Judith Kirton-Darling
@judekd.bsky.social
General Secretary at @industriAll_EU. Labour MEP for North East of England 2014-20. Boro. Quaker. Trade unionist. Mum.
Great call by @judekd.bsky.social on Europe's Industrial Tsunami Demands a Quality Jobs Act that includes anticipation and management of change rights www.socialeurope.eu/europes-indu...
Europe’s Industrial Tsunami Demands a Quality Jobs Act
Europe’s industrial transition risks becoming a social tsunami; only binding labour guarantees, not soft coordination, can prevent it.
socialeurope.eu
Today @judekd.bsky.social joined euromines & Aggregates Europe in Oslo 🇳🇴 to discuss why it’s so important to have a strong social dimension to Europe’s raw materials strategy. 📝 Dependencies will lead to deindustrialisation. 😡 We need action now with workers at the decision making table! 👷🏽👷🏿♀️👩🔧
The steel sector is at breaking point. At the OECD Steel Committee, TUAC, @industriall-union.org and @industrialleurope.bsky.social warned that overcapacity and underinvestment are putting jobs and regions at risk. Trade unions call for investment in workers, low-carbon steel and a Just Transition.
Fantastic to visit Elektrowerk Weisweiler plant producing low carbon ferrochrome with local shopstewards, @igmetall.bsky.social and industriAll Europe crew.🤩
Read @judekd.bsky.social perspective in changer 1️⃣ 0️⃣
Fabian Society@thefabians.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW PAMPHLET Pressing Reset: Our Future with the EU 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Featuring a foreword from @chriswardmp.bsky.social and contributions from @patrick-pme.bsky.social, @stellacreasy.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social and many more 🧵
Investment is the solution to making Europe more competitive. This is the message ETUC General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social carried to EU leaders from @pes.eu this morning ahead of today's #EUCO.
European Trade Unions@etuc-ces.bsky.social · 5mo agoEU leaders gather today in Brussels to discuss how to make Europe more competitive. Across Europe, trade unions have been sending the same message: the solution lies in investment, not deregulation. A 🧵 of what unions have been saying ahead of today's meeting of EU leaders ⤵️
Richard Tice: - engaged in highly aggressive tax avoidance to avoid nearly £600,000 of tax - did so at a time when the taxpayer was already paying his salary as an MEP Nothing patriotic about this party of grifters www.thetimes.com/article/6f55...
Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax
The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21
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Just announced: Iceland has urgently moved up its referendum to join the European Union - to 29 August. A reminder: 🇮🇸 is in many ways already a non-voting 🇪🇺 member because of the EEA. This would give them voting power to shape the laws they have to follow.
Iceland locks in on date for EU referendum | Euractiv
As a member of the European Economic Area, Iceland is already aligned with much of the bloc's legislation
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Amid European energy fears, coal creeps back into favour www.ft.com/content/8dbb...
Amid European energy fears, coal creeps back into favour
A protracted conflict in the Middle East would dent expectations that global coal consumption will start to fall
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Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation Our @industrialleurope.bsky.social take www.socialeurope.eu/iran-crisis-...
Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation
The US–Israeli strikes on Iran lay bare every fault line in Europe's energy dependence, industrial fragility, and strategic exposure — and demand an immediate policy response.
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The @ec.europa.eu has sent a clear message: the pay transparency directive is here to stay. National governments who hedged their bets must now make up for lost time and work hard to ensure they meet the forthcoming transposition deadline
Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation Our @industrialleurope.bsky.social take www.socialeurope.eu/iran-crisis-...
Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation
The US–Israeli strikes on Iran lay bare every fault line in Europe's energy dependence, industrial fragility, and strategic exposure — and demand an immediate policy response.
socialeurope.eu
The European Commission has launched the Industrial Accelerator Act: a step towards strengthening Europe’s industries and introducing a #MadeInEurope approach with quality jobs at its heart.
