‼️"How weakening #duediligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for #workers", important @euobserver.com coverage of #Omnibus I with testimonies from @agathesmyth.bsky.social @aida.follows.technology & many more‼️ #DecentWorkfForAll #StopSocialDumping #Fairness #SocialEurope bsky.app/profile/euob...

🚨 Big news proving it is worth keeping fighting !! ✊️🥳 The next weeks will be decisive in ensuring that Europe's #sustainability agenda continues to protect the people, planet, and democracy rather than business interests !

#DemocracyAtWork: European Parliament greenlights European Works Councils revision ✅ It contains important measures to enforce workers’ voice within multinational companies. It ensures meaningful consultation, timely access to information, delivering concrete outcomes for a fair deal for workers.

✅The revision of the European Works Council (#EWC) Directive is adopted by the European Parliament ! This is a great step forward in strengthening #workers’ rights in multinational companies across Europe !

🛑All eyes on the vote at the European Parliament 👉https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/home.html

⚠️ New week, new challenge ! Let's stay mobilised to have the revision of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday 📢 Call on MEPs to vote in favour of greater legal certainty for all stakeholders @etf-europe.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social

🚨 ExxonMobil has been lobbying relentlessly to take down the EU’s CSDDD. Its playbook? - Lobbying - Funding think tanks - Media sponsorships ⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it. www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/

🗣️ “The law of the sea is clear: attacking or seizing non-violent, humanitarian vessels in international waters is illegal and unacceptable." ITF General Secretary, Stephen Cotton. We stand in unwavering solidarity with the the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Trade unions met with the Palestinian Ambassador to the EU and issued a joint call for peace, justice & respect for international law. Transport workers, especially in ports, play a key role in refusing arms shipments. Their voice must be amplified. 🔗 Statement: www.etf-europe.org/joint-trade-...

How does it come that in five months the adopted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence legislation is put again on the table and is emptied? Labour is not a commodity!

We are not tradable, workers rights are not commodities! Business must be accountable for the negative impact of their actions on workers, on society, on the environment.

There’s no shortage of workers. There’s a shortage of good jobs. If you're searching for summer readings, ETF invites you to read our analysis: “Labour Shortage – Quality Jobs and Strong Unions Are Crucial.” 📖 Read the full article here: www.etf-europe.org/labour-short...

EU-Mercosur trade deal: We've warned the @ec.europa.eu that its current proposals would fail to effectively sanction companies for even the gravest violations of workers’ rights.

📣 New policy brief just out 'How a 28th company law regime jeopardises workers’ rights' 🔗 etui.org/ZRY 🧵👇

It keeps coming on #deregulation ! This time with the 28th regime, which would allow some companies to opt out of national labour law!

That's it: the pandora box is opened ! As feared, the EP and Council positions are even worse than the EC #Omnibus proposal. What will in the end remain from these two so important and urgently needed legislations ? #CorporateSustainability #CSRD #CS3D #duediligence www.linkedin.com/posts/respon...

🔴 The EU’s human rights watchdog has today sounded the alarm over the European Commission’s deregulation agenda, warning it is putting at risk fundamental rights for which it is responsible for upholding 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

🔴 Workers’ rights in Europe are at their ‘worst level’ in at least a decade as a result of government crackdowns on the right to strike and union busting by employers, the annual Global Rights Index published today shows www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Dernier jour pour s’opposer à l’utilisation de ses données par Meta pour entraîner son IA : comment s’y prendre

Interesting news regarding the #Omnibus proposal on corporate #sustainability reporting and #duediligence: the European Ombudswoman opens an inquiry on the European Commission's failure to comply with its Better regulation guidelines! www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/opening-s...

After 8NGOs filed a complaint, the EU watchdog has decided to investigate the EU Commission over the flawed lawmaking process on the Omnibus Package. We are clear: it is not simplification, but full-scale deregulation designed to dismantle corporate accountability & abandon #GreenDeal commitments.

🔴 EU plans to limit what information member states can request from employers about cross-border workers risk making it easier for bosses to exploit workers www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

ETUC Welcomes Political Agreement on EWC Directive www.etuc.org/en/pressrele... Workers must have a real say when decisions affecting their jobs and lives are made at European level.

in fact: In 2020, the EU itself estimated implementation costs would be low, and average 0.009% of turnover. “It’s remarkable that they now reach the opposite conclusion based on the same facts, without offering any explanation why," prof Scott Markus said in the EP last week. More on that here:

How many more arguments do we need to save these crucial legislations from deregulation ? #Omnibus #sustainability #duediligence @ec.europa.eu

Nearly 100 economists from across Europe are pushing back against the commission’s plan to weaken its own recent rules on human rights and the environment in corporate supply chains.

