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Jan Willem Goudriaan

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General Secretary EPSU - European Public Service Union www.epsu.org ETUC - PSI People and Planet Before Profits Twitter/X @JW_Goudriaan

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · Jul 8

Unions across Europe celebrated public service workers on 23 june 2025. With powerful messages of resistance to austerity and commercialisation. With actions for higher wages. Around the @epsu.bsky.social agenda
Txs.

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · Jul 8

🎉 A big thank you to all EPSU affiliates!

Thousands of public service workers made their voices heard on #PSDay2025!

From Türkiye to Belgium, UK to Kazakhstan — from fire stations to hospitals, we said it loud: #NoToAusterity

🎥 Watch this powerful video👇🏾

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 16h

News outlet @politico.eu reports @eppgroup.bsky.social wants to vote with farright in European Parliament to massively weaken Corporate Due Diligence Rules already approved

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu made this key piece of her giving back to corporate Europe

If this happens,her coalition in turmoil

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 17h

Again member of public service trade unions was arrested by Israel on Flotilla for #Gaza. Earlier, activists of the same union and @forsatradeunion.bsky.social were arrested

Stefano is a nurse from CGILFP
@epsu.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social

His message
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 18h

Dutch union @fnv.bsky.social attacks Dutch/European (Business Europe) employers for deregulation agenda the corporations push.

Employers seek to demolish Pay Transparency Directive. Hiding behind language on red tape, the real motive is to keep paying women less. Not acceptable

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

Great column from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com where she casts her forensic eye over the introduction of collective bargaining in the social care sector. TL:DR it could work given adult care is a weird market largely paid for by local authorities; but as usual will there be enough cash? on.ft.com/4mSfeVm

The most radical Labour plan you haven’t heard about

Collective bargaining in social care could save an ailing sector — but only if it’s done properly

on.ft.com

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch tv talk show on public tv has much screen time for right and extreme right wing parties

Another myth [that public media are left leaning] debunked

Ko van Huissteden @kovanhuissteden.bsky.social · 1d

Schermtijdteller De Groene over talkshow Pauw en de Wit:
VVD, BBB, PVV overheersen.

En dan komt BNN-VARA me nog vragen om contributie. 🤣🤣🤣

Grafiek die laat zien welke partijen aan het woord zijn geweest in talkshow Pauw en de Wit. PVV, VVD, BBB overheersen. veruit.

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Ko van Huissteden @kovanhuissteden.bsky.social · 1d

Schermtijdteller De Groene over talkshow Pauw en de Wit:
VVD, BBB, PVV overheersen.

En dan komt BNN-VARA me nog vragen om contributie. 🤣🤣🤣

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

Strong statement of former EU Commissioner Schmit

Labour is not a commodity
We do not need Bullshit jobs

European unions discuss the need for Quality Jobs with @etuc-ces.bsky.social

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

We joined @oegb.bsky.social and @etuc-ces.bsky.social comrades from across Europe in Vienna on occassion of World Day for Decent Work

We demand an agenda for social justice for Europe's workers from @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

Not the deregulation that breaks down Social Europe

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

ETUC calls for Quality Jobs on World Day for Decent Work joining @ituc.bsky.social to demand a new Social Contract that delivers progress for workers and for democracy

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World Day for Decent Work 2025

ETUC fighting for Quality Jobs in every region and every sector On the 7th October, we celebrate the World day for decent work and on this occasion, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is organizing an action day to amplify the voices of the workers and to defend the need for decent and quality jobs.

www.etuc.org

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

years since Israeli government started its indiscriminate war on people in Gaza, now called genocide by UN body. Our thoughts are with the family friends coworkers of the nearly 67.000 people killed

Unions have condemned this, many joining demonstrations, strikes to demand an end to the killing

Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

It is 2 years since the terrorist attack of Hamas on Israel that killed 1200. @epsu.bsky.social and the global labour movement condemned it. Our thoughts were and are with the people who lost family, friends, coworkers and with those who saw family members taken hostage. We remember

It is now 2

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 2d

US government changes out of office emails of workers. Union files a lawsuit www.npr.org/2025/10/05/n...

Federal workers sue the Education Department over partisan shutdown emails

Employees say their out-of-office messages were changed without their consent to include language blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

www.npr.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Fascism occurs twice: first as the tragedy of a Second World War started by men who fought the First and knowingly chose slaughter, then as the farce of an ignorant draft dodger trying to provoke a war against his own people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 2d

Dehumanising the opposition

What do you do with gnats ?

Spray, hit... and who cares if you kill them? You can do with impunity

Dehumanising a step to beat up, lock up and worse...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 2d

This is what the far-/ radical, extreme right does also in Europe...questioning and undermining the legal institutions like ECHR and judges and their findings they do not like

The US government has declared war on the opposition and democrats, startibg to dehumanise them

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 3d

Text book example of how the US glides away into an authoritarian state

And not hard to imagine where this will go.

Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 3d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 4d

Irish unions on the street today for free Palestine and in protest over arrest of activists of Sumud flotilla

Similar protests in France, Spain, Belgium supported by unions

Redirecting...

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 4d

Corporate tech CEOs love to talk about a future under surveillance

The dystopian novel The Circle of Dave Eggers describes what it can do to people

And the tech bros probably have the resources to scam and create space for themselves

We have to limit their wealth

fortune.com/2024/09/17/o...

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 4d

Working people understood: fascists do not offer a better future

Lesson worthwhile remembering

Including fighting if needed

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4d

#OtD 4 Oct 1936 the Battle of Cable St took place when Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists tried to march through East London. They were met by over 100k local workers who fought the blackshirts and the police protecting them, stopping the march workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 4d

Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 4d

Construction workers at nuclear site Shellafield on #strike with @unitetheunion.bsky.social demanding better pay

#solidarity

Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI US unions have brought a lawsuit against Vought [leader of project 2025] for illegally tryibg to fire them abusing the shutdown

Includes sister unions @afscme.bsky.social AFGE

@fedworkersunited.bsky.social

We wish them success

@epsu.bsky.social

Workers Sue Vought for Threatening to Use Shutdown to Fire Them

Multiple labor unions sued the OMB director for abusing his position and pushing an extremist Project 2025 agenda.

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