Marieke Koning
@mariekekoning.bsky.social
Strategic Organiser, Campaigns & Organising Department at the ITUC
#FreeLeeCheukYan !!!!
🌍 Today is #HumanRightsDay. For Lee Cheuk-yan, it's Day 1,699 behind bars 🕯️
Lee is a longtime labour leader unjustly imprisoned in Hong Kong for organising peaceful pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. His trial is set for 22 January 2026.
🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/internationa...
#FreeLeeCheukYan
Lee is a longtime labour leader unjustly imprisoned in Hong Kong for organising peaceful pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. His trial is set for 22 January 2026.
🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/internationa...
#FreeLeeCheukYan
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#FreeLeeCheukYan !!!!
Good plan!
Rocket has been built to carry Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos on a one-way journey to Mars. ‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk | Glastonbury 2025 | The Guardian share.google/NCal8rLnHu3l...
Rocket has been built to carry Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos on a one-way journey to Mars. ‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk | Glastonbury 2025 | The Guardian share.google/NCal8rLnHu3l...
‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk
Campaign group say piece responds to tech billionaires’ ‘dangerous’ mission to make humans interplanetary
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June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Good plan!
Rocket has been built to carry Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos on a one-way journey to Mars. ‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk | Glastonbury 2025 | The Guardian share.google/NCal8rLnHu3l...
Rocket has been built to carry Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos on a one-way journey to Mars. ‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk | Glastonbury 2025 | The Guardian share.google/NCal8rLnHu3l...
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Trump regime ICE forces assaulted and kidnapped a mother on her way to pick up her children from school, this is what they are doing all over the country. #StopICE
June 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump regime ICE forces assaulted and kidnapped a mother on her way to pick up her children from school, this is what they are doing all over the country. #StopICE
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An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
#FreeDavidEndRaids
On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...
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June 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Brave, courageous, fearless to stand up, rise to protect human rights all should enjoy!
Newsom responds to Homan statement on possibly arresting him: He's a tough guy. Why doesn't he do that? He knows where to find me. Lay your hands off four year old girls that are trying to get educated. Come and arrest me. Let’s just get it over with tough guy. I don’t give a damn
June 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Brave, courageous, fearless to stand up, rise to protect human rights all should enjoy!
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📢 UNI Global Union condemns the violent arrest of David Huerta, President of @seiucalifornia & @seiuusww, who was injured and detained while observing and documenting a violent ICE raid in Los Angeles, California.
Full statement ⤵️
Full statement ⤵️
UNI Global Union statement on the arrest of SEIU California president David Huerta
UNI Global Union statement on the arrest of SEIU California president David Huerta The following statement can be attributed to Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union: UNI Global Union...
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June 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📢 UNI Global Union condemns the violent arrest of David Huerta, President of @seiucalifornia & @seiuusww, who was injured and detained while observing and documenting a violent ICE raid in Los Angeles, California.
Full statement ⤵️
Full statement ⤵️
ITUC-Africa general secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie: “It is time for Africans to chart and determine our progress on our terms” www.equaltimes.org/ituc-africa-...
ITUC-Africa general secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie: “It is time for Africans to chart and determine our progress on our terms”
Akhator Joel Odigie was elected as general secretary of ITUC-Africa in November 2023, the pan-Africa body that is headquartered in Lomé, Togo and represents over 17 million members and 107 affiliated ...
www.equaltimes.org
May 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ITUC-Africa general secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie: “It is time for Africans to chart and determine our progress on our terms” www.equaltimes.org/ituc-africa-...