🔴The ETUC strongly condemns plans to weaken workers’ rights contained in a leaked draft of the European Commission’s start-up strategy It attacks sectoral collective bargaining and would allow some companies to opt out of national labour law 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

🚨 #Democracy is under attack. Billionaires are rigging the system to serve their own interests—at the expense of workers, rights, and our planet. It's time to fight back. ✊ 📢 Join the global call to #StopTheBillionaireCoup

Delivery workers do not view themselves as a consolidated group, which limits their ability to express collective demands. Despite the challenges, a number of individual and collective initiatives have emerged in #Poland. 🖋️📸 By Hanna Jarzabek www.equaltimes.org/the-polish-d...

Even the Office of the UN High Commissioner for #Humanrights is concerned about parts of the #Omnibus proposal which are not in line with existing international standards.This means weakening protections for #workers and communities in Europe and beyond ! www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

Help us expose violence against women in transport To better understand the violent realities women transport workers face and to push for real change, the ETF Women’s Committee has launched a new survey. Fill it in! It’s quick and available in 9 languages: www.etf-europe.org/etf-launches...

Je viens de m'abonner et je vous conseille de le faire aussi car c'est un super média indépendant qui a besoin d'un coup de pouce pour pouvoir continuer à nous éclairer sur la #justice sociale, les #droits humains et le #climat ! 🗞️✊tinyurl.com/j3cf9dwy

There is indeed a certain irony to #China pushing ahead with its Chinese Sustainability Disclosure Standards #CSDS (that aligns with the EU’s CSRD standard, including double materiality), while the #EU currently debates scaling back the #CSRD to increase competitiveness! #Omnibus

The ETF, in coordination with the @etuc-ces.bsky.social, has been closely monitoring the US tariffs announced by President Trump. We anticipate serious repercussions for the transport sector, as international trade slows down, directly affecting freight transport - particularly maritime shipping.

The @europarl.europa.eu just hit pause on corporate accountability. We say: justice delayed, justice denied. #NoToOmnibus By delaying sustainability laws, the EU is giving polluters & exploiters more time to act w/impunity. Meanwhile, responsible businesses & affected communities are left in limbo

Amendments from MEPs on the #Omnibus package are out and some are even more worrying 👉https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/infos-details.html?id=1505&type=priorityInfo

MEPs must vote against postponing rules that would hold corporations to account for #HumanRights abuses in their supply chains. 🕛 It is time for all pro-European forces to unite in defence and promotion of the values that define the European Union. ➡️ www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

🚨 The EP just decided to treat #Omnibus "stop-the-clock" proposal as urgent ⏳ Final vote set for April 3. Then EP & EU states will negotiate final text 📢 Why it matters? The Commission’s troubling Omnibus proposal risks undermining key #GreenDeal laws before they’ve even been tested 🔎 CRI's take👇

And another argument against #deregulation: financial supervisors warns from financial crash !

And to connect with key trade unions and activists in the #transport sector 👇

This is great ! Thanks @effat.org for this ! ✊️ @etf-europe.bsky.social

28 of the 44 companies consulted by the European Commission on the #Omnibus package have faced accusations ranging from rape, murder and torture along their supply chains to union busting and denying workers bathroom breaks. No wondering we end up with such a disastrous proposal ! #CSRD #CSDDD

🚨Most firms advising the EU on its Omnibus sustainability reforms have been accused of supply chain abuses themselves www.equaltimes.org/most-firms-a...

🚨 Solidarity with Austrian food delivery riders! ETF stands with Vida union and the 1,000+ workers impacted by Lieferando Austria’s closure. Platform giants must stop dodging their employer duties. Austria must enforce the Platform Work Directive! #PlatformWork www.etf-europe.org/etf-statemen...

Despite the bad news around the #Omnibus package, it is satisfying to see the number of #CSRD reports from the Wave 1 going up everyday ! They are long and not always complete, but still very useful !

So worrying for the upcoming process: while the European Commission is at least trying to pretend that it is changing EU green laws to make them simpler, not to axe them, national leaders have embraced the term #deregulation ! But it has the merit at least to be clear ! #Omnibus

📢 ETF Opposes EU Deregulation! We’ve joined over *360 organisations* against the Omnibus proposal, which threatens workers' rights and corporate accountability. We demand stronger protections — not weaker standards. Read the full statement 👇

Omnibus is not about making business life simpler. Removing liability from due diligence rules does nothing to help businesses, but everything to obstruct justice, complicate things for victims of forced labor, and make a mockery of EU law, says @larawolters.bsky.social

We really hope that once the European Parliament adopts its mandate for negotiation, that it will be more reasonable than the @ec.europa.eu which followed a very undemocratic and dangerous path ! #Omnibus

Yes, sometimes it is necessary to remind the obvious !