⌛ 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 ⬇️

A sustainable industrial policy must consider employment, skills and investment together. Education and training in particular are key to maintaining and further developing industrial value creation in the country. @industrialleurope.bsky.social

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...

🌍 Trade unions are setting out a vision for a just transition in the textile & garment supply chain.⛓️‍💥 👗 👞 👚 Join us tomorrow at the OECD Garment Forum for the launch of the Just Transition Manifesto, with @industriall-union.org @tuac.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/mshafmw7

Comrades @industrialleurope.bsky.social on the crisis facing Europe's industry: "no factory is closing because employees have the right to know how their pay is structured because works councils must be consulted, or because precarious workers deserve basic protections"

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...

‼️Why @industrialleurope.bsky.social unions incl. @acv-cscmetea.bsky.social @acvbievakbond.bsky.social @cscbiesyndicat.bsky.social cat.bsky.social are mobilising OTD for an Europe-wide action day💪🫶🙏✨? Must-read👇‼️ bsky.app/profile/uni-...

🌍 Trade unions are setting out a vision for a just transition in the textile & garment supply chain. Join us at the OECD Garment Forum on 10 Feb for the launch of the Just Transition Manifesto, with @industriall-union.org @industrialleurope.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/mshafmw7

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...

“No factory is closing because employees have the right to know how their pay is structured or because precarious workers deserve basic protections.” Judith Kirton-Darling and Isabelle Barthès on why unions are mobilising for a Europe-wide action day tomorrow: tinyurl.com/3k4kmwwz

Raising the quality of jobs – not lowering standards – is the real answer to the challenges facing Europe’s economy, trade unions have told the @ec.europa.eu consultation on the Quality Jobs Act. Read @etuc-ces.bsky.social proposal 🔗 news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1437

✊🏻 ✊🏽✊🏿 trade union representatives of the Steel Sector Social Dialogue Committee express their full solidarity with ArcelorMittal workers across Europe following the company’s latest announcement of massive offshoring of support functions. 🤬✂️ www.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1436

We must all use our voices however loud to #StandAgainstFascism 👏 @brucespringsteen.net ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊ @mnaflcio.org @aflcio.org

United to fight for #GoodIndustrialJobs & investment!

IndustriAll Europe welcomes the Hamburg Declaration from the North Sea Summit but warns offshore wind goals need strong industrial strategy, quality jobs, skills investment and worker participation to succeed. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1433

Should never have been in question. As @industrialleurope.bsky.social: with attack on @thierrybreton.bsky.social "for decisions taken under [his] democratic mandates, our democracies risk rotting from the inside out" news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1423 www.euractiv.com/news/eu-comm...

💻🚻As #AI increasingly reshapes work and skills, we are stepping up trade union capacity-building to ensure that AI is introduced through social dialogue, with productivity gains shared fairly and workers’ rights fully protected. @etui.bsky.social news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1431

👏 🗳️ @europarl.europa.eu adopts legislative initiative report Just Transition Directive in the world of work. We applaud MEPs for their strong support to reinforce the Just Transition framework & call on @ec.europa.eu to act on this clear political mandate. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1430

‼️For a #JustTransitionDirective - video with inputs & calls from @eurofer-eu.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social & @etuc-ces.bsky.social‼️ @liesbetsommen.bsky.social @wouterbeke.bsky.social @yvanverougstraete.bsky.social @hildevautmans.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwI...

📥 We ask MEPs to support binding legislation on #JustTransition and vote for the report in the European Parliament on Tuesday. 📣 The European workforce needs a Just Transition! 📽️⬇️ @reneweurope.bsky.social @eppgroup.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @left.eu

🗳️ 🚨 Ahead of tomorrow’s plenary vote in the @europarl.europa.eu , voices from across European industry and workers are united in calling for support for the Just Transition Directive. 🗣️a message to: this is a vote on Europe’s future. youtu.be/DJwIB_cvu2g?...

Europe’s chemical workers need decisive action—now 2️⃣1️⃣ major sites closed. average capacity utilisation slumped, 3️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ jobs affected 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ jobs at risk within five years without corrective action. www.euractiv.com/opinion/euro...

📆 Today at 14:30 🕝 Europe’s chemical workers organised in industriAll Europe will meet at the Chemical Workers’ Emergency Summit. 🧪👨‍🔬 🚨 urgent warning 🚨 a rapidly escalating crisis threatenens more than 1.2 million jobs across one of Europe’s most strategic sectors. Stay tuned for more

The Critical Chemicals Alliance launched today🚀🤝⚗️as Europe’s chemical industry faces a deep crisis ⚠️ 30,000 jobs already affected 🧪 Critical chemicals are vital for industrial value chains 🥽 Protecting them is key to Europe’s industrial autonomy news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1425

‼️@etuc-ces.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social & @industrialleurope.bsky.social ao asking MEPs such as @liesbetsommen.bsky.social @yvanverougstraete.bsky.social @wouterbeke.bsky.social & MS such as @belgiumineu.bsky.social to "link public funding with social & 🌍 conditionalities"‼️ bsky.app/profile/jwgo...