He showed the kind of leadership the world needs: José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, former guerrilla and ex-president of Uruguay, dies aged 89 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, former guerrilla and ex-president of Uruguay, dies aged 89
In a final interview, Mujica said: ‘We are too focused on wealth and not on happiness … Before you know it, life has passed you by’
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
He showed the kind of leadership the world needs: José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, former guerrilla and ex-president of Uruguay, dies aged 89 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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The trade unions of India issue a call for de-escalation in the conflict with Pakistan. Very good news:
May 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The trade unions of India issue a call for de-escalation in the conflict with Pakistan. Very good news:
“Three times more explosive power has been dropped on Gaza than was used in the Hiroshima bomb,” he said. “And for months now, nothing has been getting into Gaza. Nothing: no water, no food, no electricity, no fuel, no medical services...."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat
Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“Three times more explosive power has been dropped on Gaza than was used in the Hiroshima bomb,” he said. “And for months now, nothing has been getting into Gaza. Nothing: no water, no food, no electricity, no fuel, no medical services...."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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And ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle summarised the letter in an op-ed, which you can read on
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Equals substack: www.equals.ink/p/the-greate...
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Equals substack: www.equals.ink/p/the-greate...
The greatest threat to democracy in 80 years: Stop the billionaire coup
Guest blog from Luc Triangle, Secretary-general of the International Trade Union Confederation
www.equals.ink
May 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
And ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle summarised the letter in an op-ed, which you can read on
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Equals substack: www.equals.ink/p/the-greate...
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Equals substack: www.equals.ink/p/the-greate...
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The letter concludes, "The time for half-measures and debate is over...the unions of the world are taking urgent action. You must do the same."
You can read the letter in full here: www.ituc-csi.org/stop-the-bil...
You can read the letter in full here: www.ituc-csi.org/stop-the-bil...
8 May 2025: Take Back Democracy. Stop the Billionaire Coup!
For billions of workers worldwide, the accelerating crises facing the world have now merged to create a moment of existential consequence. Will democracy or autocracy prevail? Will the people rule the...
www.ituc-csi.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The letter concludes, "The time for half-measures and debate is over...the unions of the world are taking urgent action. You must do the same."
You can read the letter in full here: www.ituc-csi.org/stop-the-bil...
You can read the letter in full here: www.ituc-csi.org/stop-the-bil...
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While nuclear powers skirmished in south Asia and the world met a new Catholic Pope, the world's largest international union body, the @ituc.bsky.social, marked #8may with an historic open letter to world leaders. It begins, "I write to you today to sound the alarm." A🧵:
May 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
While nuclear powers skirmished in south Asia and the world met a new Catholic Pope, the world's largest international union body, the @ituc.bsky.social, marked #8may with an historic open letter to world leaders. It begins, "I write to you today to sound the alarm." A🧵:
Unite to anchor fundamental values and rights in all we do #fordemocracy that delivers: Fair taxation, quality public services, living wages, universal social protection, climate justice, peace not war, fair migration - equality and equity for all. #TakeBackDemocracy
🗓️ This 8 May, we #TakeBackDemocracy!
“Billionaires are not just hoarding wealth — they are hijacking our democracies.” Luc Triangle, ITUC GS
📢This is a fight for dignity, justice, and democracy.
🔗Find out more: www.ituc-csi.org/The-greatest...
“Billionaires are not just hoarding wealth — they are hijacking our democracies.” Luc Triangle, ITUC GS
📢This is a fight for dignity, justice, and democracy.
🔗Find out more: www.ituc-csi.org/The-greatest...
May 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Unite to anchor fundamental values and rights in all we do #fordemocracy that delivers: Fair taxation, quality public services, living wages, universal social protection, climate justice, peace not war, fair migration - equality and equity for all. #TakeBackDemocracy
✊ More work, less pay—while billionaires profit? 🤑💸
Workers are fighting back for justice, fair pay & real democracy! 💪🗳️
Join a union. Take back democracy! 🔥
📺 youtube.com/shorts/OnGH1...
🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/May-Day-2025...
#MayDay2025 #Solidarity #TakeBackDemocracy
Workers are fighting back for justice, fair pay & real democracy! 💪🗳️
Join a union. Take back democracy! 🔥
📺 youtube.com/shorts/OnGH1...
🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/May-Day-2025...
