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@etuc-ces.bsky.social calls on @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu to support to defend trade union rights in Ukraine – following the unjustified seizure of trade union offices of FPU, the biggest trade union confederation in Ukraine and ETUC affiliate www.etuc.org/en/document/...

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Scania in talks with other investors including the Swedish government and European Commission to buy Northvolt Labs. Many Swedish and EU officials consider the laboratory crucial in keeping Northvolt’s technological knowhow in European hands on.ft.com/402LPyX

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Sixth meeting of the UK/EEA-EFTA Separation Agreement statement. (Mirrors human rights aspects of the UK-EUbWithdrawal Agreement) www.gov.uk/government/n...

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@uni-europa.bsky.social 's Roethig presses for 'Amazon Tax'. Aside from its economic implications, a digital service tax would also serve to protect the EU's model of social dialogue. euobserver.com/digital/arb9...

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Deregulation puts fundamental rights at risk: #EUrightsagency report. “This should be the wake-up call that @ec.europa.eu needs to stop being bullied out of our social model and stand up the fundamental rights enshrined in the European treaties” @estherlynch.bsky.social www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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We’re happy and relieved to see @seiuca.bsky.social President David Huerta released from ICE detention — but the unjust charges against him still must be dropped immediately. Thank you to everyone who has stood up and spoken out to #FreeDavidEndRaids today.

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Defence Secretary John Healey co-chairs the first Defence Industrial Joint Council meeting today. Includes @gmbgarysmith.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk , Mike Clancy @prospectunion.bsky.social and Steve Turner @unitetheunion.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/n...

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@gmb.org.uk Congress @gmbgarysmith.bsky.social slams Reform ‘chancers and bankers’. leftfootforward.org/2025/06/gmb-...

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EuroCOP with the All Ukrainian Trade Police Trade Union met with MEP Pekka Toveri the chair of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee and Member of SEDE and LIBE Committees of the @europarl.europa.eu @eppgroup.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social

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ICYMI. Dan wasn't always easy to deal with, but he was a giant of the trade union and labour Movement. RIP

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@tuc.org.uk poll finds the public support tax increases on the wealthy and big businesses by a margin of almost two to one - 58% to 28%. Findings highlight public's appetite for rebuilding public services - and suggested a "fairer" tax system should be part of plan www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of @californialabor.bsky.social Vice President and @seiuca.bsky.social and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta. aflcio.org/press/releas...

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An American citizen and Los Angeles native, @seiucalifornia @seiuusww President David Huerta was injured and detained when ICE terrorized a working neighborhood. We demand his immediate release!

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@amnestyeu.bsky.social to @ilo.org : Human rights groups and @ituc.bsky.social unions have long been demanding for a serious and far-reaching labour reform process that would put an end to the severe exploitation of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. www.amnesty.org.au/saudi-arabia...

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So, I buy this👇Italian-made grated cheese from Tesco in UK (though intriguingly the address of the company is indicated in both UK and Ireland) and it says NOT FOR EU. 🤔why? It doesn't say where it was packed - is it a RoO issue? One for @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social (and anyone else with a guess)

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@etuc-ces.bsky.social calls on @ec.europa.eu to stop funding union-buster Musk (for different reasons than Trump's obvs). www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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⚡️ EU considers adding Russia to money-laundering 'gray list,' Financial Times reports. Inclusion on the list would damage Russia's global financial standing and compel banks to apply stricter scrutiny to transactions involving Russian individuals or entities.

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@thierrybreton.bsky.social 's jihad vs @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu continues, denouncing the 'vacuum' to meet Trump's 'unacceptable actions

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EU and UK trade reset: interesting and well-sourced piece by Ignacio Garcia Barcero (after all he was a DG Trade Director). Is this a departure from @ec.europa.eu usual position "there is no indication that negotiations need to be considered as a single undertaking"? ukandeu.ac.uk/the-eu-and-u...

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🇲🇲 VIDEO: China lead mine plan weighs heavily on Myanmar tribe Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where one of the country's mining companies and Chinese partner are ready to mine their ancestral homeland for lead ore.

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Nerdy but important reminder in this footnote to @chrisgrey.bsky.social 's excellent call for a Brexit review in the wake of three SDRs, is the WTO/MFN context of the 'reset'👇(that is if anyone cares about the @wto.org anymore)

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@etuc-ces.bsky.social welcomes @europarl.europa.eu Employment Committee vote in strengthening workers’ rights in multinational companies across Europe, setting the stage for final adoption of the revised European Works Council (EWC) directive. www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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Johnson's post-Brexit student exchange scheme cut as UK plots #Erasmus return. Stop plodding with the 'plot', then inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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Good statement by UK rep @ UN on the destruction of Assad's chemical weapons. Urges Israel to de-escalate their actions in Syria www.gov.uk/government/s...

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The UK must show the EU it “can be trusted again” after its reputation was “trashed” by the previous government signing deals it had no intention of honouring. Exactly right, Hilary Benn (and it won't be easy unless we introduce PR). www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

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EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says. www.prospectmagazine...

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@cgt.fr dockers block second arms delivery to Israel www.humanite.fr/monde/armee-...

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“systemic & large-scale violations of labor rights in #Belarus... Including: • liquidation of all independent trade unions • persecution of civil society activists & members of independent trade unions • mass dismissals & pressure on workers disloyal to govt penbelarus.org/en/2025/06/0...

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@ec.europa.eu sets up new surveillance tool to help protect the EU against sudden and potentially disruptive surges in imports "in the wake of recent turbulence in the global trading system". #tradediversion ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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The TUC is proud to have supported this complaint at the International Labour Organisation. We have serious concerns about migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, including those involved in preparing for the 2034 World Cup.

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@eucourtnews.bsky.social Advocate General tells Zippo to zip it 🤐https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2025-06/cp250066en.pdf

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@consilium.europa.eu extends safeguard measures suspension on iron and steel to support war-torn Ukraine’s economy www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

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