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.

“This Summit gave a clear signal of the strong willingness of the @ec.europa.eu not only to support European #steel, but to support industry in general”, said EUROFER President Dr. Henrik Adam.

Yesterday's Emergency Steel Social Summit in Brussels brought together the @ec.europa.eu, EUROFER, our members, @industrialleurope.bsky.social and steelworkers representatives, and MEP Jens Geier. A short 🧵 on the outcomes ⬇️

General Secretary of @industrialleurope.bsky.social , Judith Kirton-Darling: 📉 Since the 2008 crisis, EU steel lost ~1 million jobs 👷 In 2024 alone, 18,000 layoffs ⚠️ “We need proactive, serious EU action to protect the sector & workers.”

At the EU Hydrogen week, Barbro Auestad spoke about the Norwegian experience with hydrogen, how a surplus of hydropower enabled industrial growth and community building. Trade unions are the key component 🔑

Steel industry and steel workers call for urgent action to restore a level playing field for the sector and stop the dramatic destruction of jobs and steel making capacity in Europe before it is too late.⏰ @eurofer-eu.bsky.social pr.euractiv.com/node/271179

🚨 The Emergency #Steel Social Summit has begun. Together with @industrialleurope.bsky.social, we host European Commission EVP Séjourné and MEP Geier for urgent discussions on how to #SaveEUSteel. At stake? Europe's sovereignty, industrial competitiveness, jobs & climate ambition. Stay tuned... 👀

📢 industriAll Europe & @eurofer-eu.bsky.social issue a joint call in Brussels today: urgent EU action needed to save jobs👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ and steel in Europe. Now it’s up to the EU & Member States to deliver effective safeguards to protect European steel. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1349 #SaveOurSteel

📢 In Brussels today: steelworkers, unions, EUROFER, steel CEOs, EVP Stéphane Séjourné & MEP Jens Geier meet at the Emergency Steel Summit. Europe’s steel is at breaking point! Action is needed on demand, energy, trade & a #JustTransition! #SaveOurSteel #Steel @ec.europa.eu @judekd.bsky.social

Why are we, together with @industrialleurope.bsky.social, hosting an 🚨Emergency #Steel Social Summit🚨 tomorrow in Brussels? The European steel industry is at breaking point. We need the 🇪🇺 to fully & urgently implement the #SMAP The EU must act NOW: #SaveOurSteel Hear from our DG, Axel Eggert⬇️

Next Wednesday, together with @industrialleurope.bsky.social, we will host an Emergency Steel Social Summit in Brussels. With the European steel sector at breaking point, the time for action is NOW. #StrongerWithEUSteel ⬇️📺

🆘Emergency Steel Social Summit 🆘 Next Wednesday, together with @eurofer-eu.bsky.social , we will host an Emergency Steel Social Summit in Brussels. With the European steel sector at breaking point, the time for action is NOW. #SaveEUSteel www.linkedin.com/posts/indust...

Europe Needs Active Demand Management, Not Business As Usual 🛑 As tariff wars and industrial crises mount, Europe must abandon austerity for investment-driven internal demand 📉👷🏽 @judekd.bsky.social @ibarthes.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/europe-needs...

How to combine #Decarbonisation, justice & #Competitiveness? With 👉 @tpellerincarlin.bsky.social S&D Group 👉L. Studničná @workers-eesc.bsky.social 👉 @judekd.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social 👉L. Voet @etuc-ces.bsky.social 👉A. Eggert @eurofer-eu.bsky.social 👉B. Vanhercke @etui.bsky.social

Moving to parallel sessions on EU #CleanIndustry First session on “Energy-Intensive Industries”, with: 🔸 @soerenborghardt.bsky.social @stiftung-klima.bsky.social 🔸Benjamin Denis @industrialleurope.bsky.social 🔸Kimmo Järvinen, SSAB 🔸Anaïs Laporte, Fourtold 🔸Stephan Thalhofer, FES Just Climate

Joint trade union statement following meeting with the Ambassador of Palestine to the EU news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1345

Auto è acciaio all’Europa serve un piano. Bisogna sostenere L’industria e i lavoratori Interview with @judekd.bsky.social

Standing together for equality – in a challenging context, with culture wars and attacks on rights, industriAll Europe’s equal opportunities working group came together to build on our Congress ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 @judekd.bsky.social

👷‍♀️👷 Workers at SAG Hidrolik in Hendek, Sakarya are fighting for ✊ union recognition and ⚖️ fair treatment, despite 🚫😡 intimidation. ❌ Dismissals & ⚠️ threats are attacks on 🧑‍⚖️ fundamental rights. We’ll fight 💪✊ until every worker is reinstated 🔄 and 🤝 collective bargaining begins 📢.

