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The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), organising 8 million public service workers across Europe.

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General Secretary: @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
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💪🏾From strikes in the UK's NHS to protests in Portugal, Europe’s public service workers are fighting for higher pay and better conditions.

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La Federation CGT des Services publics, avec @epsu.bsky.social , apporte tout son soutien à la CGSP pour la grève de ce mardi 25 novembre en Belgique. Solidarité et détermination : on ne lâche rien !
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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This is a good resource provided by EPSU. We are not alone.
Find out more in the latest edition of EPSU's Collective Bargaining newsletter 👉 www.epsu.org/epsucob/nove...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Grève interprofessionnelle en front commun syndical après les journées d'action des transports publics lundi et des services publics hier.
🪧Ahead of our Executive Committee today, we’ve been out on picket lines in Brussels with Belgian public service workers.

Their fight is Europe’s fight: fair wages, strong services, dignity at work.

Solidarity from unions across Europe. ✊
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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General #strike in Belgium with @hetacv.bsky.social @fgtb.bsky.social @aclvb.bsky.social

Against austerity, attacks on workers' rights and pensions. For social justice

@epsu.bsky.social and comrades @cgt.fr @cfdt.fr and @force-ouvriere.bsky.social joined various pickers to show our #solidarity
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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🚨 Belgian hallituksen suunnitelmiin kuuluvat myös palkkojen indeksijäädytys, arvonlisäveron nosto ja sairauslomien kiristäminen.

✊ Solidaarisuutta! Solidaritè! Solidariteit! @acv-csc-europe.bsky.social @lacsc.bsky.social @fgtb.bsky.social @cgslb.bsky.social

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November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Solidarité avec les travailleurs et les travailleuses belges de la fonction publique qui défendent leurs droits et le contrat social.
🪧Ahead of our Executive Committee today, we’ve been out on picket lines in Brussels with Belgian public service workers.

Their fight is Europe’s fight: fair wages, strong services, dignity at work.

Solidarity from unions across Europe. ✊
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We opened our Executive Committee today by sending solidarity to Belgian unions on their general strike ✊

Austerity isn’t inevitable - workers are fighting back!

#Solidarity is more than just a slogan for Europe's public service trade unions - it's the heart of our work.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🪧Ahead of our Executive Committee today, we’ve been out on picket lines in Brussels with Belgian public service workers.

Their fight is Europe’s fight: fair wages, strong services, dignity at work.

Solidarity from unions across Europe. ✊
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📣 Belgium! We're striking!

NGO workers gathering at the NGO picket. We have one clear message: No to Arizona! No to austerity! No to job cuts!

Thanks to UN Rapporteur on freedom of association @ginitastar.bsky.social for her support and being with us.

Do come! Support the picket.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🧡 Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the EPSU secretariat stands together to demand safety, protection and rights for every woman and every worker.

Violence has no place in our workplaces or our societies.

#EndVAW #25N
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s not just workers in Belgium who are fighting back.

Across Europe, unions are winning, organising and pushing for change - from France’s public service mobilisations to Portugal’s general strike call and Ukrainian unions stopping a harmful labour code.

Solidarity! ✊
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We're on the streets in Brussels today with our Belgian sisters and brothers striking for public services, pensions and justice. ✊

EPSU and workers across Europe stand with you.

Solidarity is not just a word - it’s action.
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🧡 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. EPSU stands with workers across Europe demanding full ratification of the Istanbul Convention and ILO C190.

💜 Workplaces must be safe for all.

📰 www.epsu.org/article/endi...

