👏At last. Announced adjustments on US tariffs on steel &aluminum derivatives from EU are a first welcomed step, with many products hopefully returning to ‚normal‘ duty rates. Pressure from European Parliament paid off. But more needs to be done.The target remains the agreed 15%!

Commission’s ‘work from home’ call makes telework law urgent - @etuc-ces.bsky.social etuc.org/en/pressrele...

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Welcome to Workers and Machines - authoritative, accessible and actionable updates and insights on tech and AI for the British labour movement, allies and anyone interested. @tuc.org.uk www.tuc.org.uk/news/workers...

Europe needs to get back to America where it hurts: its capitalists. Threaten to stop paying for its arms, strangle its techs including a ban on its crap 'entertainment', nationalise its manufacturers. And, FFS, save Charles III from his dreadful trip www.ft.com/content/d304...

New @thefabians.bsky.social pamphlet is out - Pressing Reset: Our Future with the EU 🇬🇧🇪🇺 includes piece by @tuc.org.uk GS @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social with a number of suggestions for getting closer with the EU assets.nationbuilder.com/labourclp507...

Vale Belinda @brusselslabour.bsky.social

COREPER agrees texts of the agreement and decisions of signature and provisional application of the Agreement between the EU and the UK on Gibraltar. Following legal scrubbing the Agreement is expected to enter into provisional application on 15 July 2026 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Good to see the PM having 'open dialogue' with the leader of our largest union

EU's disgraceful inaction vis à vis Israel continues. We need qualified majority voting in foreign policy, asap.

[Despite all the bullshit from Farage, Tories and some employers] UK minimum wage rise has not led to economy-wide impact on jobs, analysis says. www.ft.com/content/6fcd...

The TUC and Hope Not Hate’s poll has found that the Employment Rights’ Act is ‘hugely popular’, including in Reform MPs’ constituencies

Joint Statement on Lebanon by the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union on Lebanon. Weak on Israel's aggression www.gov.uk/government/n...

Statement by @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social on the approval of the Death Penalty Bill by the Israeli Parliament. This is a clear violation of Art 2 of the Association Agreement which must now be suspended www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

So sorry to hear of the passing of Belinda Pyke, past Secretary of @brusselslabour.bsky.social . I first knew Belinda at the MNAOA (now @nautilusint.org ). She then followed Stanley Clinton Davis at @ec.europa.eu then Bruce Millan, Neil Kinnock and COM. A great comrade and European RIP

Veteran Hong Kong trade unionist Lee Cheuk-yan tells court that witnessing the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing was a defining moment, shaping what he described as “a lifelong commitment” to workers’ rights and democratic development @hklabourrights.bsky.social hklabourrights.org/news/hong-ko...

Hungary refuses to sign up to statement of EU and Ukrainian FMs commemorating the Bucha massacre www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/joint-s...

Poll for @tuc.org.uk shows RefUK “massively out of step” with British public, notably on workers rights in the constituencies they currently hold http www.tuc.org.uk/news/reforms...

This is absolutely spot on from Emily Thornberry 👏

Following the adoption by the Knesset of the racist law on capital punishment for Palestinians @ec.europa.eu and HMG must now invoke Art 2 of their Association Agreements with Israel and terminate it.

@etuc-ces.bsky.social reaction to Talent Pool platform adoption etuc.org/en/pressrele...

@etuc-ces.bsky.social warns that, without EU rules establishing clear responsibility across subcontracting chains and regulating labour intermediaries, the Talent Pool could inadvertently provide an EU-level gateway undermining fair competition and job quality. @ec.europa.eu etuc.org/en/pressrele...

UK government on verge of full nationalisation of British Steel. A boon for @communityunion.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/f885...

In Trump’s Era of Maximum Geopolitical Instability, does the UK Rejoining the EU Make Sense? asks @kirstyshughes.bsky.social . It does, but I wouldn't start from here, as the guy from Cork said

Eviva España

A Hormuz Initiative to Protect Global Food Security @crisisgroup.org and prominent individuals call for an initiative modelled on the 2022 Black Sea grain deal to ease the transit of food, fertiliser and related intermediate materials through the Strait of Hormuz www.crisisgroup.org/stm/global/i...