IndustriAll Europe General Secretary @judekd.bsky.social 📢 “Companies receiving public money must re-invest a fair share of profits into creating quality jobs, training and technology to raise productivity.”
The CCMI Study Group on RESourceEU Action Plan (CCMI/259) meets Thursday 14:30-16:00 💭 The panel will discuss the acceleration of the #criticalrawmaterials strategy at a crucial time for EU industrial #preparedness and #competitiveness💎🪨 Read more: link.europa.eu/BT3KmM
Grim but important read. Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
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Deregulating Workers' Rights Will Not Save European Industry — It Will Only Deepen the Crisis, write @judekd.bsky.social & @ibarthes.bsky.social of @industrialleurope.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/deregulating...
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⌛ Europe’s industrial crisis is real, and it demands decisive action. But weakening workers’ rights is not action — it is avoidance. It is a political shortcut masquerading as industrial policy. 📣 Blog by @judekd.bsky.social in @euractiv.com ⬇️
IndustriAll Europe @industrialleurope.bsky.social · 6mo agoEurope’s industrial crisis stems from high energy costs, weak demand & global competition — not workers’ rights. Deregulating labour protections worsens instability. @judekd.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/opinion/dere...
The deregulation agenda misses the point entirely. No factory is closing because employees have the right to know how their pay is structured or because precarious workers deserve basic protections. Read @judekd.bsky.social and Isabelle Barthes's opinion www.euractiv.com/opinion/dere...
Deregulating Workers' Rights Will Not Save European Industry — It Will Only Deepen the Crisis | Euractiv
Europe’s industrial crisis stems from high energy costs, weak demand and global competition — not workers’ rights. Deregulating labour protections worsens instability. A credible strategy requires inv...
euractiv.com
Europe’s industrial crisis stems from high energy costs, weak demand & global competition — not workers’ rights. Deregulating labour protections worsens instability. @judekd.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/opinion/dere...
Deregulating Workers' Rights Will Not Save European Industry — It Will Only Deepen the Crisis | Euractiv
Europe’s industrial crisis stems from high energy costs, weak demand and global competition — not workers’ rights. Deregulating labour protections worsens instability. A credible strategy requires inv...
euractiv.com
‼️"Deregulating #Workers' Rights Will Not Save European #Industry - It Will Only Deepen the Crisis", say @industrialleurope.bsky.social's @judekd.bsky.social & Isabelle Barthès ahead of #Antwerp Industry summit & informal #EUCO @consilium.europa.eu‼️ @belgiumineu.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/indu...
IndustriAll Europe @industrialleurope.bsky.social · 6mo agoEurope’s industrial crisis stems from high energy costs, weak demand & global competition — not workers’ rights. Deregulating labour protections worsens instability. @judekd.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/opinion/dere...
Reacting to @ec.europa.eu Stéphane Séjourné @estherlynch.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social and @judekd.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social insist European preference must deliver quality jobs and strong industry in Europe etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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Humane and sensible step move by Spain in facilitating irregular migrants and asylum seekers to move to work with decent pay, social security and tax payments. Predictably the right is grumbling - unlike the UK, the govt isn’t allowing this to set their policies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty
Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties
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We must all use our voices however loud to #StandAgainstFascism 👏 @brucespringsteen.net ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊ @mnaflcio.org @aflcio.org
Bruce Springsteen@brucespringsteen.net · 6mo agoI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
🔔 The EU industry trade union, @industrialleurope.bsky.social, rings the alarm bell, warning that the chemicals industry is facing mass job losses. 📈They cite high energy prices and global overcapacity as some of the problems they’re facing. More in our #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/ubr3Vuu
'Very deep poverty' in Britain hits record high, new report finds www.reuters.com/world/uk/ver...
'Very deep poverty' in Britain hits record high, new report finds
Poverty in Britain has deepened, according to a report released on Tuesday, with approximately 6.8 million people now living in "very deep poverty", the highest level in three decades.
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