Bert De Wel
@bertdewel.bsky.social
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🤔 Negotiating alone? That’s playing on hard mode.
🎙️In EP3, Monica Tepfer @ituc.bsky.social, explains how #CollectiveBargaining turns “pretty please” into demands employers have to take seriously.
This is how workers go from hoping for change… to making it happen.
🎧 buff.ly/yEXDa8l
🎙️In EP3, Monica Tepfer @ituc.bsky.social, explains how #CollectiveBargaining turns “pretty please” into demands employers have to take seriously.
This is how workers go from hoping for change… to making it happen.
🎧 buff.ly/yEXDa8l
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🤔 Negotiating alone? That’s playing on hard mode.
🎙️In EP3, Monica Tepfer @ituc.bsky.social, explains how #CollectiveBargaining turns “pretty please” into demands employers have to take seriously.
This is how workers go from hoping for change… to making it happen.
🎧 buff.ly/yEXDa8l
🎙️In EP3, Monica Tepfer @ituc.bsky.social, explains how #CollectiveBargaining turns “pretty please” into demands employers have to take seriously.
This is how workers go from hoping for change… to making it happen.
🎧 buff.ly/yEXDa8l
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🎧 Our latest Everything Energy podcast episode is out!
Listen as IEA’s Elspeth Hathaway & Rebecca Ruff examine what’s driving the surge in energy jobs & challenges that could undermine future momentum.
Apple Podcasts: iea.li/4echhAF
Spotify: iea.li/3Gc1tkP
Listen as IEA’s Elspeth Hathaway & Rebecca Ruff examine what’s driving the surge in energy jobs & challenges that could undermine future momentum.
Apple Podcasts: iea.li/4echhAF
Spotify: iea.li/3Gc1tkP
February 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🎧 Our latest Everything Energy podcast episode is out!
Listen as IEA’s Elspeth Hathaway & Rebecca Ruff examine what’s driving the surge in energy jobs & challenges that could undermine future momentum.
Apple Podcasts: iea.li/4echhAF
Spotify: iea.li/3Gc1tkP
Listen as IEA’s Elspeth Hathaway & Rebecca Ruff examine what’s driving the surge in energy jobs & challenges that could undermine future momentum.
Apple Podcasts: iea.li/4echhAF
Spotify: iea.li/3Gc1tkP
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🧵✊ Garment workers need a #JustTransition!
Join us for the launch of the Trade Union Just Transition Manifesto for the Textile and Garment Supply Chain at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence.
📅 February 10, 2026
🕚 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CET
👉 Register here: buff.ly/YzdgSlg
Join us for the launch of the Trade Union Just Transition Manifesto for the Textile and Garment Supply Chain at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence.
📅 February 10, 2026
🕚 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CET
👉 Register here: buff.ly/YzdgSlg
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM
🧵✊ Garment workers need a #JustTransition!
Join us for the launch of the Trade Union Just Transition Manifesto for the Textile and Garment Supply Chain at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence.
📅 February 10, 2026
🕚 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CET
👉 Register here: buff.ly/YzdgSlg
Join us for the launch of the Trade Union Just Transition Manifesto for the Textile and Garment Supply Chain at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence.
📅 February 10, 2026
🕚 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CET
👉 Register here: buff.ly/YzdgSlg
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Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief
Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press
www.carbonbrief.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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🧵 5/5
🗣️ “We need strong unions, fair taxes, and worker power to reclaim democracy.” @luctriangle.bsky.social ITUC General Secretary
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
🗣️ “We need strong unions, fair taxes, and worker power to reclaim democracy.” @luctriangle.bsky.social ITUC General Secretary
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🧵 5/5
🗣️ “We need strong unions, fair taxes, and worker power to reclaim democracy.” @luctriangle.bsky.social ITUC General Secretary
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
🗣️ “We need strong unions, fair taxes, and worker power to reclaim democracy.” @luctriangle.bsky.social ITUC General Secretary
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
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🧵 1/5 - The Billionaire Boom 💥
We are witnessing a billionaire coup against democracy.
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social’s new report "Resisting the Rule of the Rich" exposes how wealth is skyrocketing while democracy is shrinking.
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
We are witnessing a billionaire coup against democracy.
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social’s new report "Resisting the Rule of the Rich" exposes how wealth is skyrocketing while democracy is shrinking.
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🧵 1/5 - The Billionaire Boom 💥
We are witnessing a billionaire coup against democracy.
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social’s new report "Resisting the Rule of the Rich" exposes how wealth is skyrocketing while democracy is shrinking.
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
We are witnessing a billionaire coup against democracy.
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social’s new report "Resisting the Rule of the Rich" exposes how wealth is skyrocketing while democracy is shrinking.
