Jan Willem Goudriaan

Referentenentwurf: Wir veröffentlichen das neue Bundespolizei-Gesetz Die Bundespolizei soll neue Befugnisse bekommen, darunter staatliches Hacken, Daten-Abfragen und Drohnen-Einsätze. Das geht aus einem Gesetzentwurf des Innenministeriums hervor, den wir veröffentliche...

Die Bundespolizei soll neue Befugnisse bekommen, darunter staatliches Hacken, Daten-Abfragen und Drohnen-Einsätze. Das geht aus einem Gesetzentwurf hervor, den wir veröffentlichen. Andere Befugnisse werden deutlich ausgeweitet, wie die Übermittlung von Fluggastdaten. netzpolitik.org/2025/referen...

AI must serve labour, not subjugate it, G20 labour group says Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection

Labour 20, the G20 trade union confederations call for digital technologies and AI under workers control and deal with risk of workers marginalisation

@epsu.bsky.social

European journalists need to give this story attention. A public broadcasting institution that for 60 years has served hundreds of millions of citizens -- many children and citizens in rural areas -- is ended in a few months on purely political grounds. Some lessons about power, media and democracy.

Human rights in Singapore Stay up to date on the state of human rights in Singapore with the latest research, campaigns and education material from Amnesty International.

Dutch @reneweurope.bsky.social VVD wants Singapore style government, stated in new election programme

@amnesty.org That "... government retained a tight grip on freedom of expression and assembly, suppressing dissent and criticism. Activists faced charges for speaking out and executions continued.

De politie heeft dan alleen een high-definition camera en snel internet nodig. Tracking gebeurt via de cloud en kunstmatige intelligentie.

Dus dat is voorbeeld en waar VVD naar toe wil ?

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@kimvsparrentak.bsky.social @tinekestrik.bsky.social
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Hong Kong protesters use laser pointers to deter police, scramble facial recognition | CBC News Hand-held laser pointers, which emit powerful beams of green and blue light, are being used by Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters to confuse police officers, scramble facial recognition cameras and de...

Singapore exporteert ook gezichtsherkennings sofware.

Singapore-based company YiTU Tech website, zegt hun software KI "can distinguish a person's ethnicity, calculate how someone looks with or without facial hair, detect moods, and read lips.

Bericht van @cbcnews.ca @adamjacobsen.bsky.social ⬇️

Human rights in Singapore Stay up to date on the state of human rights in Singapore with the latest research, campaigns and education material from Amnesty International.

VVD-verkiezingsprogramme wil de overheid laten lijken op die in Singapore

@amnesty.org rapport zegt over die stad-staat "The government retained a tight grip on freedom of expression and assembly, suppressing dissent and criticism. Activists faced charges for speaking out and executions continued"

German government is restricting or closing the possibilities for people opposing / fighting against Putin and Lukashenko and their dictatorships seeking shelter in an attempt to limit refugee numbers

Correct @spdfraktion.de ?

Independent trade unionists in Belarus are facing repression e.g

TikTok: Warnstreik gegen Kahlschlag in der Content-Moderation 150 Beschäftigte am Berliner Standort sollen durch KI und externe Dienstleister ersetzt werden. Viele von ihnen haben mit ihrem Wissen die Systeme trainiert, die sie ersetzen sollen. ver.di unterstütz...

German workers with @social.verdi.de organised #strike against the dismissals of Tiktok in Berlin

Company wants to replace them with outsourced services and AI systems. Refuses negotiations on a collective agreement

Experts e.g. in Flanders warn for content moderation www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

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Oakland city workers support the core public services we all rely on— like libraries, street paving, and 911 dispatch.

We need a labor contract in @cityofoakland.bsky.social that invests in our services and the workers who provide them!

Nothing makes sense, but I'll add this anyway...

When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.

Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

US economy sees negative impact Trump policies on labour market

This translates in weak job report

Trump blames staff for it, lies, produces no evidence and dismisses boss of statistics agency

Trump wants yah-sayers and manipulated statistics

Yet another sign of authoritarian / fascist state

Global spending on nuclear weapons topped $100 billion in 2024 Spending on nuclear weapons increased in 2024 to over $100 billion dollars. ICAN publishes the only annual accounting of global nuclear weapons costs. The United States again spent more than all of th...

