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Jan Willem Goudriaan
@jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
General Secretary EPSU - European Public Service Union
www.epsu.org
ETUC - PSI
People and Planet Before Profits
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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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@estherlynch.bsky.social
@labournetgermany.bsky.social
@unionnews.bsky.social
🎉 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👇🏾
Interesting article of @mathieupollet.bsky.social of @politico.eu on the collapse of GAIA-X due to different interests German and French industries/ politics and the continued lobby of US and Chinese Big Tech

Failure @ec.europa.eu as it outsourced ruling writing

And the ideological blind spot 1/
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Unions standing up for independent and public media

We need to defend them against the onslaught of Tech, Media and Far-right Billionaires. Independent and well resources public broadcasting should remain a pillar of democracy

@tucglobal.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
@efjeurope.bsky.social
🔴 ‘It’s Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media’ Says Leader of the UK’s Trade Union Movement

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...
'It's Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media' Says Leader of the UK's Trade Union Movement
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
bylinetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees walking around the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist.

New research from #KickBigPollutersOut reveals there are more than 1,600 in the UN negotiations in Brazil.

Here's a thread with the top findings 🧵

kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Unions PEO, Pasedy, SEK, DEOK reach agreement with employers and government on automatic cost of living adjustment covering additional 55.000 Cyprus

Agreement comes after joint actions and #strike

It pays to be union. Higher wage and better conditions

@epsu.bsky.social
@etuc-ces.bsky.social
Unions satisfied with new COLA agreement; phase-in to 100% starts 2026
Trade unions expressed satisfaction with the new COLA/ATA agreement reached at the Presidential Palace, which includes a gradual phase-in to 100% adjustment by July 2027 and a 4% inflation cap.
in-cyprus.philenews.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
NYC 📍Starbucks workers rally in Brooklyn, NY to demand that the company comes back to the bargaining table!! Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee Take Action: seiu.co/NoStarbucks
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Flemish government proposes law aimed at violent extremist organisations (propagating racism, xenophobia, authoritarian views) Vaguely formulated, allowing abuse against anarchists, libertarian socialists, radical social-democrats, etc. Unions and others will resist
@debroervanroos.bsky.social
Ook Vlaamse regering plant nieuwe wet om mid­den­veld­or­ga­ni­sa­ties het zwijgen op te leggen
De Vlaamse regering wil vanaf juli ministers toelaten subsidies van eender welke middenveldorganisatie stop te zetten op louter ‘vermoedens van betrokkenheid’ bij extremisme. Dat staat in het actiepla...
www.dewereldmorgen.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Not the first to say: this is racism

If it would be adopted yet another way in which this Israeli government places itself outside of the international human rights treaties
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We joined 127 civil society organisations, trade unions and defenders of the public interest to express our alarm at the forthcoming EU Digital Omnibus proposals. These are part of a wide deregulation agenda

@ec.europa.eu is threatening hard won protections

Our letter
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edri.org/wp-content/u...
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today #strike in Starbucks starts
- for fair contract
- againsts union busting

Success to @sbworkersunited.org

You deserve that good contract

#solidarity
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.

If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Tomorrow vote on the 1st Omnibus on corporate due diligence

@eppgroup.bsky.social seeks support from farright to get its position adopted, depriving workers, communities of possibilities to hold corporations accountable

And why ? To benefit profits of corporations

@epsu.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Deze paragraaf leest ook als huidige EU simplificatie [die velen, ook vakbeweging deregulerings- en afbraak- ] -agenda [noemen]

En niet te vergeten dat D66 en VVD deel uitmaken v Renew Europese fractie die dit steunen

Wijers voorbode van keuze over rechts?

Morgen stemming in EP over 1st omnibus
pure framing. Het zat heel anders.
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Belgian unions mobilising for the general #strike 26 November.
The final day of three days of mobilisation
23 (Demo to protest against violence against women)
24 public transport strike
25 public sector strike
26 general strike (including public services and transport)

@labourstart.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Zadie Smith on the value of cultural workers including librarians at a picketline in the British Library

