EPSU
@epsu.bsky.social
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
Follow us to stay connected with their fight - and wins!
General Secretary: @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
📰New EPSU newsletter out now: actions in Belgium, solidarity on the streets, and why public money must come with conditions to make sure they invest in people and public services, not CEO payoffs and polluters.
Check it out 👉 www.epsu.org/newsletter/p...
Check it out 👉 www.epsu.org/newsletter/p...
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
📰New EPSU newsletter out now: actions in Belgium, solidarity on the streets, and why public money must come with conditions to make sure they invest in people and public services, not CEO payoffs and polluters.
Check it out 👉 www.epsu.org/newsletter/p...
Check it out 👉 www.epsu.org/newsletter/p...
A group of employers demand faster permit for mining and weakening protections under Water & Waste Framework.
Result will be:
◾ Polluted rivers
◾ Damaged ecosystems
◾ Poisoned communities
Water is a human right - not a commodity.
The Commission must side by people and the planet; not profit.
Result will be:
◾ Polluted rivers
◾ Damaged ecosystems
◾ Poisoned communities
Water is a human right - not a commodity.
The Commission must side by people and the planet; not profit.
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
A group of employers demand faster permit for mining and weakening protections under Water & Waste Framework.
Result will be:
◾ Polluted rivers
◾ Damaged ecosystems
◾ Poisoned communities
Water is a human right - not a commodity.
The Commission must side by people and the planet; not profit.
Result will be:
◾ Polluted rivers
◾ Damaged ecosystems
◾ Poisoned communities
Water is a human right - not a commodity.
The Commission must side by people and the planet; not profit.
Culture isn’t a luxury. Public cultural spaces are where we learn, debate, remember, and belong. Undermining them doesn’t just close doors - it weakens social cohesion and opens space for distortion and polarisation.
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Culture isn’t a luxury. Public cultural spaces are where we learn, debate, remember, and belong. Undermining them doesn’t just close doors - it weakens social cohesion and opens space for distortion and polarisation.
The action is happening across Europe, but the pattern is the same: years of budget cuts → staff shortages + below-inflation pay + rising workloads + precarity. Burnout rises. Experienced staff leave. Public services suffer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The action is happening across Europe, but the pattern is the same: years of budget cuts → staff shortages + below-inflation pay + rising workloads + precarity. Burnout rises. Experienced staff leave. Public services suffer.
Since mid-2025 we’ve seen walkouts and strikes in museums, galleries, libraries and cultural institutions - from the Louvre to the British Library, from Portugal to Belgium, Germany and Spain.
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Since mid-2025 we’ve seen walkouts and strikes in museums, galleries, libraries and cultural institutions - from the Louvre to the British Library, from Portugal to Belgium, Germany and Spain.
Planning a museum trip this weekend?
Across Europe, some doors are closing - not because of art robberies or renovations, but because museum and culture staff are taking action for fair pay, safe staffing and decent working conditions.
🧵Thread 👇
Across Europe, some doors are closing - not because of art robberies or renovations, but because museum and culture staff are taking action for fair pay, safe staffing and decent working conditions.
🧵Thread 👇
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Planning a museum trip this weekend?
Across Europe, some doors are closing - not because of art robberies or renovations, but because museum and culture staff are taking action for fair pay, safe staffing and decent working conditions.
🧵Thread 👇
Across Europe, some doors are closing - not because of art robberies or renovations, but because museum and culture staff are taking action for fair pay, safe staffing and decent working conditions.
🧵Thread 👇
👨🚒 Today in Brussels, #firefighters marched in full gear to demand safety, more staff and investment.
They risk their lives for us - we need to protect them. However, austerity policies put their lives at risk.
EPSU stands in #solidarity with them!
They risk their lives for us - we need to protect them. However, austerity policies put their lives at risk.
EPSU stands in #solidarity with them!
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 AM
👨🚒 Today in Brussels, #firefighters marched in full gear to demand safety, more staff and investment.
They risk their lives for us - we need to protect them. However, austerity policies put their lives at risk.
EPSU stands in #solidarity with them!
They risk their lives for us - we need to protect them. However, austerity policies put their lives at risk.
EPSU stands in #solidarity with them!
Our joint call with @etuce.bsky.social to invest in public health and address workforce shortages was featured in @politico.eu's Morning Health Care.
As leaders meet tomorrow, our message is clear: competitiveness cannot come at the expense of public services.
As leaders meet tomorrow, our message is clear: competitiveness cannot come at the expense of public services.
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Our joint call with @etuce.bsky.social to invest in public health and address workforce shortages was featured in @politico.eu's Morning Health Care.
As leaders meet tomorrow, our message is clear: competitiveness cannot come at the expense of public services.