EU-UK negotiation tracker updated, with today's IEM annoucement tl;dr feel the speed PDF with clicky links: bit.ly/UshGraphic141 @davidheniguk.bsky.social @nvondarza.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social

EU-Israel Association Agreement (also UK post-Brexit) Article 2👇

Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Italy & UK express 'deep concern' at Israel's Death Penalty Bill which risks 'undermining Israel’s commitments with regards to democratic principles'. If adopted it would surely breach essential elements of EU & UK -Israel agreements www.gov.uk/government/n...

Useful list of explainers for current EU-UK agreements www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/...

@consilium.europa.eu authorises @ec.europa.eu to open negotiations with UK on participation in the EU’s internal electricity market and on UK financial contribution to EU cohesion policy (the hard one). Also agreed to allow UK participation in 2027 Erasmus+ www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

@consilium.europa.eu greenlights talent platform for non-EU jobseekers in sectors facing labour shortage www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Interesting @syndicalismehebdo.fr @cfdt.fr piece about how social dialogue is adapting to AI introduction at the workplace www.syndicalismehebdo.fr/article/quan...

Despite this 👇upbeat message from @wto.org DG, MC14 ends with no deal www.wto.org/english/news...

Despite agreements between ship owners and @itfglobalunion.bsky.social only about 40% of seafarers receive set protections and pay due to them in Gulf ships. www.ft.com/content/2dab...

Today, we’re showing up. For our neighbours. Our friends. Our family. And anyone who has been scapegoated by the far-right. Half a million strong. Together. This is just the beginning. #Together

This👇may be where the 4 years quote comes from in the EU-Australia FTA. As I had suggested it's about Mode 4

CPTPP-EU joint ministerial statement, on support for the rules-based trade and the multilateral trading system to ensure @wto.org is able to respond to current challenges. Yaoundé, 27 March 2026 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Police conclude investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election; find no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting. Don't expect any apologies from media who echoed Tory and Farage lies about this www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater...

Across Europe, workers and their trade unions are joining demonstrations in solidarity with the working people of the United States of America. We are taking a united stand for democracy and against the attack on working people’s rights. We will not back down ✊✊✊

A rank-and-file-led slate of candidates is challenging O’Brien’s MAGA-happy @teamsters.bsky.social leadership. @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social via @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/team...

Israel is preparing to implement laws concerning a racially biased death penalty - the EU now has no justification for failing to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement.

@ec.europa.eu welcomes historic agreement to reform EU Customs Union. A step forward for the EU, a step further away from the UK ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

I had wondered whether EU relations with CPTTP would be influenced by its FTA with Australia. This excellent piece by @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social gives some answers. He's not particularly excited (except perhaps for the opportunity to talk about ROO) mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/asymmetric...

Procurement announcement “important first step” in protecting British jobs and delivering wave of insourcing @tuc.org.uk . “government must bring our public services back in-house and all public contracts must ensure they are good union jobs" @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-pro...

@lange says the @europarl.europa.eu position 'rewrites' @ec.europa.eu proposal and foresees a constructive dialogue with @consilium.europa.eu

@bernd-lange.bsky.social Press conference on now multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

1/2✅👏Green light for strong negotiating mandate. #EP is weatherproofing EU-US deal against headwinds from US. We have clear safety measures in place for this. New threats of tariffs or lack of benefits for EU manufacturers&consumers will lead to the legislation being phased out

@europarl.europa.eu adopts @bernd-lange.bsky.social report on US deal as basis for negotiation with @consilium.europa.eu . Press conference at 13.00 CET www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

Interesting piece by former @ec.europa.eu Trade Director John Clarke who argues that it isn’t the @wto.org that needs reforming, but its members. True that the US has given China the high ground. But we have to start from where we are www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...