Our message to LGBTIQ colleagues and members, you are not alone we stand together. Our message to governments and employers you need to do more to protect LGBTIQ workers in the street and in the workplace. Our answer to those who attack us, hatred will not win, PRIDE. etuc.org/en/document/...

🚨 New Commission guidance leaves EU states no excuse not to invest in training & social support. Important tool launched by @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu today confirms states have wide scope to fund training, housing, energy efficiency & support for disadvantaged workers. 🧵

European workers cannot become collateral damage in trade disputes The EU has the tools to protect workers and industries and must use them if the United States announces new unilateral tariffs under a false pretext 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Women earn €3,900 less than men a year - but most member states have still not put the pay transparency directive into law "The cost of pay transparency is small for companies but inaction by governments will cost women workers billions" - @estherlynch.bsky.social www.euronews.com/business/202...

Cost of pay gap in the EU: Women earn €3,900 less than men a year

Women working in the EU lose €358 billion a year due to the gender pay gap, amounting to almost €3,900 per person, as several European countries missed the bloc's Pay Transparency Directive deadline.

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🔴NEW: The EU is not on course to meet its target of lifting 15 million people out of poverty by 2030 In fact, in-work poverty is increasing. Europe must urgently change course 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

🥵✊ #USO se suma a la campaña de @etuc-ces.bsky.social para exigir una directiva europea frente al calor. 🖊️ ¡Tu firma puede marcar la diferencia! ✍️ Firma aquí: www.etuc.org/en/heatwork ℹ️ Más información: www.uso.es/uso-se-suma-... #SaludLaboral #PRL #HeatAtWork

Quality Jobs Act: "The Commission's consultation identifies problems facing working people but too often it shies away from the clear and incisive solutions needed to improve their lives." -@estherlynch.bsky.social. Our take on the @ec.europa.eu's 2nd stage consultation, just published 🧵

If rules can be changed to protect footballers on the pitch, they can be changed to protect workers in every workplace. Sign now and tell the European Commission: protect workers by putting forward a binding EU law on maximum working temperatures. action-europe.org/stop-work-ex...

Good news if you're a vegetable: the EU is rushing to protect your protocols! 🥬 Bad news if you're a woman worker: 22 EU member states missed the June 7 deadline to pass the Pay Transparency Directive and the Commission hasn’t said a word. 🤷‍♀️ Time to rearrange priorities: Equal pay cannot wait!

Women across the EU are losing billions of euro every year because of delays in implementing new pay transparency laws, according to research from the European Trade Union Institute

Women in EU 'losing billions' over pay transparency delay

Women across the EU are losing billions of euro every year because of delays in implementing new pay transparency laws, according to research from the European Trade Union Institute.

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EU ambassadors must urgently take the decision to prohibit EU trade with illegal settlements. @estherlynch.bsky.social 📢 “Inaction is not an option. Workers in Europe & beyond are the first to suffer anytime the EU turns its back on its commitments to international law." More ⤵️

The EU should follow its own rules and prohibit the import of goods produced in the settlements. Our letter ahead of Foreign Affairs Council, taking place today ⤵️

🔴Women workers will be 672 Euro a year poorer on average as a result of inaction on the gender pay transparency directive All member states must finally put this law into action and those who don't must be taken to court 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

The ETUC is calling for the the EU institutions to stop the clock on EU Inc in order to ensure it has real safeguards for workers "Until every hole is closed, trade unions cannot and will not support it" - @estherlynch.bsky.social 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Trade union intergroup: Members of the European Parliament from across different political families united in a common drive to stand up for working people.

Trade union leaders are in Strasbourg this week, meeting MEPs on EU Inc. Our red lines are simple:

Social security: A milestone for millions of people who work in another EU country than their own 🗳️ @europarl.europa.eu vote today paves the way for more legal certainty and stronger tools against fraud and error in cross-border situations.

Europe’s largest companies are seeing record profits but low investment. What do they do with the profits instead? Distribute them to shareholders, borrow to fund more payouts, and hoard earnings to maintain buffers for future distributions.

