Around 50.000 trade unionists and students on streets of Brussels #StrongerTogether against austerity. For funding of public services including health, education, care and public administrations 📢Stay with your hands out of our pockets 📢Tax the rich to the government @epsu.bsky.social joined

Workers' anger boiling over across Europe as governments and EU fail to address public service emergencies @epsu.bsky.social publishes list of actions public service workers ✅Netherlands ✅Germany ✅Latvia ✅Serbia ✅Italy ✅Belgium ✅France ✅Spain ✅Greece ✅Portugal ✅Ireland @labourstart.bsky.social

50,000 on the streets of Brussels today. ✊ EPSU joined Belgians and their unions to say: enough! No more making workers pay for austerity. No more cuts to public services, wages, pensions and social protection. Workers are fighting back!

✊ A win for workers: the European Parliament has backed binding EU action on work-related stress and psychosocial risks! Now the Commission must act. Chronic understaffing, unsafe workloads and workplace violence are preventable. Find out more 👉🔗 www.epsu.org/article/euro...

European Parliament votes for legislation on work-related stress

The European Parliament has thrown its weight behind the trade union campaign for binding EU legislation on psychosocial risks needed to prevent thousands of illnesses and deaths.

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You can’t fix labour shortages in public services without fixing the jobs. On #WorldDayForDecentWork, we join the European trade union call for fair pay, safe staffing, training and a strong voice at work. Europe’s Quality Jobs Act must deliver binding rights for workers! @etuc-ces.bsky.social

‼️SAVE THE DATE - 03/11/2026 - Europe's firefighters will be on Brussels' streets to protest against #austerity and for the urgent need for #investment - listen to our colleague Thibaut Rappe‼️ #SocialJustice #QualityJobs @politico.eu @euractiv.com @euobserver.com bsky.app/profile/epsu...

EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · 5d ago

🚒 On 3 November, firefighters from across Europe will take to the streets in Brussels! Last week, Thibaut Rappe of CSC Services Publics (Belgium) told MEPs why: dangerous exposure, occupational illness, too few staff and too little investment. More details on the mobilisation soon! 🔥

🚒 On 3 November, firefighters from across Europe will take to the streets in Brussels! Last week, Thibaut Rappe of CSC Services Publics (Belgium) told MEPs why: dangerous exposure, occupational illness, too few staff and too little investment. More details on the mobilisation soon! 🔥

Thank you to Darija Softić, Sarajevo Canton Minister of Justice and Administration, for joining our LRG conference and backing dialogue with trade unions! And thank you to our hosts SUFBIH and President Samir Kurtovic, with a powerful reminder of unions’ role in building and protecting peace. ✊

Heat, floods, fires and storms are already changing the world of work. Our final panel in Sarajevo looked at what a just climate response needs: stronger protection from heat, strong public services, and workers at the heart of shaping the transition. 🌡️✊

Labour inspectors from across Europe are meeting in Brussels today to talk about staffing, working conditions and stronger enforcement of workers’ rights. Thanks to MEP @smithanthony.bsky.social for his support. Later, we head to the European Parliament to meet MEP Estelle Ceulemans.

Stronger unions, better conditions - and a real voice for public service workers. ✊ Our third panel in Sarajevo shared experiences of organising and bargaining across Europe: listening and learning from each other, but staying determined to win change for workers.

More than 100,000 public service workers in Ireland are taking action from today! ✊ From health to local government, workers are standing up for fair pay and strong public services. Solidarity with INMO, SIPTU, Fórsa and all those fighting the #PublicServicesEmergency!

We’re on the streets in Paris with French public service workers! ✊🇫🇷 Better pay. Better conditions. More staff. More investment in the public services we all rely on. Solidarity with everyone taking action across France today! ❤️

Depuis Sarajevo, la solidarité syndicale européenne s’affirme ! La fédération des Services publics participe à la conférence paneuropéenne d’EPSU pour des services publics de qualité, avec nos camarades syndicalistes de toute l’Europe. Vive la solidarité internationale des travailleurs ! ✊🇫🇷🇪🇺

EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Day 2 of our Local and Regional Government Pan-European Conference starts with #solidarity. ✊ From Sarajevo, LRG unions from across Europe stand with workers fighting back against the #PublicServicesEmergency services emergency - including workers taking to the streets across France today.