Workers with @pcsunion.bsky.social demanding higher pay

#solidarity from @epsu.bsky.social

You deserve that higher pay.
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
Die Europäische Kommission plant offenbar eine DSGVO-Reform mit der Abrissbirne. Der Datenschutzexperte Max Schrems und die Organisation @noyb.eu lassen kein gutes Haar an dem Vorschlag, den wir veröffentlichten. Die Pläne würden „40 Jahre europäische Grundrechtsdoktrin über den Haufen“ werfen.
„Trumpsche Gesetzgebungspraktiken“: Max Schrems kritisiert Grundrechte-Kahlschlag
Die Europäische Kommission plant offenbar eine DSGVO-Reform mit der Abrissbirne. Der Datenschutzexperte Max Schrems und seine Organisation noyb lassen kein gutes Haar an dem Vorschlag, den wir veröffe...
netzpolitik.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reaction @epsu.bsky.social on the verdict of the ECJ on the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive

Now for Member States to implement without delay
We expect @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu of the Council and the @ec.europa.eu to team up to improve working conditions for working people
Court upholds Minimum Wage Directive: Deliver collective bargaining for all!
EPSU calls on member states to transpose the Directive following the Court of Justice's decision on the Minimum Wage Directive's validity.
www.epsu.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Portuguese Ombudsman has detailed the failings in public services (administrations, health, education...)

Another reason why unions are mobilising and public is very largely supporting the unions
General #strike 11 December

@strikemap.org
@epsu.bsky.social
@cssdacgtp-in.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Portuguese confederations UGTP and CGTP-in announce general #strike 11 December

Against labour market reforms

Unity crucial to defeat those proposals

#solidarity

@epsu.bsky.social
Unidade é determinante para derrotar o pacote laboral
Perante um ataque sem precedentes aos trabalhadores e aos seus direitos, é necessária uma resposta robusta e determinada de rejeição imediata do pacote laboral e de todo o seu conteúdo, e para isso a ...
www.cgtp.pt
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
More health and social service workers out on #strike with @nzpsa.bsky.social end of the month in New Zealand

Health and care professionals demand safe staffing, a demand of unions across the world

#solidarity

@epsu.bsky.social
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
November health strike grows to 16,700
The total number going on strike at the end of the month has grown to 16,700.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Dutch maternity care in crisis
- commercialisation does not work
- classic redlining as companies exclude neighborhoods [postal codes] with many low income households and people with migrant background
- staffing shortages
- maternity care companies bought by private equity

@epsu.bsky.social
Niet meer overal in Nederland gegarandeerde kraamzorg
Met voldoende kraamzorg zijn de zorgkosten voor kinderen in hun eerste levensjaar een stuk lager. Vooral in kwetsbare gezinnen kan die zorg het verschil maken. Maar juist daar trekken zorgaanbieders z...
nos.nl
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Standing up for migrant care workers

@unison.org.uk general secretay @christinamcanea.bsky.social on why government and others should not demonise those workers providing essential care

@epsu.bsky.social
Opinion: Now is the time to stand up for our migrant workers, not to demonise them | General Secretary's blog | News | UNISON National
We need an immigration system that works for the people who keep our public services going – not empty rhetoric that divides and fuels racism and hate
www.unison.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
European Employment committee calls on European Commission @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social to propose legislation to protect and promote rights of workers faced with algorithmic management at work

@epsu.bsky.social agrees

It is now over 3 years since we asked Commission to implement agreement that...
MEPs call for new rules on the use of algorithmic management at work | Nieuws | Europees Parlement
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is calling on the Commission to introduce a law to regulate the use of algorithmic technologies, including AI, within European workplaces.
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
And the reaction of the European Parliament with @liandersson.bsky.social of @left.eu Dennis Radtke @eppgroup.bsky.social and @maritmaij.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu on the Court decision of the Minimum Wage Directive, demanding swift implementation by Member States

@epsu.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The ECJ delivered verdict on European Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages

It is positive

Directive stands including provisions on improving coverage of workers by collective agreements

Court did reject provisions it considers have direct impact on pay

For more
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
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Streaming - Court of Justice of the European Union
Court of Justice of the European Union
curia.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Public Power New York, Scotland's experience of urban transport privatisation, tackling climate change, role of trade unions - Fighting for Public Power and Public Ownership of energy and ensuring working people's interests prevail over profits and markets

@epsu.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
Labor’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on Tuesday has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forw...
portside.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Documentary about actions of Israeli army in #Gaza and how some soldiers feel about it

Testimoney for the ICJ and ICC to add to the case against poltican leadership Israel and the genocide
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM