Today is the #InternationalDayofCareandSupport💜 As we celebrate the essential contribution of care and domestic workers, their work still remains undervalued, underpaid, and too often unprotected. Let’s build a Europe where they are valued, formalised and respected.

Major victory for workers’ rights across Europe: the EU formally adopted the revision of the European Works Councils Directive. Strengthens workers’ representation in multinational companies & ensures enforceable rights to information and consultation on decisions that affect jobs & conditions.

The services economy makes up 60-70 per cent of GDP across the European Union — and it employs the majority of European workers. But if the EU Single Market doesn't deliver good services jobs, they will lose confidence in the European project.

Public procurement, the EU Delivery Act, the 28th regime and audiovisual media: UNI Europa's full statement on the European Commission's work programme for next year.

From 5 to 10 October, the UNI Europa Summer School brought together young workers from across sectors to explore what it means to lead with the values that define the European trade union movement — international solidarity, equality and inclusion.

The @ec.europa.eu and Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné have got mail✉️! As they start working on a legislative proposal for reformed EU procurement rules, the UNI Europa leadership sent them postcards with a simple message: No public contract without collective agreement.

This European Week for #EUhealthyworkplaces, UNI Europa renews its call for a gender-sensitive EU Directive on psycho-social risks with the full involvement of trade unions in the conception and implementation of measures.

Today, UNI Europa Professionals & Managers kicks off its three-day Conference in Venice, Italy. @estherlynch.bsky.social from @etuc-ces.bsky.social noted that they “are under much more pressure than in the past. Today, a university degree no longer guarantees a stable future.”

In a united front, over 10,000 care workers in Italy will take to the streets against the decision of the employer ANASTE to renew the national agreement with worse conditions.

This week, a historic 140,000 workers from across all of Belgium protested the government's cuts to pensions, salaries and the welfare state.

INCREDIBLE STRIKE 📷 UNI Europa joined 140,000 workers from across all of Belgium in protest of the Belgian government's austerity agenda today. This was one of the biggest strikes in the country in the last 25 years. We stand with workers and their unions in Belgium.

Confidential, anonymous interviews with Ukrainian teens reveal a “wild East” in the Polish labour market. We work towards ensuring they know the rights and protections offered to them by Polish labour law.

💜 Congratulations to @seiu.org home care workers in Michigan! Nearly 32,000 home care workers have unionized with SEIU Healthcare, demanding fair pay & dignity for all care work. A historic step forward for care workers everywhere! #UnionStrong

WIN🇪🇺: The European Parliament greenlights the European Works Councils revision, backing measures to enforce workers’ voice within multinational companies.

📣 @cwaunion.bsky.social is calling on customers to drop T-Mobile USA by 15 November because of: 🚫Union busting 🛰️Partnering with right-wing billionaire Elon Musk 📉Supporting regressive Trump administration policies ⚠️Take action!👇 actionnetwork.org/forms/pledge...

Democracy is under attack — not just from authoritarian leaders, but from corporate giants like #Amazon & #Meta. They bankroll far-right networks, profit from war & silence unions. This #WDDW25, workers are saying: enough. ✊ Defend democracy. Demand decent work. uniglobalunion.org/news/wddw25-...

A new UNI Europa report published today, on World Day for Decent Work, reveals that millions of workers across Europe’s service sectors face mounting risks from unfair and unsustainable working time arrangements. Read the whole report below to understand how unions and legislators can fight back.

Europe moves forward and delivers positive outcomes for all actors of the economy. We call on all Members of European Parliament to vote for the revision of the European Works Councils (EWC) Directive this week.

Solidarity with Sumud! The captured crew members must be released and their mission - bringing lifesaving aid - must be fulfilled. uniglobalunion.org/news/uni-sta...

Two weeks ago, French workers mobilised en masse to the streets against the government's austerity budget. Today, they are back with a large-scale strike, with demonstrations planned in over 250 locations. We stand in solidarity for social justice.

30,000 cleaners in Ireland win major pay increases. The agreement negotiated by their union @siptu.bsky.social is an important boost in purchasing power for essential workers in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.

Corporations are ramping up bossware with AI to squeeze workers across our economy. But workers are fighting back - winning. @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/09/unio...

One year after India's Human Rights Commission called for an inquiry into Amazon warehouse conditions, the latest findings suggest little has changed for staff at the e-commerce giant's facilities. #MakeAmazonPay

"Workers must now mobilize for their demands to be heard.” True now in France. True everywhere, always. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As conflicts wage across the globe, postal workers around the world are demanding their lives, rights and services are protected as they carry out their vital duties.

“We express our strongest condemnation of the recent additional large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip.” Together with the other European trade unions, we publish statement following meeting with the Ambassador of Palestine to the EU. Read it here: www.uni-europa.org/news/joint-e...