#MayDay2025 #Solidarity #TakeBackDemocracy
May Day 2025: Take back democracy from the billionaire coup
This May Day 2025, the global trade union movement is taking this message to the streets: There is an alternative to the billionaire vision of the world. #Ma...
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May 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Happy Labour Day from Brussels, Belgium. Ready for the (R)Evolution!
May 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Happy Labour Day from Brussels, Belgium. Ready for the (R)Evolution!
Trade Union Day of Action on 29 April in Brussels and other places in Belgium, with @ituc.bsky.social and the trade union delegation from Kazakhstan, FPRK joining @etuc-ces.bsky.social fgtb.be/actualite/29... @csc-acv-brussels.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trade Union Day of Action on 29 April in Brussels and other places in Belgium, with @ituc.bsky.social and the trade union delegation from Kazakhstan, FPRK joining @etuc-ces.bsky.social fgtb.be/actualite/29... @csc-acv-brussels.bsky.social
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The President’s executive order eliminating collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is union busting.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
Inside a Union’s Fight Against Trump’s Federal Job Cuts
Leaders of the union representing government workers say their battle is galvanizing but also alarming. “It’s insulting to say,” one said, “that we are lazy.”
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The President’s executive order eliminating collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is union busting.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
Mari Luz 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 from the village of Shapajila on the Marañon River, won a court case in 2024 which respects an Indigenous worldview that regards a river as a living entity and therefore should be protected.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Indigenous river campaigner from Peru wins prestigious Goldman prize
Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari led a successful legal battle to protect the Marañon River in the Peruvian Amazon
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Mari Luz 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 from the village of Shapajila on the Marañon River, won a court case in 2024 which respects an Indigenous worldview that regards a river as a living entity and therefore should be protected.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Power is never the act of one. It is born when people choose to stand together, to act with purpose, & to resist in concert. Authoritarianism feeds on silence. It multiplies in our fractures. But when we stand together - deliberate, & unafraid - we become something it cannot survive.
April 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Power is never the act of one. It is born when people choose to stand together, to act with purpose, & to resist in concert. Authoritarianism feeds on silence. It multiplies in our fractures. But when we stand together - deliberate, & unafraid - we become something it cannot survive.
Gender divides in voting across the youth happened too with 2024 elections in W-Europe, when far-right parties strategically exploited rhetoric on masculinity to appeal to young men.
Once a reliable stronghold for the Democratic Party, the youth vote is now splintering with gender emerging as a key dividing line. Do you agree?
The "Youth Vote" Isn’t Real — It’s Two Blocs Going in Opposite Directions
The youth vote was once the Democratic Party’s secret weapon. Now, it’s fracturing — and the break is along gender lines.
www.youthobserver.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gender divides in voting across the youth happened too with 2024 elections in W-Europe, when far-right parties strategically exploited rhetoric on masculinity to appeal to young men.
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The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!
They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!
April 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!
They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!
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Elon Musk and DOGE are counting on fired federal workers being unable to afford the lawyers they need to understand and protect their rights. Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is connecting thousands of lawyers with federal workers for free legal support.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
April 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Elon Musk and DOGE are counting on fired federal workers being unable to afford the lawyers they need to understand and protect their rights. Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is connecting thousands of lawyers with federal workers for free legal support.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
"Trade unions must champion a compelling vision for the future. The future of our children hinges on the collective ability of progressive forces to unite and forge a path toward opportunity and social progress."
Democracy Under Siege: Trade Unions Rise as a Bulwark Against the Far Right @cmstahl.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/democracy-un...
Democracy Under Siege: Trade Unions Rise as a Bulwark Against the Far Right
As right-wing populism and the far right challenge democratic norms, trade unions are poised to defend the institutions that bind society together.
www.socialeurope.eu
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Trade unions must champion a compelling vision for the future. The future of our children hinges on the collective ability of progressive forces to unite and forge a path toward opportunity and social progress."