You wouldn't expect it from the setting, but it was good news. #minimumwagedirective

Trade union members tend to have higher #trust in other people

Jep, Werkzaamheidsgraad hoger dan ooit. Maar zet geen zoden aan de dijk als je overal putten graaft

+1,5 miljoen werkenden tussen 1996 & 2023 Maar werkgeversbijdragen aan sociale zekerheid: 50% → <40% Gevolg: overheid vult het gat met hogere belastingen of schulden. Geen economische wet, maar politieke keuze. Tijd voor eerlijk debat: wie draagt bij, wie profiteert?

In Nederland is er discussie over de #buffelboete. Als Vlaming moet ik daarover hardop lachen

📚 Gratis boekvoorstelling! 19/11 in Gent – Mondige burger, stille werker? Met @standespiegelaere.bsky.social, @epo-uitgeverij.bsky.social & @denktankminerva.be 🐱 Democratisch? Dan mag je kat ook mee. 🔗 Inschrijven: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Interessant? Kom meer te weten op de boekvoorstelling van 'Mondige burger, stille werker?' op 19/11 in Gent. Schrijf je hier in👇 epo.be/events/mondi...

Zonder waardig werk geen democratie. Aristoteles wist het al. @standespiegelaere.bsky.social van @denktankminerva.be legt het uit in @demorgen.be. www.demorgen.be/meningen/via...

🎥Corporate Underminers of Democracy 2025 🗣️"Why are govts awarding contracts to a company like Amazon—one that bullies workers, ignores democratic norms, and flouts ethical standards? Unions worldwide are demanding better." Nick Rudikoff @uniglobalunion.org 📺 buff.ly/sCSacwB 📰 buff.ly/2dJKKWU

Draghi's on #competitiveness "We [EU] pursued a deliberate strategy of trying to lower wage costs relative to each other – and, combine this with a procyclical fiscal policy, the net effect was only to weaken our own domestic demand and undermine our social model" Let's not do that again

Are we living through crazy labour market times? No. First it was big data. Then digitalization. Now AI. This is my third season of the hit series: “Crazy times in the labour market ahead!” But this time it’s different, right? …Probably not. 🧵

How do managers perceive 'labour-employer' relations in different countries? @weforum.org data gives some insight.

Internationale dag van de democratie: "Het lot van de democratie ligt ook in handen van de personeelsdienst" @knack.be @epo-uitgeverij.bsky.social @denktankminerva.be

Meer weten over de cruciale link tussen de werkvloer en de politieke democratie? Schrijf je in voor de Boekvoorstelling van Mondige burger, stille werker? 👇 www.denktankminerva.be/activiteiten

Werknemers die democratische besluitvorming op het werk ervaren, zijn meer ook betrokken in de politieke democratie. @standespiegelaere.bsky.social over het 'democratisch dividend' van werknemersparticipatie (nav International Dag van de Democratie). www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

In welke termen moeten we dan het debat aangaan? Electorale?

Inspraak vragen, ontslag krijgen @nrc.nl #democratieophetwerk www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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

‘Op een dag vind je de job van je leven, maar je mag (of kan) niet weg' Een @knack.be stuk samen met @wzwysen.bsky.social voor @denktankminerva.be over concurrentie op de arbeidsmarkt. www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

Eddie Dempsey of the @rmtunion.bsky.social: “It’s the only thing I want the Labour Party to outsource! Let us deal with workers’ rights, let us deal with wages and rogue employers through sectoral collective bargaining and solidarity strike action" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/poli...

BREAKING: The European Parliament’s Employment Committee decided to maintain the Amazon lobby ban and reject a closed-door hearing with Amazon representatives. It also committed to holding another hearing and organise a visit to Amazon warehouses.

Vandaag een tip van de sluier voor @knack.be: "De Democratie redden begint op het werk" www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi... @denktankminerva.be

Vandaag een tip van de sluier voor @knack.be: "De Democratie redden begint op het werk" www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi... @denktankminerva.be

Vanaf November in uw boekenhandel "Mondige burger, stille werker? Waarom de redding van de democratie begint op het werk" Bij @epo-uitgeverij.bsky.social epo.be/shop/mondige...