Don't Mourn, Organise: Europe's Path Through Global Turbulence Our @industrialleurope.bsky.social take as we get into 2026 www.socialeurope.eu/dont-mourn-o...

A new year rallying call by @judekd.bsky.social & @ibarthes.bsky.social: ✊ Organise to protect the space for diplomacy and international law—because peace is a precondition for prosperity and workers’ rights. 📣 Europe's answer must be unity, solidarity, and a renewed commitment to democracy!

Don’t mourn, organise. @judekd.bsky.social and @ibarthes.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social argue for industrial policy as “the material foundation for Europe’s capacity to act geopolitically“ www.socialeurope.eu/dont-mourn-o...

www.socialeurope.eu/dont-mourn-o... As the world is trembling, workers' voice will be central. This is our call for Europe to act to defend democracy, rebuild industrial strength & pursue peace with confidence. And for workers to organise ✊Progress only happens with trade union power ✊✊

Seasons greetings 🎄 🎅 Peaceful holidays and best wishes for a New Year built on union power and collective strength!

Europe’s Raw Materials Strategy: Ambition Without Safeguards Is a Risk We Can’t Afford 🛑❌ Read our new op-ed by @judekd.bsky.social in @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/opinion/euro...

Europe's Industrial Crisis: Invest Now or Accept Decline. @industrialleurope.bsky.social GS and DGS @judekd.bsky.social and Isabelle Barthès argue "the US and China are playing hardball. Europe must do the same". www.socialeurope.eu/europes-indu...

Clean Industrial Deal: A Start - But Workers Need a Real Game Changer IndustriAll Europe presents its position on the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal (CID) at a moment when a new report lays bare the alarming situation facing Europe’s industry @ec.europa.eu news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1396

Clean Industrial Deal: A Start - But Workers Need a Real Game Changer IndustriAll Europe presents its position on the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal (CID) at a moment when a new report lays bare the alarming situation facing Europe’s industry @ec.europa.eu news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1396

Speaking at @etui.bsky.social conference on industrial electrification today. @judekd.bsky.social sets out IndustriAll Europes view on how to drive investment, 📈 tackle high energy prices 💡 & ensure demand creation 👩🏾‍🏭👨‍🏭

IndustriAll Europes basic materials network met in #Brussels today! On the agenda 🏭 industrial policy update 🇺🇸🇪🇺EU-US trade deal 👷🏽social agenda ♻️circular economy ⚡️energy policies 📑update to our members on the current situation in the basic materials sector at national level

IndustriAll Europe’s basic metals network meets in #Brussels. On the agenda 👨‍🏭industrial policy updates 👨‍🏭sectoral update 👨‍🏭circular economy ♻️ state of play for the basic metal sector 👨‍🏭human rights due diligence and guidelines for the steel sector

Check out our full press release here: 📰 Minimum Wage Directive Put Beyond All Doubt – But Adequacy of Wages Needs Stronger Rules

Minimum Wages: Directive put beyond all doubt by today’s ruling of the Court of Justice. @estherlynch.bsky.social 📢 "this judgment confirms that the Minimum Wage Directive stands firm – the EU can and must act for fair wages."

How weakening due diligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for workers Workers’ representatives said that impacts on workers in the EU’s garment, agricultural, transport, and industrial sectors will be especially significant. euobserver.com/eu-political...

⏰⛴️ The International Maritime Organisation delays crucial vote on a legally binding deal to decarbonise the shipping industry, blocking the establishment of a previously agreed level playing field. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1368

Today at @igbce.bsky.social congress @judekd.bsky.social delivered a powerful message : Europe cannot afford to lose its industries. As trade unions, we are fighting not only for good industrial jobs and fair wages, but for the stability of our societies

Thousands gathered in Brussels today to protest against the austerity mesures the Arizona government wants to impose! STOP ARIZONA STOP ✋ 🛑 🌵

@industrialleurope.bsky.social welcomes @ec.europa.eu introduction of permanent safeguard measures for steel imports. While this is a crucial step towards defending Europe’s steel and its workforce, it must be part of a broader, ambitious industrial strategy. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1355

✅🥳Today, at its plenary meeting in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted in favour of the new EWC Directive. This marks a major step forward in ensuring legal certainty and providing more resources for all European Works Councils. 🙌 news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1356

We welcome today’s decision by the @ec.europa.eu to introduce permanent safeguard measures for steel imports. While this is a crucial step towards defending Europe’s steel and its workforce, it must be part of a broader, ambitious industrial strategy. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1355

Automotive 🚗 Sectoral Network meeting in Poland🇮🇩 trade unions from 15 European countries discuss the situation & challenges of the automotive sector in 🇪🇺 Want to know more on the current situation? read the recent letter we sent with @igmetall.bsky.social news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1342

Ahead of today’s announcement by the @ec.europa.eu on #steel @judekd.bsky.social ⬇️

Key regulations, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, mandate companies to report and address supply chain risks starting in 2026. EU automakers are already preparing to meet these new standards.

Sophie Grenade from @industrialleurope.bsky.social outlined the EU’s response to dependency on critical raw materials from countries like the DRC, South Africa and China. The EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan and Critical Raw Materials Act aim to secure supply chains while promoting sustainability.