Putting trade union demands to change the "EU Inc" proposal on the table at the EU ministers meeting. #EPSCO Bad employers dodging labour rules hurt everyone. We need more inspection, no new loopholes — and no public money without respecting workers' rights, including the right to unionise. 🎥

Women are paying a high price for the delays by 23 member states in implementing the pay transparency directive With the pay gap stuck at 11%, the average working woman loses €3,800 a year compared to her male peers ✏️ Isabelle Schömann for @euobserver.com euobserver.com/225126/at-11...

At 11 percent, the EU’s gender pay gap is nothing less than economic violence against women

In 2026, a woman worker in average working in the EU still earns 11.1 percent less her male counterpart. Not because she works less, or contributes less, but because the system has been carefully desi...

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⏰ The deadline for the Just Transition Award has just been extended! 👉️New deadline: Friday 17th July! If you know someone fighting for a just transition, you now have more time to nominate them: buff.ly/ogwTy3i @socialistanddemocrats.eu @pes.eu @etuc-ces.bsky.social @feps-europe.eu

EU Inc Is a Deregulation Tool 🔨 in Disguise The @ec.europa.eu ’s optional “EU company” lets firms register anywhere and sidestep the national rules that protect workers. www.socialeurope.eu/eu-inc-is-a-...

EU Inc Is a Deregulation Tool in Disguise

The Commission’s optional “EU company” lets firms register anywhere and sidestep the national rules that protect workers.

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NEW: The EU's official opinion poll once again finds the cost-of-living is the top priority of European citizens Leaders should stop dancing to the tune of corporate lobbyists and start responding to the concerns of working people 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Happening today: twin rallies to fix the EU's public procurement rules. Public contracts with private companies must no longer drive a race to the bottom for working. Instead, they must strengthen collective bargaining so that they drive quality services, quality good and quality jobs.

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Tomorrow, 1,000+ essential workers will rally simultaneously in Paris and Dublin to demand pro-worker procurement reform. They demand genuine collective bargaining as the EU overhauls the public procurement rules governing €2,000 billion in spending across Europe.

BREAKING: On 1 July, cleaners and security guards will hold a rally for pro-worker procurement rules in Dublin organised by UNI Europa & @siptu.bsky.social. The same day, Ireland will take over the Presidency of the EU Council. A simultaneous rally will take place in Paris.

Workers’ rights must be factored in when awarding public procurement contracts, say unions

Siptu calls on Government to put fair employment conditions at the heart of its first National Public Procurement Strategy

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NEW: EU has ‘misdiagnosed’ competitiveness problem Increased investment – not deregulation and wage restraint – is the real route to a more successful European economy, research by @mazzucatom.bsky.social shows.

Congratulations @maryliseleon.cfdt.fr on being re-elected as General Secretary and to the entire newly elected leadership of @cfdt.fr!

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#CongrèsCFDT Election de la Commission exécutive et réélection de @maryliseleon.cfdt.fr à la tête de la #CFDT !

European trade unions call for World Cup-style ‘cooling breaks’ for workers as temperatures soar www.euronews.com/health/2026/...

World Cup cooling breaks: Unions say all workers deserve them, too

The European Trade Union Confederation is pressing the European Commission to set a maximum working temperature law, warning that extreme heat now poses a predictable and preventable threat to workers...

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#CongrèsCFDT @estherlynch.bsky.social, @etuc-ces.bsky.social "L'extrême droite n'a rien à apporter aux travailleurs. Elle ne fait que diviser. Votre leadership nous a apporté la charte des valeurs que nous intégrerons à notre constitution. La solidarité, c'est transformer la vulnérabilité en force."

#CongrèsCFDT @estherlynch.bsky.social, secrétaire générale @etuc-ces.bsky.social "Nous voulons des emplois, des salaires équitables, de bonnes conditions de travail, des investissements pour les services publics. Chacun mérite le respect au travail." www.cfdt.fr/sinformer/to... #Europe