EU contemplating a highway for low-road strategies to competitiveness. Innovation, right? @ecmemes.bsky.social

Best way to start an open discussion, according to @ec.europa.eu @ecmemes.bsky.social

Autocracy and Democracy Classic study on the influence of leadership on conversations of boys. Under democratic leadership, conversations during work were friendly and playful. Under autocratic leadership, they were dull and lifeless. Under laissez-faire aggressive and frustrated. 1/4

It's time to stop Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.

While Jeff Bezos held a lavish wedding in Venice, Amazon refused to send a high-level representative to testify in the European Parliament. This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions. We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.

Why the world needs industrial relations experts... www.mind.eu.com/rh/en/hr-pra...

Amazon did not show up to a European Parliament hearing on working conditions inside its warehouses.

Best way to start an open discussion, according to @ec.europa.eu @ecmemes.bsky.social

Summary of today @ European Parliament. Amazon refused, again, to attend a hearing about working conditions... @leilachaibi.bsky.social @liesbetsommen.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @mariaohisalo.vihreat.fi @liandersson.bsky.social @marcangel-mep.bsky.social @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social

🎥 now live: European Parliament hearing on working conditions at Amazon Amazon itself refused to send (sufficiently senior) to the hearing, again. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream... @uni-europa.bsky.social @left.eu @eppgroup.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @greens-efa.eu

Most important issues facing your country? Main concern of Europeans is rising prices and the economic situation. Note: when asked about the most important issues facing the EU, Ukraine is top of mind.

BREAKING: The EU Parliament is at odds with Amazon over who should represent the company at a hearing next week. We agree with the Parliament: Amazon workers' conditions are not decided in Luxembourg but at the top of Amazon's management structure.

Cleaners like Hayat have seen their working conditions erode over past decades. Employers haven't bid for public contracts because of lowest-price competition. MEPs in the Parliament's IMCO Committee, we all want stronger collective bargaining in public procurement rules – and we want it now.

📜New article published in European Journal of Industrial Relations on how policy can strengthen collective bargaining "While there is clearly no shortage of ideas, whether the directive will be a turning point will also depend on political will." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2D9C5...

“We deserve fair pay & good jobs.” Today, European unions representing 45 million workers launched a campaign in the Brussels metro, with essential workers calling on MEPs in the IMCO Committee to strengthen collective bargaining in the ongoing efforts to reform public procurement.

BREAKING: A strong reform of public procurement that links public contracts to collective bargaining could help cancel out Trump’s tariffs and boost growth. This comes as the EU Parliament's IMCO Committee drafts an own-initiative report on procurement reform.

📣 Podcast-suositus! Miksi EU:n nykyisiä julkisia hankintoja koskevia sääntöjä pitää uudistaa? Niklas Bruun (Hanken School of Economics) ja @standespiegelaere.bsky.social (UNI Europa) keskustelevat 🇪🇺:n hankintalainsäädännöstä @etui.bsky.social'n podcast-jaksossa. 🔘👇 www.etui.org/news/public-...

As the European Parliament’s IMCO Committee negotiates a report on reforming EU public procurement rules, data from companies shows that the biggest barrier in public tendering is not red tape, but the race to the bottom on price.

♀️✊🗳️ Do unions push women in politics? A new study by David Macdonald in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social suggests it does! 👇 1/3

Morgen Rerum Novarum Daarin stond: Let the working man and the employer make free agreements, and in particular let them agree freely as to the wages België kan er nog van leren @acvpuls.bsky.social @bewegingnet.bsky.social @avz-beweging.bsky.social @liesdewinter.bsky.social @hetacv.bsky.social

*Public procurement* EU parliament debates on public procurement focus on making it *easy* for companies to submit a bid. Is the answer less red tape? 1/4

📢 Call for expert(s) on collective bargaining ! Deadline approaching @uni-europa.bsky.social is searching an expert/experts for a research on challenges to collective bargaining in the services sectors. Find all details here: www.uni-europa.org/vacancies/ca...

The power of union(s): why there are so many strikes in Belgium. @brusselstimes.com @dominiquesoenens.bsky.social www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1591...

UNI Europa welcomes that all democratic parties in the European Parliament's Employment Committee (EMPL) approved an opinion to promote quality jobs and collective bargaining through public procurement.

On this day in 1941, workers in Belgium launched one of the first strikes in Nazi-ruled Europe—the so-called “Strike of the 100,000”. They fought against poverty wages—and showed the working class can resist occupation. @standespiegelaere.bsky.social & my 2024 piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social.