🔗Find out more: buff.ly/4QOQoGt
#ForDemocracy #wef26
Another typical high-level event at #UNEA7 on environmental, industrial and social risks of critical minerals. Only governments, business and youth at the table.👎 No workers that actually are bearing the social and industrial risks.
@unep.org #OHCHR @ec.europa.eu @brsconventions.bsky.social
@unep.org #OHCHR @ec.europa.eu @brsconventions.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another typical high-level event at #UNEA7 on environmental, industrial and social risks of critical minerals. Only governments, business and youth at the table.👎 No workers that actually are bearing the social and industrial risks.
@unep.org #OHCHR @ec.europa.eu @brsconventions.bsky.social
@unep.org #OHCHR @ec.europa.eu @brsconventions.bsky.social
Today at the UN Environment Assembly #UNEA7 in Nairobi. Rebecca Okello expresses profound concern about the complete absence of any mention in the negotiations of workers’ fundamental rights, #DecentWork, occupational safety and health #OHS. @ituc.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today at the UN Environment Assembly #UNEA7 in Nairobi. Rebecca Okello expresses profound concern about the complete absence of any mention in the negotiations of workers’ fundamental rights, #DecentWork, occupational safety and health #OHS. @ituc.bsky.social
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The IEA warns that a slow shift away from fossil fuels would leave the world with 1.3 million fewer energy jobs by 2035.
IEA: Slow energy transition would cost millions of jobs
A rapid transition would create enough new green roles to more than offset job losses in coal mines, power plants and oil and gas fields, a report found
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The IEA warns that a slow shift away from fossil fuels would leave the world with 1.3 million fewer energy jobs by 2035.
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📊 Energy jobs are growing — but quality matters.
🗣️ “New energy jobs must be good jobs: decent pay, conditions & union rights. Skills matter, but decent work comes first. It’s what attracts skilled workers.” @bertdewel.bsky.social
🔗 @iea.org : www.iea.org/news/energy-...
#JustTransition
🗣️ “New energy jobs must be good jobs: decent pay, conditions & union rights. Skills matter, but decent work comes first. It’s what attracts skilled workers.” @bertdewel.bsky.social
🔗 @iea.org : www.iea.org/news/energy-...
#JustTransition
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📊 Energy jobs are growing — but quality matters.
🗣️ “New energy jobs must be good jobs: decent pay, conditions & union rights. Skills matter, but decent work comes first. It’s what attracts skilled workers.” @bertdewel.bsky.social
🔗 @iea.org : www.iea.org/news/energy-...
#JustTransition
🗣️ “New energy jobs must be good jobs: decent pay, conditions & union rights. Skills matter, but decent work comes first. It’s what attracts skilled workers.” @bertdewel.bsky.social
🔗 @iea.org : www.iea.org/news/energy-...
#JustTransition
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World Energy Employment 2025 comes out Friday!
It offers a comprehensive look at the global energy workforce today and outlines future prospect & risks – such as emerging job opportunities and growing labour & skills shortages.
Watch the LIVE launch 👉 iea.li/4pO2919
It offers a comprehensive look at the global energy workforce today and outlines future prospect & risks – such as emerging job opportunities and growing labour & skills shortages.
Watch the LIVE launch 👉 iea.li/4pO2919
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
World Energy Employment 2025 comes out Friday!
It offers a comprehensive look at the global energy workforce today and outlines future prospect & risks – such as emerging job opportunities and growing labour & skills shortages.
Watch the LIVE launch 👉 iea.li/4pO2919
It offers a comprehensive look at the global energy workforce today and outlines future prospect & risks – such as emerging job opportunities and growing labour & skills shortages.
Watch the LIVE launch 👉 iea.li/4pO2919
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🌍✊ Big win for #ClimateJustice & workers!
The new Belém Action Mechanism #BAM gives workers, unions, women & communities a seat at the UNFCCC table—for the first time ever.
Labour rights, social dialogue, collective bargaining & universal social protection are vital to bold, fair #ClimateAction.
The new Belém Action Mechanism #BAM gives workers, unions, women & communities a seat at the UNFCCC table—for the first time ever.
Labour rights, social dialogue, collective bargaining & universal social protection are vital to bold, fair #ClimateAction.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🌍✊ Big win for #ClimateJustice & workers!
The new Belém Action Mechanism #BAM gives workers, unions, women & communities a seat at the UNFCCC table—for the first time ever.
Labour rights, social dialogue, collective bargaining & universal social protection are vital to bold, fair #ClimateAction.
The new Belém Action Mechanism #BAM gives workers, unions, women & communities a seat at the UNFCCC table—for the first time ever.
Labour rights, social dialogue, collective bargaining & universal social protection are vital to bold, fair #ClimateAction.
