The new Eurobarometer survey shows that Europeans care mostly about socio-economic issues, but don't believe the EU can address their concerns. The reform of EU public procurement rules is an opportunity to change that. Full story: www.uni-europa.org/news/eu-proc...

Solidarity with AFP journalists in Istanbul set to strike on Monday!

On Monday, journalists at the AFP offices in Istanbul, Türkiye, will strike for a pay rise as wages haven’t kept up with Türkiye’s double-digit inflation rate. The journalists and their union @tgs.org.tr are demanding a real wage increase as inflation has reached at least 32.6 per cent.

To Stéphane Séjourné and Europe's political leaders: we want every worker to be covered by a collective agreement. That's why essential workers – cleaners, security guards, food service workers – took to the streets in Paris and Dublin yesterday.

In Paris today, hundreds of cleaners, security guards and food service workers sent a message to Stéphane Séjourné and Europe's leaders: every worker should be covered by collective agreement that guarantees decent pay and conditions. No public contract without collective agreement.

A l'appel de la fédération syndicale européenne du secteur des Services, des salariés du nettoyage, de la sécurité privée et de la restauration collective sont rassemblés devant le ministère des Finances pour un encadrement des marchés publics dans l'Union Européenne @uni-europa.bsky.social

Marchés publics : les syndicats veulent en finir avec le far west européen ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/xhP

Workers in the cleaning, security and catering sectors will hold a rally in Dublin to demand better working conditions and wages to mark the first day of Ireland's EU Presidency.

Happening today: twin rallies to fix the EU's public procurement rules. Public contracts with private companies must no longer drive a race to the bottom for working. Instead, they must strengthen collective bargaining so that they drive quality services, quality good and quality jobs.

Today, 1000's of workers in Paris & Dublin will demand that billions of euros in public spending support good jobs & collective bargaining. EU public procurement rules are up for revision - we want public funds to go to companies offering fair working conditions, not a race to the bottom on price.

Union leaders from Iceland to Belgium express their support for our twin protests in Paris and Dublin today.

Tomorrow, 1,000+ essential workers will rally simultaneously in Paris and Dublin to demand pro-worker procurement reform. They demand genuine collective bargaining as the EU overhauls the public procurement rules governing €2,000 billion in spending across Europe.

BREAKING: On 1 July, cleaners and security guards will hold a rally for pro-worker procurement rules in Dublin organised by UNI Europa & @siptu.bsky.social. The same day, Ireland will take over the Presidency of the EU Council. A simultaneous rally will take place in Paris.

📣J-2 avant la grande mobilisation des salariés de la sous-traitance (nettoyage, sécurité privée, restauration collective) avec le Syndicat européen des travailleurs des services @uni-europa.bsky.social 📍RDV mercredi 1er juillet à 13h devant le ministère des Finances services.cfdt.fr/sinformer/no...

¡No pasarán! One week ago, our Regional Secretary Oliver Roethig spoke in front of 10,000 workers in the Spanish capital Madrid about a different Europe. A Europe where every worker is protected by a collective agreement. And a Europe where we stand together against the far right.

Pendant que nous écoutons attentivement l’intervention de Luc Triangle, Secrétaire général de la Confédération syndicale internationale (CSI) au #CongrèsCFDT, nous accueillons aussi dans les locaux de la CFDT Services à Paris un rassemblement organisé avec @uni-europa.bsky.social ✊✊🏾

This morning, UNI Europa has kicked off its regional conference of the property services sector with 50 delegates from dozens of European countries at the CFDT Services HQ in Paris, France. We will discuss the most pressing challenges facing cleaners and security guards.

et rappellent le grand rassemblement organisé avec @uni-europa.bsky.social le 01/07 à #Paris devant le ministère de l’Economie et des Finances pour les salariés du nettoyage, de la sécurité et de la restauration collective soumis à l’inconnue et souvent aux conséquences des passations de marchés.

Artificial Intelligence won't benefit companies or society if workers don't have a say in how it is used in their workplace. That's why social dialogue is so important.

¡No pasarán! More than 10,000 workers from 30 unions across dozens of European countries rallied today in Madrid for a different Europe as EU leaders met to talk about competitiveness and deregulation.

This morning, Romanian finance, commerce and IT workers braced the rainy weather for a powerful protest at the Bucharest Conference of the European Labour Conference, where they met with @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social. The workers are fighting for meaningful sectoral bargaining in Romania.

🇮🇳 In India two Amazon workers died trapped inside a warehouse with no emergency exit. A trillion-dollar company can afford safety. Workers don’t need condolences. They need power. Time to bargain. @thewire.in #MakeAmazonPay

A first major victory for @uni-europa.bsky.social's Save Our Post campaign. Thanks to the thousands who signed the petition and supported postal workers across Europe, plans that could have led to the full deregulation of postal services have been pushed back.

Next Monday, UNI Europa will host an event on franchising in the European Parliament with the support of @botengam.bsky.social to Europeanise the public debate on the impact of franchising on workers, communities and Europe’s service economy. Join us: www.uni-europa.org/towards-resp...

RIGHT NOW: Bank workers are picketing at the BRD Romania headquarters in Bucharest. Their collective agreement is expiring today — and the offer on the table is unacceptable. UNI Europa's Management Committee stands in solidarity with the workers and Sindicatul IMPACT.

“I am usually the youngest person in my workplace.” Earlier this year, dozens of young trade unionist from the finance sector gathered in Amsterdam to exchange about their role in the union, discuss their issues – like rising house prices or AI – and built lasting connections for the future.

UNI stands in full solidarity with the members of @unitetheunion.bsky.social taking strike action every Monday at the Amcor plant in Cramlington, United Kingdom. The cost of living is rising every day. So should their wages.

Ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia on 17 May, we share the testimony of Rodrigo Rodriguez, a logistics worker at IKEA organised with Dutch union @fnv.bsky.social. We keep fighting for a safe and inclusive workplace for all workers.

We were at least 75,000 on the streets of Brussels today: unions, women's organisations, citizens movements, students, schoolchildren. The whole of society was present to defend pensions, purchasing power and a vision of society built on solidarity.

Data workers are paying a hidden cost, mental health and low wages, to make the internet safer for all. That’s why they’re organizing and fighting back to hold Big Tech accountable. #TechWorkersRising

Everything is becoming more expensive. And the Belgian government is doubling down on cuts to pensions and wages — instead of taxing wealth. But workers and unions say: enough is enough. We join them for a major demonstration in Brussels tomorrow.

🇪🇺 El 9 de mayo, #DíaDeEuropa, celebramos una visión de paz y unidad. ✍️ Oliver Roethig, secretario regional de @uni-europa.bsky.social: «El movimiento sindical se mantiene unido en el rechazo a la lógica de la guerra y la militarización.». #Artículo7

On #EuropeDay, 76 years after Robert Schuman's Paris speech, Europe can take neither peace nor unity for granted. In this context, UNI Europa's Regional Secretary Oliver Roethig calls for a trade unionism and politics that tackles the twin challenges of war and the cost of living.

Together, we can save the post's promise of universal, affordable delivery with good working conditions for posties. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

We’ve added our name to this open letter, and stand in solidarity with workers at Covalen who are fearing for their jobs and livelihoods. ✊✍️ www.datacwu.ie/an-open-lett... If you work in tech and you’re worried about the future of your sector – join a union. prospect.org.uk/tech-workers/

Europe still needs a universal postal service that delivers letters and parcels affordably to every single address. That requires a fair system where all delivery companies contribute to the public system. @euractiv.com on our campaign to #SaveOurPost.

NEW📽️: A documentary series on the lives of young Ukrainian refugees in Europe What happens when Ukrainian minors arrive in Germany or Poland? Can they go study? How do they find a first job? And how can they make sure to know their rights? Watch now.

720 workers at Meta subcontractor Covalen might lose their jobs after the company announced mass layoffs. Now, Covalen workers, organised through @data-cwu.bsky.social, address Covalen, Meta, and the Irish Government directly in an open letter. Sign in support.

Take 30 seconds to stand with young workers ⏳ Tomorrow is the moment. ⌛ 🫵 EU Ministers decide if the scandal of unpaid traineeships is allowed to continue. 📩 Send them an e-mail to demand a ban: action-europe.org/tell-eu-mini...

“The schedule is difficult to manage on a day-to-day basis, particularly because the workload tends to increase with every new contract.” For #1May, we worked with @eurcorrespond.bsky.social on a story about Mohamed, a cleaner at a European institution. The EU must reform its procurement rules.

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.

Solidarity with the 700 workers and their union @cwuireland.bsky.social.

They trained AI. Now AI could take their jobs. It's happening to 100s of contracted Meta workers in Dublin right now, and it's coming near you soon. Organize. Demand a seat at the table. Show solidarity w/ Digital And Techworker Alliance (DATA). https://ow.ly/Lmkw50YRzGq

Without urgent safeguards, the financialization of care risks locking care systems into a race to the bottom driving down wages, conditions, & quality of care. Read this new OpEd by Christy Hoffman:

Ian McArdle, Deputy General Secretary, has been elected to the position of Vice President of UNI Europa ICTS. Ian has served on the UNI Europa ICTS Steering Committee for a number of years and was elected at the recent conference in Copenhagen, attended by over 200 union leaders across Europe.

“It’s incredibly frustrating not to be able to do my job the way I think is best – simply because I don’t have the time.” Katharina worked for a long time as a nurse in an intensive care unit in Austria. She never felt she had enough time: for her patients, for her colleagues and for herself.

Prospect’s delegation at the @uni-europa.bsky.social ICTS conference in Copenhagen today had plenty to think about following the keynote speech from Osgoode Hall Law School's Valerio de Stefano on whether labour laws are keeping pace with technological change and AI (TLDR: probably not!) 1/4

Top officials from CWU are attending the @uni-europa.bsky.social ICTS conference to discuss AI, Collective Bargaining and Organising.

A Le Parisien investigation with the help of UNI shows content moderators from Kenya to Turkey & beyond face violent content, nightmares, insomnia & psychological stress—often for low pay. The invisible workers behind the screens need urgent protection and accountability. #techworkersrising

Our ICTS sector conference has kicked off in Copenhagen this morning.🥳 Over the next two days, 200 union leaders will discuss how workers can gain real influence through organising and collective bargaining over new technologies like AI that are transforming their jobs.