As leaders meet tomorrow, our message is clear: competitiveness cannot come at the expense of public services.
EPSU President Françoise Geng joined workers in Strasbourg today to back the call from @efbww.bsky.social, @effat.org and @etf-europe.bsky.social.
End exploitative #subcontracting. Strengthen labour inspections. Europe needs a binding EU Directive. ✊
End exploitative #subcontracting. Strengthen labour inspections. Europe needs a binding EU Directive. ✊
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
EPSU President Françoise Geng joined workers in Strasbourg today to back the call from @efbww.bsky.social, @effat.org and @etf-europe.bsky.social.
End exploitative #subcontracting. Strengthen labour inspections. Europe needs a binding EU Directive. ✊
End exploitative #subcontracting. Strengthen labour inspections. Europe needs a binding EU Directive. ✊
“Made in Europe” sounds simple. But it could decide who gets billions in public money - and on what conditions.
As EU leaders gather to discuss the label, @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social explains why it must come with strong social, labour and tax rules.
Read more 👇 www.socialeurope.eu/made-in-euro...
As EU leaders gather to discuss the label, @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social explains why it must come with strong social, labour and tax rules.
Read more 👇 www.socialeurope.eu/made-in-euro...
February 9, 2026 at 10:46 AM
“Made in Europe” sounds simple. But it could decide who gets billions in public money - and on what conditions.
As EU leaders gather to discuss the label, @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social explains why it must come with strong social, labour and tax rules.
Read more 👇 www.socialeurope.eu/made-in-euro...
As EU leaders gather to discuss the label, @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social explains why it must come with strong social, labour and tax rules.
Read more 👇 www.socialeurope.eu/made-in-euro...
Today, young workers are marching on Washington DC.
From Armenia, Tatevik from the EPSU Youth Network shares why this demand is not abstract for young workers there: it means access to healthcare without financial hardship or insecurity.
Their fight is our fight - in Europe and around the world. ✊
From Armenia, Tatevik from the EPSU Youth Network shares why this demand is not abstract for young workers there: it means access to healthcare without financial hardship or insecurity.
Their fight is our fight - in Europe and around the world. ✊
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Today, young workers are marching on Washington DC.
From Armenia, Tatevik from the EPSU Youth Network shares why this demand is not abstract for young workers there: it means access to healthcare without financial hardship or insecurity.
Their fight is our fight - in Europe and around the world. ✊
From Armenia, Tatevik from the EPSU Youth Network shares why this demand is not abstract for young workers there: it means access to healthcare without financial hardship or insecurity.
Their fight is our fight - in Europe and around the world. ✊
Young workers in the US will march on Washington DC to defend their futures.
From #Ukraine, Anastasiia explains why this fight is not abstract — even in war, young workers stand together to defend labour rights, dignity and democracy at work.
Because the fight for workers’ rights is global. ✊
From #Ukraine, Anastasiia explains why this fight is not abstract — even in war, young workers stand together to defend labour rights, dignity and democracy at work.
Because the fight for workers’ rights is global. ✊
February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Young workers in the US will march on Washington DC to defend their futures.
From #Ukraine, Anastasiia explains why this fight is not abstract — even in war, young workers stand together to defend labour rights, dignity and democracy at work.
Because the fight for workers’ rights is global. ✊
From #Ukraine, Anastasiia explains why this fight is not abstract — even in war, young workers stand together to defend labour rights, dignity and democracy at work.
Because the fight for workers’ rights is global. ✊
Young workers are marching on Washington DC this weekend - but their demands aren’t just American. Across Europe and the world, young workers face the same fight for fairness.
Ljupka from EPSU’s Youth Network sends #solidarity from the streets of North Macedonia all the way to the USA! ✊
Ljupka from EPSU’s Youth Network sends #solidarity from the streets of North Macedonia all the way to the USA! ✊
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Young workers are marching on Washington DC this weekend - but their demands aren’t just American. Across Europe and the world, young workers face the same fight for fairness.
Ljupka from EPSU’s Youth Network sends #solidarity from the streets of North Macedonia all the way to the USA! ✊
Ljupka from EPSU’s Youth Network sends #solidarity from the streets of North Macedonia all the way to the USA! ✊
People are clear about their priorities: cost of living, jobs, public health.
Yet the Commission is pushing #austerity and a corporate agenda.
This doesn’t match people’s concerns.
Europe needs a #PublicServicesAgenda for people - not deregulation for big business.
📷 Eurobarometer 2025/Q4 survey
Yet the Commission is pushing #austerity and a corporate agenda.
This doesn’t match people’s concerns.
Europe needs a #PublicServicesAgenda for people - not deregulation for big business.
📷 Eurobarometer 2025/Q4 survey
February 4, 2026 at 10:23 AM
People are clear about their priorities: cost of living, jobs, public health.