📢 New from ITUC: Corporate Underminers of Democracy 2025 #Amazon isn’t just delivering parcels — it’s delivering weapons, union-busting, and mass surveillance. 💥 AI for war 💥 Lobbying against workers' rights 💥 Dodging taxes and accountability 📎 Full report: buff.ly/xlWRV3y #ForDemocracy

"Gloves on 🧤 How new protections for hairdressers help shine a light on the importance of increased trade union participation in standard-setting" @etuc-ces.bsky.social @uni-europa.bsky.social Full article 👉 shorturl.at/bHJB6

BREAKING: Tomorrow, TikTok workers in Germany will launch a four-day strike. They are escalating their action in response to the social media company’s refusal to engage in collective bargaining, which it has been blocking since July this year.

Von der Leyen failed to mention how the cost-of-living affects workers in private services, the backbone of our economy representing two-thirds of European employment. The answer is raising wages through collective bargaining. Public procurement reform is the means to achieve that objective.

In her #SOTEU speech, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu again stressed the need for a so-called “28th regime” for innovative companies. But a new @etui.bsky.social analysis confirms what we have been saying all along: the proposal is unnecessary and harmful.

NEW🇵🇸: As the UN General Assembly is set to begin in New York, UNI and other global unions call on all countries to recognise the State of Palestine.

BREAKING🇪🇺: After the European Parliament adopted a report on public procurement today, we call on the Commission to ensure that public money is only given to companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements.

🚨 Amazon just axed 150+ union drivers in New York months after it was caught union-busting in California. 😡Different state, same union-busting playbook. ✊Standing strong with @teamsters.bsky.social. #MakeAmazonPay

UNI Finance expresses deep concern about the current direction of the European banking sector and its regulatory framework. The future of Europe’s banking system cannot be guided solely by market logic or national political agendas.

🇲🇽Historic ruling: #USMCA recognises labour rights violations at Atento Mexico uniglobalunion.org/news/histori... @aflcio.org

The Dutch government is criminalising migrant workers. Those who are cleaning homes, caring for children & the elderly. UNI Europa stands with the household and cleaning workers protesting in The Hague this Saturday. Don't criminalise, regularise.

For decades, unions have negotiated protections in response to digitalisation — from early software systems to algorithmic management. AI is simply the next chapter in this ongoing story of workers and their unions shaping technology.

✊ Solidarity with the Amazon workers striking in Bad Hersfeld! A 2% raise—about €30/month—doesn’t cover rising costs, while automation piles on more pressure. Workers deserve fair pay, dignity, and binding contracts. #MakeAmazonPay

NEW: @tuc.org.uk sets out the building blocks for a pro-worker AI innovation strategy for the UK. The strategy also draws from our work, in particular our comprehensive sectoral AI agreement in the banking sector, the first such agreement in the EU.

For decades, unions have negotiated protections in response to digitalisation — from early software systems to algorithmic management. AI is simply the next chapter in this ongoing story of workers and their unions shaping technology.

Gaza: "Too many journalists have been killed while being on their job, while reporting about the facts that are happening, while telling the truth." @teajarc.bsky.social brings the ETUC's solidarity today @efjeurope.bsky.social action & with every journalist risking their life reporting from Gaza.

TikTok to lay off hundreds of UK moderators despite Online Safety Act on.ft.com/47b5Qbe

#TikTok plans on laying off 150 content moderators, and now it's trying to intimidate their supporters. Workers’ rights are not optional - #TikTok should stop its bad behaviour and start negotiating with @verdi-medien.bsky.social now! ✊ uniglobalunion.org/news/tiktok-...

“The EU's AI plan fails to mention a central pillar of the European economic model: social dialogue between workers and employers to regulate AI the European way.” UNI Europa's Oliver Roethig writes for @fesonline.bsky.social's IPS Journal about the power of collective bargaining to regulate AI.

#Concentrix fired 2 call centre reps after they told @bloomberg.com about AI’s dehumanizing impact on their jobs. US law protects workers’ right to speak about working conditions. Now @cwaunion.bsky.social has filed federal charges to defend their rights. uniglobalunion.org/news/concent...

“The EU's AI plan fails to mention a central pillar of the European economic model: social dialogue between workers and employers to regulate AI the European way.” UNI Europa's Oliver Roethig writes for @fesonline.bsky.social's IPS Journal about the power of collective bargaining to regulate AI.

BREAKING: European unions representing 45 million workers across Europe just sent a letter to EU High Representative Kaja Kallas demanding decisive and principled EU action on Gaza.

Workers must play a central role in deciding how #AI transforms our jobs. "Legislation alone cannot keep pace with AI’s rapid evolution. That’s where collective bargaining must step in," said @uni-europa.bsky.social's Oliver Roethig. www.ips-journal.eu/work-and-dig...

Today, an international delegation of union representatives from Türkiye, Canada and other countries calls for an urgent, global dialogue with TELUS, the major Canadian multinational telecommunications and business services company.