Global spending on nuclear arms was 100 bn in 2024

42.5 went to private contractors

80ys after nuclear boms on Hiroshima and Nagasaki disarmement must be high on the agenda

And certainly not investing in a Eurobomb as some EU government leaders are considering

It is 80 years since the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Trade unions, environmental and peace groups and social movements come together with a programme for global change, disarmement, democracy and social justice

#togetherstronger

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Lancashire County Council accused of 'exploiting' care staff as strike threat looms Staff at Lancashire County Council are being asked to back further strikes in a long-running dispute over extra work and pay grades, says UNISON.

Lancashire County Council accused of 'exploiting' care staff as strike threat looms www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2535694...

More than 200 social care support officers are being balloted in a poll that opens today and runs until Friday, August 29.

Strike ballot opens at University of Nottingham in row over plans to cut hundreds of jobs | Article, News | News | UNISON East Midlands Strike ballot opens at University of Nottingham in row over plans to cut hundreds of jobs, says UNISON Staff at the University of Nottingham are being

Strike ballot opens at University of Nottingham in row over plans to cut hundreds of jobs eastmidlands.unison.org.uk/news/article...

France walked away from private projects. This underlines relying on private investment is not a strategy in the interest of workers and people.

Public power works

And: in the US public power/ non-for profit plays a huge role as communities keep it public

www.publicpower.org/public-power...

Unions win battle for public power in Tunesia. Following a #strike threat the government sat down with the electricity/gas union of UGTT, the confederation

The union won major improvements and protections for the public power system whereas private companies from Norway, Netherlands, Germany and

🔥 Türkiye’s firefighting services are being dismantled – just like across Europe.

🇹🇷 Türkiye battles wildfires - like 🇪🇸, 🇬🇷, 🇨🇾, 🇮🇹, 🇵🇹 and more.

🚨 But firefighting capacities have been systematically undermined for years.

Let’s take a closer look 🧵

For collective bargaining news from Europe's public service unions see the last newsletter of @epsu.bsky.social

Agreements, #strikes, research. Much news from health, care, governmental services, utilities and municipal service workers

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A very worthwhile thread on bits and pieces of US trade union history

The ugly, very ugly and inspiring bits. That one on the Cigarmakers Union!

Made me think of: Labor's Untold Story. Published by @ueunion.org www.ueunion.org/labors-untol...

And Kamper's book on unions coming soon

New Zealand nurses #strike for safe staffing and safe care

A demand of nurses and health workers the world over

On behalf of @epsu.bsky.social the voice of millions of health and care workers in Europe, our #solidarity

With @psiglobalunion.bsky.social we demand action of WHO

Success !

The care sector needs migrant workers. Labour’s visa crackdown is a cynical move | Letter Letter: Ministers must think again on their approach to foreign help – and announce the funding to make the fair pay agreement a reality, says Christina McAnea of Unison

Trade union @unison.org.uk taking aim at the @labouruk.bsky.social for restricting visas for migrant care workers. UK and many EU countries need migrant care workers to provide care to elderly and all of us

Recognise this - ensure decent pay agreement and value care

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UK unions support recognition of state of Palestine

Here @unison.org.uk

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@fnv.bsky.social @fagforbundet.bsky.social @cgt.fr @ccoo.bsky.social @ugtcomunica.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social

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Stunning: 170.000 nurses participated in a consultation of @rcn.org.uk on the government pay offer for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and 9️⃣ out of 10 nurses
❌ Not enough

Members UNITE, GMB, RCM (midwives) said no

Nurses and all health staff deserve decent pay

#solidarity

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Yes and that is something that does not make sense
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The Start of the Negotiations for a UN Framework Convention on Tax: Maximising Opportunities, Overcoming Challenges - Global Tax Justice From August 4 - 15 countries are meeting at the UN Headquarters in NY for the first two negotiating sessions on a legally-binding global tax treaty.

Negotiations starting on UN Framework Convention on Tax

For a fairer tax system, funding for public services, social protection, environment, especially for the Global South

Follow progress on
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New Zealand government votes to bring back fossil fuel exploration in major reversal Ruling right-wing coalition votes to reverse ban, a move it believes will alleviate energy shortages and high prices

The reversal in New Zealand of the phase-out of fossil fuels by the (extreme) right wing government such a good example the right will chose corporate interests above people and tell us it is in our best interest to speed up destroying our planet

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...