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🗣️ “#COP30 must make a real shift:
✅ Put labour rights at the core
✅ Guarantee social protection for all
✅ Ensure social dialogue with unions
We need a seat at the table to protect jobs & livelihoods. That’s why we’re calling for a Belém Action Mechanism” @bertdewel.bsky.social
#BAM #JustTransition
✅ Put labour rights at the core
✅ Guarantee social protection for all
✅ Ensure social dialogue with unions
We need a seat at the table to protect jobs & livelihoods. That’s why we’re calling for a Belém Action Mechanism” @bertdewel.bsky.social
#BAM #JustTransition
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🗣️ “#COP30 must make a real shift:
✅ Put labour rights at the core
✅ Guarantee social protection for all
✅ Ensure social dialogue with unions
We need a seat at the table to protect jobs & livelihoods. That’s why we’re calling for a Belém Action Mechanism” @bertdewel.bsky.social
#BAM #JustTransition
✅ Put labour rights at the core
✅ Guarantee social protection for all
✅ Ensure social dialogue with unions
We need a seat at the table to protect jobs & livelihoods. That’s why we’re calling for a Belém Action Mechanism” @bertdewel.bsky.social
#BAM #JustTransition
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What are trade unions calling for at #COP30?
The JET-CR Knowledge Hub, caught up with @bertdewel.bsky.social, @ituc.bsky.social, to discuss how a Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) can underpin the Just Transition Work Programme.
Learn more 👉
www.jetknowledge.org/news/just-tr...
The JET-CR Knowledge Hub, caught up with @bertdewel.bsky.social, @ituc.bsky.social, to discuss how a Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) can underpin the Just Transition Work Programme.
Learn more 👉
www.jetknowledge.org/news/just-tr...
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What are trade unions calling for at #COP30?
The JET-CR Knowledge Hub, caught up with @bertdewel.bsky.social, @ituc.bsky.social, to discuss how a Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) can underpin the Just Transition Work Programme.
Learn more 👉
www.jetknowledge.org/news/just-tr...
The JET-CR Knowledge Hub, caught up with @bertdewel.bsky.social, @ituc.bsky.social, to discuss how a Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) can underpin the Just Transition Work Programme.
Learn more 👉
www.jetknowledge.org/news/just-tr...
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🌍✊ Week 1 of #COP30 in Belém: the union movement’s delegation has been hard at work for climate action with justice.
💚 good green jobs
💰 more public finance for emissions cuts + adaptation
⚡ faster, deeper emission reductions
🤝 #JustTransition for everyone
ITUC #COP30 demands ➡️ buff.ly/BD9UGXQ
💚 good green jobs
💰 more public finance for emissions cuts + adaptation
⚡ faster, deeper emission reductions
🤝 #JustTransition for everyone
ITUC #COP30 demands ➡️ buff.ly/BD9UGXQ
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌍✊ Week 1 of #COP30 in Belém: the union movement’s delegation has been hard at work for climate action with justice.
💚 good green jobs
💰 more public finance for emissions cuts + adaptation
⚡ faster, deeper emission reductions
🤝 #JustTransition for everyone
ITUC #COP30 demands ➡️ buff.ly/BD9UGXQ
💚 good green jobs
💰 more public finance for emissions cuts + adaptation
⚡ faster, deeper emission reductions
🤝 #JustTransition for everyone
ITUC #COP30 demands ➡️ buff.ly/BD9UGXQ
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10 years after Paris — Europe’s biggest diplomatic win — EU risks showing up at #COP30 with words, not leadership.
Europe can still act:
→ Support a Just Transition Mechanism
→ Back tripling adaptation finance by 2030
Not new ambitions — just what’s needed for credibility!
tinyurl.com/ys2eknef
Europe can still act:
→ Support a Just Transition Mechanism
→ Back tripling adaptation finance by 2030
Not new ambitions — just what’s needed for credibility!
tinyurl.com/ys2eknef
COP30: Council sets EU position for the climate conference in Belém
The Council today approved conclusions on COP30, reinforcing the EU's commitment to keeping 1.5°C within reach, scaling up climate finance and driving global energy transition and adaptation efforts.
www.consilium.europa.eu
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
10 years after Paris — Europe’s biggest diplomatic win — EU risks showing up at #COP30 with words, not leadership.
Europe can still act:
→ Support a Just Transition Mechanism
→ Back tripling adaptation finance by 2030
Not new ambitions — just what’s needed for credibility!
tinyurl.com/ys2eknef
Europe can still act:
→ Support a Just Transition Mechanism
→ Back tripling adaptation finance by 2030
Not new ambitions — just what’s needed for credibility!
tinyurl.com/ys2eknef
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9️⃣
Tasneem:
Let’s institutionalise support for national #JustTransition plans - real cooperation, real resources. Governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28. That means real plans in NDCs - not just energy, but food systems too. Justice must shape it all.”