👷‍♀️👷 Workers at SAG Hidrolik in Hendek, Sakarya are fighting for ✊ union recognition and ⚖️ fair treatment, despite 🚫😡 intimidation. ❌ Dismissals & ⚠️ threats are attacks on 🧑‍⚖️ fundamental rights. We’ll continue to fight 💪✊ news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1343

Great panel at manifiesta exploring the links between deindustrialisation and the rise of the far right in europe! Thanks to our panelist’s for bringing such interesting perspectives. If there’s one common thread that was mentioned throughout the discussion it’s that we are always stronger united!

At the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry @judekd.bsky.social delivered a clear message: The automotive industry is facing a perfect storm. Production has dropped by 20% in just 4 years The future of 13 million workers & entire regions depends on bold, coordinated action ‼️

In a joint open letter ahead of today’s Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry, @igmetall.bsky.social & industriAll Europe call on the EU to act now to boost demand, secure supply chains, and protect 13 million automotive jobs news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1342

Our Youth Working Group agreed today to develop a new European Youth Strategy that will lay down the path for the next 4️⃣ yearmandate period, so that young unionists strengthen their voice in trade unions ✊🏼 @ibarthes.bsky.social @patricia-velicu.bsky.social

Our Youth Working Group is meeting online first time after our Congress in Budapest last June🤩 Great to see so much enthusiasm from our young members to improve working conditions for youth and to strengthen their voice in our movement ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 @ibarthes.bsky.social

Quality Jobs Act: Workers can't settle for half measures An @etuc-ces.bsky.social press release 🔗 news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1341 @ibarthes.bsky.social @judekd.bsky.social

Today in Valencia 🇪🇸 supporting our comrades at @ugtfica.bsky.social FICA and @ccoo.bsky.social who are on the streets united in the fight to reduce working time in Spain 🕰️

Dear @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, Industrial workers arent asking for charity we are demanding a seat at the table, a stake in the future, & respect for our role as the backbone of Europe’s economy and democracy. We will be watching & listening & won’t accept anything less. #SOTEU @judekd.bsky.social

Existential question raised by @industrialleurope.bsky.social about #steel & #steelworkers in their latest PR: is the EU determined to preserve its industrial backbone with the upcoming new trade measure promised in the #SMAP? It's time to deliver. For the steel industry & its workers, #SaveEUSteel

📅Ahead of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu #SOTEU address to the @europarl.europa.eu on 10 September, workers demand a new social contract putting them at the centre of Europe’s industrial transformation but will the @ec.europa.eu deliver❓ @judekd.bsky.social @ibarthes.bsky.social

❓Will the upcoming EU trade defence law throw Europe’s steel a lifeline❓ As the EU prepares legislation to save steel through stronger trade defence, trade unions urge immediate action to protect jobs and Europe’s industrial backbone. 🔗 industriall-europe.eu/Article/1338

Los días 9 y 10 de septiembre, Valencia acogerá un nuevo encuentro del proyecto europeo StitchTogether, una iniciativa promovida por la Comisión Europea y coordinada por EURATEX e @industrialleurope.bsky.social , con el apoyo del Consejo Intertextil Español edicionessibila.com/valencia-aco...

At the @europarl.europa.eu today with @greens-efa.eu and 2️⃣0️⃣➕ trade unionists discussing the current challenges and the future of the European automotive industry 🚗 🏭 @judekd.bsky.social @saramatthieu.bsky.social

Belgian cement manufacturer begins journey towards a #JustTransition Thanks to the proactive efforts of union representatives from @fgtb-cg.bsky.social and @lacsc.bsky.social Holcim in southern Belgium aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2029-2030. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1336

Fantastic visit to Groupe Comet today to see circular economy in action ♻️. It’s vital that we increase our collection and urban mining rates for industrial resilience & good jobs

⚠️In the last year Germany has lost 51.500 jobs in automotive & 114.000 jobs in industry overall.⚠️ Urgent and coordinated action is needed to support the automotive sector. Europe needs a bold industrial strategy that adresses the entire automotive supply chain www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/m...

UK's third-largest steelworks collapses into government control www.bbc.com/news/article...

What do unions think? Read about it here ⬇️ @judekd.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

European Trade Unions call for more decisive and principled action by the European Union on Gaza etuc.org/en/document/... @ibarthes.bsky.social @judekd.bsky.social

The EU-US trade deal averts a tariff war but comes at a high cost for jobs, industry & fair trade. Unions urge a strong political response, democratic scrutiny & investment in Europe’s industrial and tech sovereignty. news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1334 @judekd.bsky.social @ibarthes.bsky.social