World Day for the Eradication of Poverty: we call on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to commit to action to tackle the root causes of in-work poverty.

@estherlynch.bsky.social 📢 “The EU must invest in quality jobs, fair wages and decent housing. That’s how we eradicate poverty & build a fairer Europe.”

“Poverty is not inevitable. It is a political choice."

Find out more and check out the letter @estherlynch.bsky.social sent to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

✉️🔗 www.etuc.org/en/pressrelease/world-day-eradication-poverty-etuc-calls-commission-tackle-work-poverty

⚠️ 1 in 10 EU workers are at risk of poverty

🏠 nearly half of minimum-wage earners under 35 cannot afford to live independently.

Together to fix the EU's public procurement rules.

At #PESCongress25, @estherlynch.bsky.social highlighted the need to make sure every public contract goes to companies that have a collective agreement.

The raid on the PGFTU is an unacceptable act of intimidation.

We call on the European Union to ensure the trade union movement of Palestine is protected from this type of agression so that it can play its crucial role for peace.

The #CSDDD is a key tool to ensure corporate accountability in global supply chains.

To meet its purpose, prevent exploitation like Rana Plaza, the directive must not be undermined. Union involvement & civil liability must be maintained.

Joint ✉️ by @lizshuler.bsky.social & @estherlynch.bsky.social

Huge numbers have shown up today for the national demonstration in #Brussels, Belgium.

Workers and their unions 🟢🔴🔵 are taking a stand for #QualityJobs & fair pensions.

#DemocracyAtWork: we're calling on MEPs to vote yes ✅ for the European Works Council Directive revision at the @europarl.europa.eu today.

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

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

‼️Very important @europarl.europa.eu event OTD on #subcontracting #realities and #regulation possibilities with strong, but heartbreaking💔 testismonies from #workers from all over #Europe, as from Chris Soete from @etf-europe.bsky.social @acvtranscom.bsky.social ‼️ #mosturgentchangeneeded

‼️Full house by very important event in the EP on #subcontracting with @etuc-ces.bsky.social 's @estherlynch.bsky.social, @effat.org's @enricosomaeffat.bsky.social & @efbww.bsky.social's Tom Deleu and so many more‼️ #dignityofwork #SocialEurope #mosturgentchangeneeded bsky.app/profile/did:...

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!

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/...

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

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

When we protect workers, we don't just do what's right, we do what works. Strong social rights create strong sucessful economies #SocialEurope

HAPPENING NOW: @estherlynch.bsky.social is outlining workers' priorities to EU leaders today at the #PortoSocialForum.

Real rights you can rely on, security you can count on, wages you can live on.

That's what we're standing for.

Trade union delegation (left to right in the picture):
@elorantaja.bsky.social (@sak.fi President)
@estherlynch.bsky.social (ETUC General Secretary)
Livia Spera (@etf-europe.bsky.social General Secretary)
@teajarc.bsky.social (ETUC Confederal Secretary)

Europe must make a positive difference in people’s daily lives.

That starts with action to ensure all jobs are quality jobs.

At the #PortoSocialForum today, trade union leaders are delivering that message directly to EU decision-makers.

#SocialEurope #Jobs

Nous vous remercions de montrer la voie.

Votre mobilisation du 18 septembre est une contribution essentielle à une lutte européenne plus large.

Nous continuerons à amplifier votre voix et à soutenir vos revendications.

Lire la lettre adressée aux syndicats français: www.etuc.org/fr/node/25761

La CES est solidaire avec ses organisations affiliées françaises qui se mobilisent aujourd'hui pour la #JusticeSociale et la #JusticeFiscale.

Nous sommes à vos côtés ✊

#18septembre

Investment not deregulation key to competitive economy

At @ec.europa.eu event to mark a year since the publication of #Draghi report on competitiveness, @estherlynch.bsky.social r Lynch called for a shift towards strategic investment for a European industrial policy with quality jobs at its heart

🔴The Quality Jobs Act announced today by President von der Leyen must meet the urgency of the situation facing working people

Trade unions have clear tests and, having waited so long for action, will not settle for half measures #SOTEU25

📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Solidarity with @ccoo.bsky.social & @ugtcomunica.bsky.social

The ETUC is at your side demanding the reduction of working time✊

✊We join Spanish trade unions and working people in their mobilisation today to demand that the legislation to reduce weekly working hours proceed and be adopted.

It would be inacceptable to stop the debate on a bill that would substantially improve the lives of more than 12 million workers.

The ETUC today joins tributes to the life of Michael Sommer, the former chairman of the @dgb.de and our former vice president

He was a principled trade unionist whose contributions laid the groundwork for many of the rights that workers benefit from today

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‼️With the @etuc-ces.bsky.social and unions from all over Europe we call on the @ec.europa.eu to "ensure public contracts support collective bargaining" (..) "after the @europarl.europa.eu adopted (OTD) a report on public procurement."‼️
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The European Parliament has voted for a report highlighting the “downward pressure" put on working conditions by awarding public contracts to the lowest bidder

New rules must ensure public money is only given to companies whose workers benefit from collective agreements
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🗣️ Failing to link public procurement to collective bargaining comes at a massive economic cost. Every year, billions are lost in wages and public revenue because contracts go to companies that undercut fair standards. The EU cannot keep rewarding low-road competition" - @estherlynch.bsky.social

EU Commission must ensure public contracts support collective bargaining After EU Parliament vote, EU rules must ensure public money is only given to companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements.

BREAKING🇪🇺: After the European Parliament adopted a report on public procurement today, we call on the Commission to ensure that public money is only given to companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements.

This concerns the people who take care of us, so I want to look after them now. How? By shaping the law so that contracts go only to companies with good social working conditions: sustainable contracts, fair wages, and collective labor agreements. (6/6)