#BAM
Tasneem:
Let’s institutionalise support for national #JustTransition plans - real cooperation, real resources. Governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28. That means real plans in NDCs - not just energy, but food systems too. Justice must shape it all.”
#BAM
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
9️⃣
Tasneem:
Let’s institutionalise support for national #JustTransition plans - real cooperation, real resources. Governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28. That means real plans in NDCs - not just energy, but food systems too. Justice must shape it all.”
#BAM
Tasneem:
Let’s institutionalise support for national #JustTransition plans - real cooperation, real resources. Governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28. That means real plans in NDCs - not just energy, but food systems too. Justice must shape it all.”
#BAM
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🌍✊ Trade Unions at #PreCOP2025 in Brasília:
Workers demand a #JustTransition COP30!
💼 Quality green jobs
⚖️ Climate justice & equity
💰 $1.3T climate finance with no added debt
📣It’s time to move from promises to action.
📰Read the ITUC Demands for #COP30: bit.ly/4nM1Sv2
Workers demand a #JustTransition COP30!
💼 Quality green jobs
⚖️ Climate justice & equity
💰 $1.3T climate finance with no added debt
📣It’s time to move from promises to action.
📰Read the ITUC Demands for #COP30: bit.ly/4nM1Sv2
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🌍✊ Trade Unions at #PreCOP2025 in Brasília:
Workers demand a #JustTransition COP30!
💼 Quality green jobs
⚖️ Climate justice & equity
💰 $1.3T climate finance with no added debt
📣It’s time to move from promises to action.
📰Read the ITUC Demands for #COP30: bit.ly/4nM1Sv2
Workers demand a #JustTransition COP30!
💼 Quality green jobs
⚖️ Climate justice & equity
💰 $1.3T climate finance with no added debt
📣It’s time to move from promises to action.
📰Read the ITUC Demands for #COP30: bit.ly/4nM1Sv2
Unions have climate solutions! Powerful Just transition actions from South Africa presented by Boitumelo Molete (COSATU), Eche Asuzu (NLC), Mansi Shaw (SEWA) and Rosalina Amorim (CUT), shared by Kaira Reece (TUCA). We're ready for COP30. Unions are central for the implementation of climate policies.
October 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Unions have climate solutions! Powerful Just transition actions from South Africa presented by Boitumelo Molete (COSATU), Eche Asuzu (NLC), Mansi Shaw (SEWA) and Rosalina Amorim (CUT), shared by Kaira Reece (TUCA). We're ready for COP30. Unions are central for the implementation of climate policies.
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Saudi Arabia bans protests. Migrant workers who tried to denounce labour abuses on solar projects were deported. buff.ly/A3QMDJv
October 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Saudi Arabia bans protests. Migrant workers who tried to denounce labour abuses on solar projects were deported. buff.ly/A3QMDJv
Less than 1 out of 5 renewable energy bosses is a women. A shame. The energy transition needs to be gender inclusive! #JustTransition
www.irena.org/Publications...
www.irena.org/Publications...
Renewable energy: A gender perspective (Second edition)
This second edition of the report, Renewable energy: A gender perspective, updates global figures and offers policy recommendations to strengthen gender equality across the energy transition.
www.irena.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Less than 1 out of 5 renewable energy bosses is a women. A shame. The energy transition needs to be gender inclusive! #JustTransition
www.irena.org/Publications...
www.irena.org/Publications...
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🚨 HAPPENING TODAY!
🌍 It’s World Day for Decent Work – and we’re going LIVE at 13:30 CEST!
Join workers from around the world as we stand up for:
🗳️ Democracy
⚖️ Social Justice
💼 Prosperity for All
Don’t miss this important conversation.
🎟️ Still time to register: buff.ly/EwL9xFW
#WDDW2025
🌍 It’s World Day for Decent Work – and we’re going LIVE at 13:30 CEST!
Join workers from around the world as we stand up for:
🗳️ Democracy
⚖️ Social Justice
💼 Prosperity for All
Don’t miss this important conversation.
🎟️ Still time to register: buff.ly/EwL9xFW
#WDDW2025
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🚨 HAPPENING TODAY!
🌍 It’s World Day for Decent Work – and we’re going LIVE at 13:30 CEST!
Join workers from around the world as we stand up for:
🗳️ Democracy
⚖️ Social Justice
💼 Prosperity for All
Don’t miss this important conversation.
🎟️ Still time to register: buff.ly/EwL9xFW
#WDDW2025
🌍 It’s World Day for Decent Work – and we’re going LIVE at 13:30 CEST!
Join workers from around the world as we stand up for:
🗳️ Democracy
⚖️ Social Justice
💼 Prosperity for All
Don’t miss this important conversation.
🎟️ Still time to register: buff.ly/EwL9xFW
#WDDW2025