#EndVAW #OrangeTheWorld #25N
Ending gender-based violence: unions demand action and investment
In the workplace, 31% of women in the EU have faced harassment during their adulthood – a figure that must be understood alongside the fact that only around 67% of women of working age are in employme...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Er moeten duidelijke "fire walls" zijn tussen de verschillende taken. De arbeidsinspectie moet geen jager op werkenden zonder papieren worden maar uitbuiting door gewetenloze werkgevers bekampen

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Word je als illegale werknemer uitgebuit? Dan ga je naar de Arbeidsinspectie. Maar zo logisch is dat niet, want die werkt – ondanks eerder onderzoek – nog steeds samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Waar haalt deze werknemer zijn recht?
Waar haal je als illegale werknemer je recht als je wordt uitgebuit? Helaas niet bij de Arbeidsinspectie
Word je als illegale werknemer uitgebuit? Dan ga je naar de Arbeidsinspectie. Maar zo logisch is dat niet, want die werkt – ondanks eerder onderzoek – nog steeds samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie.…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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#KESK is in full solidarity with workers who are on strike for three days.
Workers say no to budget cuts and austerity policies and demand decent wage.

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November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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‼️"Across the continent, governments are cutting funding for public services, freezing wages, reducing staff and pushing people to work longer for lower pensions.(..)The EU is once again putting rigid deficit and debt targets ahead of social needs and long-term investment."‼️
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🚨 NEW: EPSU’s Austerity 2.0 briefing warns the EU is repeating past mistakes.

Fiscal rules that failed workers once are back - and so are the cuts. It’s time to change course.

📄 Read more: www.epsu.org/article/aust...
Austerity 2.0: new EPSU report warns Europe is repeating past mistakes
The EU is once again putting rigid deficit and debt targets ahead of long term needs - a new EPSU briefing explains why this is a mistake.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
⛄️ It’s cold. It’s wet. But we’re out on the streets in Brussels with our trade union sisters ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

💜 We’re demanding action - because women’s rights are workers’ rights. 🧡
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🚨Health workers in Switzerland are sounding the alarm: applause isn’t enough.

💪EPSU stands with them as they mobilise on 22 Nov in Bern for safe staffing, better conditions, and real implementation of the Pflegeinitiative.

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November 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Today @epsu.bsky.social and @hospeem.bsky.social adopted a new joint work programme of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue for the Hospital and Health Sector. We are looking forward to implementing our programme to support health care workers in Europe.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨 NEW: EPSU’s Austerity 2.0 briefing warns the EU is repeating past mistakes.

Fiscal rules that failed workers once are back - and so are the cuts. It’s time to change course.

📄 Read more: www.epsu.org/article/aust...
Austerity 2.0: new EPSU report warns Europe is repeating past mistakes
The EU is once again putting rigid deficit and debt targets ahead of long term needs - a new EPSU briefing explains why this is a mistake.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The European Union repeating past mistakes with its austerity 2.0 is the conclusion of a new report of EPSU prepared by chief economist Ronald Janssen

Key lessons and arguments what to improve

For an EU for workers, communities, for public services, social justice and democracy
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Austerity 2.0: new EPSU report warns Europe is repeating past mistakes
The EU is once again putting rigid deficit and debt targets ahead of long term needs - a new EPSU briefing explains why this is a mistake.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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📢 Doctors, nurses, health and care workers warn EU: don’t scrap EU4Health

Alongside @epsu.bsky.social & @efnbrussels.bsky.social, we call on @europarl.europa.eu & @consilium.europa.eu to prioritise long-term investment in Europe's #HealthWorkforce in the #EUBudget

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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🚨 Doctors, nurses and health workers are speaking with one voice: don’t scrap #EU4Health.

EPSU, @efnbrussels.bsky.social and @europeandoctors.bsky.social warn that shifting it into a competitiveness fund will hurt crisis readiness & deepen staff shortages.

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Doctors, nurses, health and care workers warn EU: don’t scrap EU4Health
Doctors, nurses, health and care workers are warning EU leaders against its plans to scrap the standalone the EU4Health programme.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚨 BELGIUM: 3️⃣ DAYS OF STRIKES!

Next week, the country will come to a halt - and NGO workers will be on the picket lines too.

We'll step out of the office and join the struggle against Arizona’s #austerity agenda.

Join the NGO picket:
📅 Wednesday, 26 November
📍 Mundo Madou
🕗 08.00
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM