Les #syndicats belges face à un tournant : innover pour rester proches des travailleurs via @lesoir.be www.lesoir.be/713721/artic...

Amazon workers in over 30 countries are striking this 'Black Friday' weekend, demanding fair wages, union rights, and environmental accountability. The "Make Amazon Pay" campaign marks its sixth year of turning the retail giant's busiest sales period into a global day of protest.

Chapter by Anke Hassel in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector' Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

"Amazon’s business model is pushing workers, and the societies they live in, to a breaking point." Writing in The Wire, Christy Hoffman explains why workers and citizens across more than 30 countries will be taking to the streets to #MakeAmazonPay.

Eén ding is al zeker: 2025 wordt een historisch stakingsjaar. In die zin is het sociaal protest tegen de plannen van De Wever vergelijkbaar met het protest tegen het Globaal Plan (1993) van Dehaene I @vakbondabvv.bsky.social @hetacv.bsky.social @aclvb.bsky.social

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📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe' takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration, uncovering a need for sustained investment in unions’ internal capacity to collaborate, adapt and learn 🔗 etui.org/Z9S

📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices 🔗 etui.org/Z9M

At this vital debate about the future of trade unionism, a joint event from the ETUI and CRIMT, two important multi-author studies on union renewal will be launched 👇

How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓ 📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y

'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe' Download a copy of the new book🔗 etui.org/Z9S 📆 Don't miss the launch on 4 December, where you can hear Katarzyna Rakowska, University of Warsaw, speak about her Poland case study. Register for the event 👉 etui.org/Z9T

🪧 Sociaal overleg: richting noorden of zuiden? Opiniemakers willen richting een noord-europees sociaal overleg model én stellen voor om de macht van de vakbond aan te pakken Dat duwt het Belgische model richting het zuiden, niet het noorden. Kom dan niet klagen over een staking! 🤷‍♀️

Bart De Wever en passe de battre un record

Belgian unions are escalating to a historic three-day general strike in a final showdown with the right-wing government, aiming to stop the most significant rollback of the country's strong welfare state and workers' rights since the post-war era.

Rapporté à mille travailleurs, cela fait 185 jours de grève sur les six premiers mois de l’année. «Le gouvernement De Wever semble bien parti pour battre le record de grèves du gouvernement Dehaene Ier (1992-1995)» www.lesoir.be/713218/artic...

De regering schrapt de tijdelijke RSZ-korting op arbeidsduurvermindering. Minder werken is nochtans geen geitenwollensokkendroom, schrijft Lieveke Norga, je vermijdt ermee dat nog meer mensen langdurig ziek worden. In plaats van te investeren wordt gekozen voor besparen op wie en wat werkt.

Aantal stakingsdagen in 2025 stijgt naar recordhoogte: gaat regering-De Wever het record van Dehaene breken? www.nieuwsblad.be/binnenland/a...

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Toevallig of niet, maar vandaag zijn de cijfers voor het aantal #stakingsdagen in het eerste semester van 2025 bekendgemaakt: 792.847 of voorlopig 185 stakingsdagen per 1.000 werknemers. De regering-De Wever lijkt daarmee op weg om het stakingsrecord van de regering-Dehaene I te breken.

Straf dat gn enkele "expert" zich afvraagt hoe dit gedrocht in praktijk kan werken. BE indexsysteem is NIET UNIFORM: - 100k'en werknemers krijgen maandelijks/6mnd een stukje index - of gebruiken een andere spilindex (moment indexatie kan in '27 liggen en niet in '26)... www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

Een ellendige novemberavond, met een motregen die de dappersten van de straat veegt.

‘Te radicaal’ en met een ‘te hoge kostprijs voor de economie’, klagen werkgevers en rechtse politici. Maar het stakingsrecht is noodzakelijk voor een democratie, legt Patrick Humblet, emeritus-hoogleraar arbeidsrecht aan de UGent, uit. Hij noemt de ijver van partijen om het in te perken zorgwekkend.

In het spoor van de vakbonden: 'Het is nooit een perfect moment om te staken, maar het is nodig' www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

In het spoor van de vakbonden: 'Het is nooit een perfect moment om te staken, maar het is nodig'

In het spoor van de vakbonden: 'Het is nooit een perfect moment om te staken, maar het is nodig' www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

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Register for the conference here 🔗 etui.org/Z9T 📕 Also to be launched at the same event will be the recent book 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe' 🔗 etui.org/Z9S

📆 Don't miss the official Brussels launch of the book 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' on 4 December 📗 This book sets out a novel approach centred on experimentation in response to the major disruptions faced by trade unions across the globe 🔗 etui.org/Z98

📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe' takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration, uncovering a need for sustained investment in unions’ internal capacity to collaborate, adapt and learn 🔗 etui.org/Z9S

📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices 🔗 etui.org/Z9M

At this vital debate about the future of trade unionism, a joint event from the ETUI and CRIMT, two important multi-author studies on union renewal will be launched 👇

How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓ 📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y

Chapter by Nastazja Potocka-Sionek and Antonio Aloisi in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector' Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

Join us to hear from practitioners/academics discussing experimentation and innovation in unions, with insights from ETUC, European federations and national unions, covering cases from Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA

📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices 🔗 etui.org/Z9M

📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe' takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration, uncovering a need for sustained investment in unions’ internal capacity to collaborate, adapt and learn 🔗 etui.org/Z9S

Register here for the conference 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y

How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓ 📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y

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."

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📆 And don't miss the launch on 4 December, where you can hear Monika Martiskova, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), co-author of this chapter with Adam Šumichrast, speak about the findings from their Czechia case study, amongst many of the book's other contributors 🔗 etui.org/Z9T

📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from diverse sectors Register here for this vital debate about the future of trade unionism 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y

Please join us for an exchange on current approaches to trade union renewal and innovation

📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe', edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @biancalunafabris.bsky.social, takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration 🔗 etui.org/Z9S

📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons', edited by Mélanie Laroche and Gregor Murray, examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices 🔗 etui.org/Z9M

Premier De Wever wil alle lonen op één vast moment indexeren. Maar hoe slim is zo’n harmonisering eigenlijk? Lees hier de volledige opinie van Matthias Somers (Denktank Minerva): lnkd.in/eP37zG47

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Interprétation en français sera disponible! 🗣️

How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓ This upcoming joint event from the ETUI and @crimt.bsky.social will see the launch of two important multi-author studies on union renewal and the strategic experimentation it takes to truly revitalise ✊ 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y

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