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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Big win for workers & businesses! The European Parliament has just adopted the new directive on European Works Councils.

Boosting dialogue, growth & the Single Market.

Next stop: Council adoption!

#EU #WorkersRights #SingleMarket

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 Today’s the day!

Vote ✅ YES to the final text revising the European Works Councils Directive, strengthening workers’ voice 🇪🇺, modernising social dialogue 💬 & bringing greater clarity for businesses across Europe. 💪

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 1d

ℹ️ MEPs in JURI will vote Monday 13 Oct (16:30 CET) on the “Option 2” #CSDDD compromise.

After tense talks, centrists back a text raising scope to 5,000+ staff & €1.5bn turnover, keeping risk-based due diligence & climate plans, but no new civil liability powers.!

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Tomorrow the European Parliament votes on the adoption of Radtke's @eppgroup.bsky.social improved directive on European Works Councils.

It’s time to say YES!

✅ YES for workers
✅ YES for companies
✅ YES for the Single Market

Let’s make better regulation a reality! 💪

Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 7d

📊 Sweden’s report on 'Minimum Wages' is out!

✅ No statutory minimum wage

✅ Wages negotiated by social partners

After close coop. with social partners, the Nat. Mediation Office
has sent it to the @ec.europa.eu.

www.mi.se/app/uploads/...

www.mi.se

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 7d

👁‍🗨"Technical standards [...] cannot address matters related to social dialogue, which are exclusively to be negotiated by the social partners, as enshrined in the TFEU." @etuc-ces.bsky.social @businesseurope.bsky.social @smeunited.bsky.social SGI_Europe

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 7d

🗓️ Mark your calendars: On 11 Nov, 09:30, the #ECJ will deliver its verdict on the #MinimumWage case.

Will it strike down the directive, trim parts of it, or uphold it fully? ⚖️

⏭️In one month, we’ll have clarity!

Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 8d

Fruitful talks today between the Swedish Labour Market Council for EU Affairs (LO, Svenskt Näringsliv & PTK) and VP Commissioner @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social on how social dialogue can help shape a more flexible & secure EU, for both companies and workers!

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 10d

Back in Brussels!

This time kicking off my work in the @eesc.bsky.social.

A few bilateral meetings are also on the agenda!

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 16d

Big move in EMPL: ambitious mandate on @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social's #Traineeship DIR adopted with big majority.

Sources: @eppgroup.bsky.social split, but @ecrgroup.bsky.social sealed the deal.

⏭️Will plenary act or let EMPL negotiate with Council
@eu2025dk.bsky.social miles away from its stance?

Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 Don’t expect @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social's #FairMobilityPackage before Q2 2026.

It could include:

🔹 European Social Security Pass (ESSPASS)
🔹 Stronger European Labour Authority (ELA)
🔹 Easier cross-border services

Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 18d

Could it be that at the Porto #SocialSummit @businesseurope.bsky.social hinted at wanting simplifications in the Pay Transparency & Platform Work Directives within
@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social's upcoming Quality Jobs Act? 🤔

Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 24d

🙏Honored to be appointed as a Member of the @eesc.bsky.social (2025–2030)!

I’ll be serving in the @workers-eesc.bsky.social.

Since 1957, the #EESC has been the EU’s voice for civil society.

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 25d

🗳️On 8 Oct, the @europarl.europa.eu votes on the revised #EuropeanWorksCouncils Directive.

Strong consultation rules aren’t just about workers’ rights, they drive productivity, cut costs & level the playing field across the single market!

💪#EWC

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 28d

❗On 11 November 2025, the European Court of Justice is expected to deliver its ruling on the EU #MinimumWage Directive!

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 29d

⏭️The countdown is on!

Steps to appoint members to the @eesc.bsky.social for 2025–2030 are officially underway.

#EESC

Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 29d

💭 The EU’s upcoming Quality Jobs Act announced by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will it focus on fair wages, working conditions, training, & collective bargaining, or lean more toward simplifying rules and reducing red tape for businesses?

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · 29d

CRP approval 12 September. Formal Council adoption at GAC on 16 September!

Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · Sep 8

ℹ️On 12 Sept, the Council will adopt the new members of the European Economic & Social Committee @eesc.bsky.social for 2025–2030.

The #EESC brings together employers, workers & civil society voices to shape Europe’s future. ✨🇪🇺

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · Sep 4

Remember the chaotic rollout of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's post-2027 EU budget, criticized for lacking basic figures?

Member States certainly do.

They've just hit the Commission with ~3,000 questions to set the framework for tense negotiations ahead.

#EUbudget #MFF

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨Bypassing states to give worker aid directly to companies? 🤔

@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social’s revamped Globalisation Fund hits the Council's experts tomorrow.

Lifeline for automotive workers—or a backdoor for state aid?

Bonus twist: the Commission wants to scrap the whole Fund by 2028!🤦‍♀️

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · Sep 1

ℹ️On Sept 4, MEP @liandersson.bsky.social chairs a pivotal EMPL meeting with COM @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social on the next EU budget.

Key question: How does scrapping minimum ESF funding for social partners in weak-dialogue MS make the EU more just & competitive?

(Left:Current ESF+ Right:Proposed ESF)

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · Sep 1

🕙On Jan 18, 2023, Denmark sued the EP & Council over the #MinimumWage directive, citing treaty breaches.

Supporters & critics await the ruling.

ECJ judgments usually take ~20 months

—it's now been nearly 32.

Tic-tac.

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · Aug 21

🤔Just sayin': EU negotiations on slimmer Corporate Due Diligence rules #CSDDD are still ongoing between Parliament & Council,

the democratic process isn’t finished.

Yet today’s published US–EU ‘trade deal’ already commits the EU on liability, climate duties & scope.

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Thomas @setomwork.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wait, what? 🤯

❌@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social wants to axe the #EuropeanGlobalisationFund in the 2028–2034 EU budget.

Goodbye #EGF