com

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 3d

Ballots begin to drop today.

Remember, members decide their Deputy. It’s a party role not a government one.

In the great traditions, I would be a distinctive voice, the members voice, full-time.

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

Bad luck for GB steel, as a "FTA partner", but Northern Ireland will get special treatment thanks to the Good Friday and Windsor Agreements (which would end should the UK denounce the ECHR):

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