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The voice of working people in Europe - together for quality jobs, higher wages and a just transition.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

We call on the European Parliament to take a strong stand:

To defend workers' rights.
To protect the Due Diligence Directive.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 21h

World Day for Decent Work: it's time for the @ec.europa.eu to take action for #QualityJobs.

Trade unions from across Europe are in Vienna to keep the pressure up for measures that deliver real improvements for working people.

#WDDW2025

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

We are in Vienna for a day of street action and high level meetings to keep the pressure on and put quality jobs 🔝 of the EU agenda.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

Wolfgang Katzian 📣 "Ensuring every worker, in every sector and in every region, has a quality job is the best way to ensure competitiveness, while building and reinforcing the European social model."

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

Subcontracting limits: Labour intermediaries must be regulated and there must be joint and several liability along the subcontracting chain.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

Protections against stress and burnout: EU Directive on psychosocial risks that guarantee safeguards against psychosocial risks, online harassment, and enforces the right to disconnect.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

AI and Algorithmic management in the Workplace: A Directive that ensures AI systems at work uphold the ‘human in control’ principle and work in a transparent way which respects workers’ rights.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

Just Transition Directive: EU law to ensure changes in the economy are made through proactive planning and worker involvement - not chaotic redundancies.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

Investment in quality jobs where workers are covered by collective agreements and where public contracts depend on respect for collective agreements.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

The Quality Jobs Act, set to be brought forward by the EU Commission on 1 December, must introduce legislative initiatives that address the challenges working people are facing, including through:

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

World Day for Decent Work:

Trade unionists from across the continent are coming together to send a message to @ec.europa.eu that its forthcoming #QualityJobs Act must live up to its promise.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

We call on the European Parliament to take a strong stand:

To defend workers' rights.
To protect the Due Diligence Directive.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 5d

What it takes for a job to be a #QualityJob 👇

🎥 Trade union leaders from across Europe spell it out.

It’s time for the @ec.europa.eu to take action to make every job a quality job - NOW!

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 5d

What it takes for a job to be a #QualityJob 👇

🎥 Trade union leaders from across Europe spell it out.

It’s time for the @ec.europa.eu to take action to make every job a quality job - NOW!

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Ben Wray @benwray1989.bsky.social · 10d

Piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on my new report for @etuc-ces.bsky.social on how unions can 'negotiate the algorithm':

"The goal, as one worker told us, should be that 'whatever the bosses can see, we can see as well.'"

jacobin.com/2025/09/unio...

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 9d

Reading our new guide, Negotiating the Algorithm: A Trade Union Manual, on how to ensure workers’ rights, pay and conditions are protected in the age of algorithmic management

www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 9d

"Algorithmic management is already drastically changing the power dynamics of the workplace...Fortunately, the ETUC offers solutions for fighting the AI panopticon"

sg.news.yahoo.com/report-warns...

Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord

Seize the means of computation.

sg.news.yahoo.com

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 12d

We are not tradable, workers rights are not commodities!

Business must be accountable for the negative impact of their actions on workers, on society, on the environment.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 12d

How does it come that in five months the adopted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence legislation is put again on the table and is emptied?

Labour is not a commodity!

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 13d

ETUC Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social said:

"This agreement shows that geopolitics and the imperative to diversify Europe's supply chains do not trump the need to uphold workers' fundamental rights.

Read more: www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

www.etuc.org

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 13d

EU-Indonesia deal shows rights no barrier to trade.

We call on the @ec.europa.eu to be consistent in upholding workers’ rights in all trade agreements.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 13d

Workers' rights must be reinforced, and decarbonation must be socially feasable

We need a Just Transition Directive to anticipate and avoid redundancies.

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 14d

Gaza: The time for warnings is long gone, the EU must take decisive and immediate action.

The European Union’s legal and moral responsibility to act has never been more urgent.

Joint statement following meeting with the Ambassador of Palestine to the EU:
www.etuc.org/en/document/...

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CFDT @cfdt.fr · 14d

Arrivée à #Bruxelles de la marche pour défendre le droit de vigilance, avec CFDT, @lacsc.bsky.social 🇧🇪, @etuc-ces.bsky.social, @fnv.bsky.social 🇳🇱 « Objectif : alerter sur le démantèlement des normes 🇪🇺 protégeant les droits humains et environnementaux, pour lesquelles nous nous sommes tant battus. »

Marche de 100 km entre Roubaix et Bruxelles pour défendre le devoir de vigilance. Ici l’arrivée à Bruxelles avec équipes CFDT, CSC (Belgique), FNV (Pays-Bas), CES (confédération européenne des syndicats)

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 15d

@teajarc.bsky.social 📢 “Trade unions across Europe have been successful in negotiating agreements on the use of algorithmic management & this guide will help put humans back in control in more workplaces”

www.etuc.org/en/pressrelease/unions-break-open-black-box-algorithmic-management-new-guide

www.etuc.org

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 15d

“It is allowing companies to circumvent the responsibilities that every other employer has to abide by and create a culture of Orwellian surveillance at work.

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