We kiezen er beter voor om ziekenfondsen verder te moderniseren en verder te controleren, maar vooral om ze te behouden www.demorgen.be/meningen/duu...

Comment #Tesla court-circuite les syndicats européens www.alternatives-economiques.fr/comment-tesl...

Laat ons benoemen waarover de aanhoudende aanvallen van de N-VA op ziekenfondsen en vakbonden werkelijk gaan: de plaats van solidariteit in onze democratie. (www.sampol.be/2026/05/de-l...)

just in time for May Day, my column on what general strikes are, and what they are not, and why it matters to think in terms of power, risk, and strategy. progressive.org/magazine/str...

When did capitalism start? And is there an end to it? Can it be reshaped into a more ecologically sound and humane system, a ‘green capitalism’? These questions will be the focus of this conference on global capitalism, organised by the Posthumus Institute. Register now! 🔗 posthumusconference.org

A major strike at Deutsche Telekom is sweeping across Germany. In the last two days, 7,500 workers took industrial action a 6.6 per cent pay rise. Today the strike is moving from north to south. We stand in solidarity with the workers and their union @social.verdi.de.

Why do some union innovations spark transformation while others remain isolated? This study of innovation diffusion across 12 European cases is now in print in the European Journal of Industrial Relations (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0959... Cc: @etui.bsky.social

Why do some union innovations spark transformation while others remain isolated? This study of innovation diffusion across 12 European cases is now in print in the European Journal of Industrial Relations (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0959... Cc: @etui.bsky.social

How does #Tesla’s anti-union playbook really work ❓ 💻 Last week's webinar dived into the recent ETUI report 'Tesla versus national models: union organising and union busting in Sweden, Germany and the United States' 🧵👇

New #bookreview of Trade Unions in the European Union by Jeremy Waddington, Torsten Müller, Kurt Vandaele doi.org/10.1177/0022... Reviewed by Paul Dillon (University of Limerick) #openaccessbook www.facebook.com/etuibrussels/ www.linkedin.com/company/euro...

Unprecedented: Amazon spent $26+ million on anti-union consultants in 2025. This expenditure marks a new record, surpassing the company’s previous high, and is believed to be the largest such amount spent by a US employer on anti-union consultants in a single year. [source: US Department of Labor]

🚘 Tesla vs. Europe’s social model? Tesla is often cited as an industrial success of the green transition - but its anti-union model raises serious concerns 🔗 etui.org/4ik 🧵 👇

"Achiel Van Acker (...) draait zich om in zijn graf." www.demorgen.be/meningen/voo...

New 1926 General Strike map online! Using early 20th century Ordnance Survey maps, the online resource shows strike events (through archive sources) in their contemporary landscape. Explore the map, digitised sources and more at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

📣 New #book launch 🏭️ What makes a good job in times of rapid change? 'Job Quality in a Turbulent Era' explores how #digitalisation, #AI, and the #GreenTransition are reshaping #JobQuality. 📖 Read, download, and share (open access) on Elgar Publishing: buff.ly/7fHezor

Strike stats out yesterday showing dramatic fall in strike levels for Jan 26 (compared to Nov & Dec 25) so much more like most of 2024 and 2025: 31,000 days not worked in 62 strikes by 6,000 workers.

As of this morning, nearly 4,000 workers are on strike at one of the largest beef plants in the US. Biggest meatpacking strike in decades.

49 miljard euro begrotingstekort. De laatste vooruitzichten van het Planbureau zijn duidelijk: het Belgische begrotingstekort loopt op van 4,4% bij het aantreden van de regering-De Wever tot liefst 6,3% - of bijna 49 miljard euro. Een regering die de begroting op orde zet?

✊ Tomorrow, workers and their trade unions in Belgium take to the streets for what is set to be a historic mobilisation. The ETUC stands in full solidarity in mobilising for fair pensions, secure jobs, and strong public services.

'Over welvaart’ van Bart De Wever is geen open intellectueel essay, maar moet de systemische ingreep van Arizona legitimeren. Marc Reynebeau, redacteur bij De Standaard lees het volledige artikel op:

Het huidig conflict tussen ABVV en Vooruit over de pensioenen is geen misverstand, maar een fundamenteel en historisch meningsverschil. Lees de analyse van Jef Maes hier 👇 (www.sampol.be/2026/03/soci...)

Jordy lost het wel op! ‘Arizona is geen rechtse regering zoals de andere’ www.knack.be/nieuws/arizo...