Recruitment is only the start. ✊ How do we turn new members into active members? How do we bring more young workers into unions - and support them to become activists and leaders? A discussion on organising and trade union renewal in Sarajevo - one that speaks to the very future of our unions.

Public services should be public - but ownership is only the start. Our first panel in Sarajevo discussed democratic control, workers’ voices and public procurement that delivers decent jobs, fair taxes and the green transition. Public money should work for people! ✊

Day 2 of our Local and Regional Government Pan-European Conference starts with #solidarity. ✊ From Sarajevo, LRG unions from across Europe stand with workers fighting back against the #PublicServicesEmergency services emergency - including workers taking to the streets across France today.

Who remembers the EPSU Labour Dictionary? 👀 It mostly lived on the platform formerly known as Twitter, so some of you may have missed it. For #SafeAbortionDay, we’re bringing back one entry. Years later, the definition hasn’t changed: abortion must be safe, free and accessible.

NO TO PALANTIR 🚫 120+ organisations and unions across Europe call for the scrapping of all existing public sector contracts with Palantir.

EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · 2w ago

We say… ❌ NO to supporting war mongers ❌ NO to draining our public wealth ❌ NO to the tech broligarchy NO TO #PALANTIR! Read the open letter from over 120 organisations from across Europe here: www.epsu.org/article/120-...

Statement of 120 organisations across Europe demanding end of public contracts to #Palantir A company avoiding paying a fair share of taxes And which leaders questioning values of equality and democracy Not to Palantir

EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · 2w ago

We say… ❌ NO to supporting war mongers ❌ NO to draining our public wealth ❌ NO to the tech broligarchy NO TO #PALANTIR! Read the open letter from over 120 organisations from across Europe here: www.epsu.org/article/120-...

We’re kicking off our Local and Regional Government Pan-European Conference in Sarajevo! 🗳️ First on the agenda: electing our new LRG President. A warm welcome to Ann Georgsson of Kommunal, our new EPSU LRG President! 👏 Two days of trade union debate, exchange and action start here.

We say… ❌ NO to supporting war mongers ❌ NO to draining our public wealth ❌ NO to the tech broligarchy NO TO #PALANTIR! Read the open letter from over 120 organisations from across Europe here: www.epsu.org/article/120-...

Hundreds of Austrian unionists @fsgyounion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social send a message of #solidarity to German workers today on the streets across the country against destruction welfare state with @social.verdi.de @dgbbbr.bsky.social Success!

Close to 70.000 trade unionists in Essen, Germany protesting against Sozial Abbau, destruction of the welfare state And this in another 14 cities across Germany Massive signal against the government reforms @epsu.bsky.social @social.verdi.de @labourstart.bsky.social

Workers are fighting back! From strikes and protests across Europe to the battle over EU Inc and the future of public services, our latest newsletter looks at where pressure is building - and where unions are pushing back. Plus, some happy news from the EPSU office 👶 Check it out 🔗👇

We’re outside the European Commission with trade unions from across Europe to say: enough is enough! Workers’ rights are not red tape. Collective bargaining is not a barrier to competitiveness. EU Inc: protect workers’ rights — or sink it. ✊ @etuc-ces.bsky.social

Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is one of Europe’s most women-dominated sectors. So the fight for quality ECEC is a fight for gender equality too. Today our ECEC Network and Women’s & Gender Equality Committee came together in Brussels to organise for both. ✊

Great meeting Board members of International Chimney Sweepers Union Talking about health and safety, professional qualifications, energy policy and procurement @epsu.bsky.social unions organise chimney sweepers employed by municipalities, active in public roles We will strengthen cooperation

Europe needs at least 1 million more healthcare workers. The European Parliament has backed action on staff shortages and working conditions. Workers have been saying it for years: recruitment only works if people can stay in the job. Now governments must act! 👇 www.euractiv.com/news/europea...

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Health workforce plan passes despite far-right push against international recruitment

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European Parliament adopts health work force report calling for 1 million nurses It calls for safer working conditions, fair remuneration, high education and training standards, safe staffing levels and sustainable funding @epsu.bsky.social wants to see action from @ec.europa.eu Now !

European Parliament calls for one million more healthcare workers | Euractiv

Health workforce plan passes despite far-right push against international recruitment

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