Yet the Commission is pushing #austerity and a corporate agenda.
This doesn’t match people’s concerns.
Europe needs a #PublicServicesAgenda for people - not deregulation for big business.
📷 Eurobarometer 2025/Q4 survey
Yet the Commission is pushing #austerity and a corporate agenda.
This doesn’t match people’s concerns.
Europe needs a #PublicServicesAgenda for people - not deregulation for big business.
📷 Eurobarometer 2025/Q4 survey
🤔 Did you know? New research with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members suggests two-thirds of health staff in Ireland are actively considering leaving.
That’s not an Ireland-only problem. It’s the same pressure many health and care workers face across Europe.
@euractiv.com covered EPSU’s warning:
That’s not an Ireland-only problem. It’s the same pressure many health and care workers face across Europe.
@euractiv.com covered EPSU’s warning:
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
🤔 Did you know? New research with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members suggests two-thirds of health staff in Ireland are actively considering leaving.
That’s not an Ireland-only problem. It’s the same pressure many health and care workers face across Europe.
@euractiv.com covered EPSU’s warning:
That’s not an Ireland-only problem. It’s the same pressure many health and care workers face across Europe.
@euractiv.com covered EPSU’s warning:
Never again is not a slogan. It’s a responsibility.
On this #HolocaustRemembranceDay, we cleaned the #stolpersteine of Sally Frankenthal, hidden in Brussels with her parents, by resistance fighter Nelly Quintart.
We stand against fascism - no matter where they appear.
#NeverAgain is today.
On this #HolocaustRemembranceDay, we cleaned the #stolpersteine of Sally Frankenthal, hidden in Brussels with her parents, by resistance fighter Nelly Quintart.
We stand against fascism - no matter where they appear.
#NeverAgain is today.
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Never again is not a slogan. It’s a responsibility.
On this #HolocaustRemembranceDay, we cleaned the #stolpersteine of Sally Frankenthal, hidden in Brussels with her parents, by resistance fighter Nelly Quintart.
We stand against fascism - no matter where they appear.
#NeverAgain is today.
On this #HolocaustRemembranceDay, we cleaned the #stolpersteine of Sally Frankenthal, hidden in Brussels with her parents, by resistance fighter Nelly Quintart.
We stand against fascism - no matter where they appear.
#NeverAgain is today.
EU budget is not tight when it comes to corporate adventures.
➡️ EU takes the risk - gives the money.
⬅️ Corporates enjoy, almost with no conditionalities.
We're listening @angelawigger.bsky.social at the Derisking* event by @eeb.org , @neweconomics.bsky.social, @counter-balance.bsky.social & EPSU.
➡️ EU takes the risk - gives the money.
⬅️ Corporates enjoy, almost with no conditionalities.
We're listening @angelawigger.bsky.social at the Derisking* event by @eeb.org , @neweconomics.bsky.social, @counter-balance.bsky.social & EPSU.
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM
EU budget is not tight when it comes to corporate adventures.
➡️ EU takes the risk - gives the money.
⬅️ Corporates enjoy, almost with no conditionalities.
We're listening @angelawigger.bsky.social at the Derisking* event by @eeb.org , @neweconomics.bsky.social, @counter-balance.bsky.social & EPSU.
➡️ EU takes the risk - gives the money.
⬅️ Corporates enjoy, almost with no conditionalities.
We're listening @angelawigger.bsky.social at the Derisking* event by @eeb.org , @neweconomics.bsky.social, @counter-balance.bsky.social & EPSU.
New year, same fight for fair pay and safe staffing!
🔥 Brussels firefighters strike over understaffing
💶 Moldova unions push for an EU-aligned minimum wage
✊ UK unions win stronger rights while disputes continue
Read more in EPSU’s Collective Bargaining newsletter 👉 www.epsu.org/epsucob/janu...
🔥 Brussels firefighters strike over understaffing
💶 Moldova unions push for an EU-aligned minimum wage
✊ UK unions win stronger rights while disputes continue
Read more in EPSU’s Collective Bargaining newsletter 👉 www.epsu.org/epsucob/janu...
January 22, 2026 at 2:35 PM
New year, same fight for fair pay and safe staffing!
🔥 Brussels firefighters strike over understaffing
💶 Moldova unions push for an EU-aligned minimum wage
✊ UK unions win stronger rights while disputes continue
Read more in EPSU’s Collective Bargaining newsletter 👉 www.epsu.org/epsucob/janu...
🔥 Brussels firefighters strike over understaffing
💶 Moldova unions push for an EU-aligned minimum wage
✊ UK unions win stronger rights while disputes continue
Read more in EPSU’s Collective Bargaining newsletter 👉 www.epsu.org/epsucob/janu...