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts, see socialistproject.ca/2026/03/spai...

Modeling the Impact of Sectoral Bargaining for U.S. Workers www.americanprogress.org/article/mode...

Decennialang was België de uitzondering op de dalende syndicalisatiegraad, maar nu niet meer. Welke innovaties kunnen vakbonden uit de neerwaartse spiraal trekken? (www.sampol.be/2025/12/hoe-...)

Grèves et conflictualité sociale en 2024 www.crisp.be/librairie/ca...

New York City nurses get a deal, end strike, ratify contract. “The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdouts in the 41-day labor action overwhelmingly voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work, officials said." abcnews.com/US/largest-n...

De prehistorische loonhandicap is irrelevant voor de economie van vandaag. www.demorgen.be/meningen/abv...

The Institute for Protest and Social Movement Research warmly invites submissions for its colloquium series “Politics from Below”! 📩 If you are interested, please send a short description of your contribution to [email protected] by 18 March 2026.

Van wie is de uitspraak “Sommige ouders geven het kindergeld uit aan drank en gokmachines”? A. De Wever. B. Bouchez. C. Rousseau. Twijfel? Snap ik, want er is geen enkel verschil meer tussen N-VA, MR of Vooruit in de manier waarop over kwetsbare mensen wordt gepraat. www.demorgen.be/meningen/in-...

US: Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025 www.epi.org/publication/...

📣 The Labor Action Tracker 2025 Annual Report is officially here, courtesy of ILRLaborAction, CornellILR, and LER_Illinois! Check out the link below for the full report, or take a look at the overview in the following thread! www.ilr.cornell.edu/faculty-and-...

Socialist Co-Ops Against Silicon Valley Empires jacobin.com/2026/02/soci... via @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social

New article: Diffusing innovations for revitalisation: Conditions and mechanisms across western European and CEE trade unions

" waar Vooruit in 2019 slechts 10,4% van de arbeidersklasse kan bekoren, scoort PS – dat het klassenbewustzijn nog regelmatig aanwakkert – in Franstalig België er nog steeds 48,3%." via @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social www.sampol.be/2026/02/waar...

📘 New publication on SAGE In a new article published in the European Journal of Industrial Relations, @kurtvandaele.bsky.social uses the country chapters from the ETUI book 'When trade unions learn to innovate' as cases for QCA, interpreting the results through a critical realist approach.

👉 Read the article: buff.ly/UzncXN9 📖 Explore the ETUI book for detailed case studies: etui.org/4Jk

New article: Diffusing innovations for revitalisation: Conditions and mechanisms across western European and CEE trade unions

📣Hello Bluesky! 👋 Me (Holly Smith, new Social Media Editor), @ryanlamare.bsky.social (Editor-In-Chief), & the rest of the #BJIR board are delighted to launch our new socials today! Join us here for all things #industrialrelations - related (is that a hashtag?)

'The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics' is published. Five parts, 41 chapters. Congratulations to the editors: Min Reuchamps Marleen Brans Petra Meier Emilie van Haute. Chapter 20 in Part III is on 'Trade Unions in Belgium’, written with Jean Faniel ToC here: lnkd.in/eA2RvtmU

I'm happy to share this article, which is now out in open access in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, and seeks to contribute to the debate on neoliberalisation & europeanisation of industrial relations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Als het management mag beslissen welke actie redelijk is, dan kan het elke #staking verbieden www.standaard.be/opinies/als-... via @standaard.be

NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out! 1/

❗#JobAlert: upcoming deadline The ETUI is looking for a Database Administrator to play a central role in managing the Institute’s #data-related activities. Don't miss the opportunity to be part of a dynamic research environment! 🔗 Apply by 31 January: etui.org/4Z5 @andrewwatteu.bsky.social

Jef Maes heeft overschot van gelijk. "Heel het sociale discours van De Gucht klinkt origineel en (..) eenvoudig. Maar de facto is het niets anders dan (..) de liberale recepten van de negentiende eeuw, waarbij de overheid niets mocht doen op sociaal vlak." www.demorgen.be/meningen/ter...

BREAKING: Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals after weekend negotiations over contract disputes fail.

Contrary to death-of-class perspectives, class identities are as relevant socially today as they were 50-70 years ago.

Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...

Congratulations to the editors. Chapter 35 in Section Six is on the ‘Unionisation of Digital Labour’