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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
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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 · 9h

A lovely bike protest in Portland against Trump

Lovely pictures

Presence as power marks massive pedaling protest against Trump

Thousands of Portlanders showed they are unafraid by making themselves as vulnerable as possible.

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 12h

We @epsu.bsky.social join the @who.int @whoeurope.bsky.social in calling for urgent measures to address the mental health crisis among Europe's healthcare workers

And third party violence a big cause of stress

That is why we expect from @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social legislation to address stress

WHO report exposes mental health crisis among Europe’s healthcare workers

Survey finds one in three doctors and nurses report depression or anxiety, and one in ten have recently had thoughts of self-harm.

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 15h

Tool for trade unionists from @etui.bsky.social How to deal with digital technologies, bargain on their use in the workplace, and what legislation and court cases learn us.

Complements the bargaining bub of @psiglobalunion.bsky.social publicservices.international/digital-barg...

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Digital Platform Observatory - Establishing workers representation and social dialogue in the platform and app economy

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 22h

You can not deal with multinational companies operating across countries at only national level

Preventing workers to come together beyond borders weakens our power versus Capital, the bosses

Workers have nothing to expect from farright

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 22h

How the political parties voted on improvements to the European Works Council legislation mepwatch.eu/10/vote.html...

The extreme right voted against, denying workers the right to challenge the employers

Especially this example shows these parties are working for the bosses 1/

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 22h

Protests of students and groups of workers continue in Serbia like of education workers who protest against temporary jobs and lack of respect for the law

And repression continues as well

Success to workers defending rights and decent jobs

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Dejan Mihajlović @mihajlovicfreiburg.com · 1d

Update #Serbien: Es finden weiterhin täglich Proteste, Aktionen zu unterschiedlichen Problemen bzw. Repressionen statt. Heute ging es in Belgrad u.a. um den Bildungssektor. Es ist mittlerweile wirklich allen klar, dass das Vučić-Regime das staatliche Bildungssystem vollständig zerstören möchte.
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 1d

6 of 10 care workers experience third party violence every year

Employers can act and create a safer workplace for workers

And we expect the Quality job act of @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu to have action

It is a large contributing factor to stress at work

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ÖGB @oegb.bsky.social · 1d

Sechs von zehn Pflegekräften erleben jedes Jahr Beschimpfungen oder Drohungen, viele sogar körperliche Angriffe.

Arbeitgeber können durch klare Regeln, Schulungen und Supervision gezielt vorbeugen:

Pflegekräfte vor Gewalt schützen

Besonders häufig betroffen ist die Langzeitpflege.

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

Been some time I reported on the Birmingham Binmen #strike with @unitetheunion.bsky.social

They are still going strong and organised protests this week as the Council spends millions on agency work to deal with waste

#solidarity

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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

Research from Germany -with a collective agreement workers earn 10% more wage;and they work an hour less per week

The other way around: without a union, nearly a month's wages less per year;and working a week longer

It pays to be union

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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 3d

Das #Tariftreuegesetz ist heute im Bundestag. Es ist ein wichtiger erster Schritt, um faire Bezahlung nach Tarif zu stärken. Aber der Regierungsentwurf hat noch Lücken, die die Abgeordneten schließen müssen.

Dass sich #Tarif lohnt, zeigt unsere Forschung: www.boeckler.de/de/boeckler-...

Grafik: Beschäftigte in tarifgebundenen Betrieben arbeiten 53 Minuten pro Woche weniger und bekommen 10,2% mehr Lohn.

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

the death penalty and assassinations sponsored by authoritarian regimes are used as a political tool against political opponents, independent journalists, and human rights defenders."

These political opponents, journalists, human rights defenders can be trade unionists.

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

World day against the death penalty

Position of the European Parliament against the death penalty

-It has been proven that the death penalty does not deter crime and that its imposition disproportionately affects vulnerable groups. Moreover, in today's more authoritarian global environment, ...

10 October: European and World Day Against the Death Penalty | News | European Parliament

Mounir Satouri, Chair of the subcommittee on Human Rights, issued a statement today, on the occasion of the European and World Day Against the Death Penalty.

www.europarl.europa.eu

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Viri Pettersen @mspetter.bsky.social · 4d

Books are still being banned but most remain on shelves thanks to heroes who refuse to bow to censorship.

Librarians, teachers, students, and readers everywhere are keeping the flame of free expression alive.
Stand with them.
Speak out.
#BannedBooksWeek

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 5d

The Pan-European Utilities Conference is officially open in Ljubljana!

Union leaders, experts and public service workers from across Europe are meeting to discuss how to build safe, democratic and sustainable utilities for the future.

Stay tuned today and tomorrow for exciting debates!

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 4d

A clear message from today’s panel:

👉 You can say yes to AI or you can say no - but there’s no middle ground.

Workers and unions must decide, act, and make their voices heard.

Silence means letting others choose the future of work for us.

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 4d

@thewhynotlab.com urges unions not to wait for regulation - act now.

Map where AI and digital systems are used, hold management accountable, and draw clear red lines.

Collective bargaining is our strongest tool to shape a fair digital future. 💪🤖

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 4d

@aida.follows.technology reminds us that AI isn’t neutral.
Without transparency and regulation, it can deepen power imbalances at work and within societies.

Workers need a say - and unions must be at the table from day one.

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 4d

⚡ ver.di (Germany):

The AfD claims to be the party of the worker - but it’s a lie.

They’re the only party openly backing climate denialism, while attacking unions and collective rights.

Unions must expose this hypocrisy if we want to achieve a just transition that truly serves workers.

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 4d

“Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.”

Powerful words to close our panel on Climate denialism and the far right - a reminder that climate action without workers is hollow.

We need alliances that unite labour and environmental movements to take on the far right together. 🌍✊

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

European Works Council Directive adopted

Are all agreements in line and future proof ?

For the text:
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/comm...

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EASPD @easpd.eu · 4d

€100 billion for social spending sounds like progress, but is all as it seems? EASPD joins 51 European organisations calling for a greater commitment to social inclusion in the next #EUbudget.

Read our statement here➡️ easpd.eu/news-detail/...

#ESFplus #SocialRights

Image of a megaphone and speech bubble. Text Reads ‘100 billion Euros for social spending? The devil’s in the details.’

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 4d

Latest proposals for the next #EUBudget include a €100 billion target for social spending.

Yet in practice, the absence of guarantees risks less investment in social inclusion and people.

Read our review of the EU’s social spending proposals here: www.epsu.org/article/mff-...

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

by supporting the ‘Sevilla Platform for Action’ on taxing the super-rich.

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

EU countries to act domestically by increasing taxes on the income and wealth of the richest 1% to significantly reduce inequality

EU and member states to play a more constructive role globally by actively promoting an ambitious UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, and

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

Hence @oxfameu.bsky.social calls for
Oxfam calls for:
EU to adopt roadmap to tax super-rich, with feasible and practical steps to end favourable tax treatments for wealthiest, improve data collection and transparency on their assets, and ensure adequate taxation of capital and wealth across EU and

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