L’énergie est un bien essentiel, pas une marchandise !
À l’occasion des 80 ans des nationalisations, FNME-CGT appelle à une maîtrise publique de l’énergie, à des factures plus justes et à un accès garanti pour toutes et tous.
En savoir plus et soutenir la pétition ➡️ www.humanite.fr/en-debat/dro...
À l’occasion des 80 ans des nationalisations, FNME-CGT appelle à une maîtrise publique de l’énergie, à des factures plus justes et à un accès garanti pour toutes et tous.
En savoir plus et soutenir la pétition ➡️ www.humanite.fr/en-debat/dro...
January 21, 2026 at 1:34 PM
L’énergie est un bien essentiel, pas une marchandise !
À l’occasion des 80 ans des nationalisations, FNME-CGT appelle à une maîtrise publique de l’énergie, à des factures plus justes et à un accès garanti pour toutes et tous.
En savoir plus et soutenir la pétition ➡️ www.humanite.fr/en-debat/dro...
À l’occasion des 80 ans des nationalisations, FNME-CGT appelle à une maîtrise publique de l’énergie, à des factures plus justes et à un accès garanti pour toutes et tous.
En savoir plus et soutenir la pétition ➡️ www.humanite.fr/en-debat/dro...
Following the brutal murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents, US communities gear up their resistance.
EPSU stands together with #Minnesota workers, unions and immigrant communities taking action on 23 January.
#Solidarity has no border!
EPSU stands together with #Minnesota workers, unions and immigrant communities taking action on 23 January.
#Solidarity has no border!
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Following the brutal murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents, US communities gear up their resistance.
EPSU stands together with #Minnesota workers, unions and immigrant communities taking action on 23 January.
#Solidarity has no border!
EPSU stands together with #Minnesota workers, unions and immigrant communities taking action on 23 January.
#Solidarity has no border!
EPSU leadership met at @cgt.fr headquarters in Paris.
We also had strong exchanges with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and Barbara Fihol, new general secretary of CGT Sante.
✊🏾 When we act together, we are stronger. #Solidarity has no borders!
We also had strong exchanges with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and Barbara Fihol, new general secretary of CGT Sante.
✊🏾 When we act together, we are stronger. #Solidarity has no borders!
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
EPSU leadership met at @cgt.fr headquarters in Paris.
We also had strong exchanges with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and Barbara Fihol, new general secretary of CGT Sante.
✊🏾 When we act together, we are stronger. #Solidarity has no borders!
We also had strong exchanges with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and Barbara Fihol, new general secretary of CGT Sante.
✊🏾 When we act together, we are stronger. #Solidarity has no borders!
New year – new challenges. We’re ready for the fight.
✊🏾 Tackling the far right, monopoly power and deregulation... Europe’s public service workers are building collective action in 2026.
Mark your calendar: 23 June – Public Service Day!
Read our newsletter here 👇🏾
www.epsu.org/newsletter/n...
✊🏾 Tackling the far right, monopoly power and deregulation... Europe’s public service workers are building collective action in 2026.
Mark your calendar: 23 June – Public Service Day!
Read our newsletter here 👇🏾
www.epsu.org/newsletter/n...
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
New year – new challenges. We’re ready for the fight.
✊🏾 Tackling the far right, monopoly power and deregulation... Europe’s public service workers are building collective action in 2026.
Mark your calendar: 23 June – Public Service Day!
Read our newsletter here 👇🏾
www.epsu.org/newsletter/n...
✊🏾 Tackling the far right, monopoly power and deregulation... Europe’s public service workers are building collective action in 2026.
Mark your calendar: 23 June – Public Service Day!
Read our newsletter here 👇🏾
www.epsu.org/newsletter/n...
📣 No public money for tax dodgers!
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
📣 No public money for tax dodgers!
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
EPSU members; rescue teams, energy workers, firefighters, nurses, social assistants, and many more - they are saving lives under deadly conditions.
We salute their courage.
We stand together with them.
✊🏾 #Solidarity
We salute their courage.
We stand together with them.
✊🏾 #Solidarity
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
EPSU members; rescue teams, energy workers, firefighters, nurses, social assistants, and many more - they are saving lives under deadly conditions.
We salute their courage.
We stand together with them.
✊🏾 #Solidarity
We salute their courage.
We stand together with them.
✊🏾 #Solidarity
Last year, on the third anniversary of the invasion, EPSU’s General Secretary @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social, together with delegates from @pcsunion.bsky.social (UK), including John Moloney, visited Ukraine - they brought our #solidarity.
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Last year, on the third anniversary of the invasion, EPSU’s General Secretary @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social, together with delegates from @pcsunion.bsky.social (UK), including John Moloney, visited Ukraine - they brought our #solidarity.