🙋 Busy week for the @etuc-ces.bsky.social project! 🙌 In addition to our national awareness event in Ireland, we organised a practical training in collaboration with @sindicatouso.bsky.social, to support the engagement of workers in technical #standardisation.

Today, a delegation of trade union leaders are brining the interests of working people to the highest level of the EU. At the #TripartiteSocialSummit, we are presenting our plan to put Europe’s Social Model at the core of its success today and into the future.

📢 This week in Dublin at the @etuc-ces.bsky.social, #ICTU and #NSAI awareness event on #standardisation. 💡 Keynote speakers @gerrymccormack.bsky.social and Geraldine Larkin opened the meeting, followed by a welcoming message of @cmstahl.bsky.social and great discussions with participants!

🙋 Today is #WorldStandardsDay2025! 👇 Ahead of the #EC revision of #EURegulation1025/2012 on #Standardisation, we share important priorities (further info: shorturl.at/Xto4u) 📢 For more on the ongoing EC public consultation, stay tuned! @cmstahl.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social

Huge numbers have shown up today for the national demonstration in #Brussels, Belgium. Workers and their unions 🟢🔴🔵 are taking a stand for #QualityJobs & fair pensions.

📢 The @etuc-ces.bsky.social brings the voice of millions of workers to #standardisation - to ensure it supports good working conditions. 👋 On #WorldStandardsDay2025, @etuc-ces.bsky.social Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social reflects on the role of inclusiveness in standardisation.

Having a piece on hope as a political choice published today. By coincidence today, as hope did return. How can progressives fight back the far right? @etuc-ces.bsky.social www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

We call on the European Parliament to take a strong stand: To defend workers' rights. To protect the Due Diligence Directive.

💇 Technical standards contribute to a healthy and safe workplace – a positive example, for hairdressers. For more, click below 👇 🙌 shorturl.at/auuv2 @etuc-ces.bsky.social @uniglobalunion.org @mdbergfeld.bsky.social @madlenik.bsky.social

Good news! The new 🇪🇺🇮🇩trade agreement with Indonesia includes binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters containing a clear non-regression clause on labour rights. This is crucial, Indonesia ranks among the worst countries in the world for workers’ rights www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

📢 The @ec.europa.eu public consultation on the revision of #EURegulation1025/2012 on #Standardisation is out! ✍️ shorturl.at/uBdmZ 🧐 Stay tuned. And for more on our work on standardisation, click here 👉 shorturl.at/60j1A @etuc-ces.bsky.social @cmstahl.bsky.social

📣Enough is enough! Health workers in Spain stand up against years of cuts, precariousness and discrimination - EPSU supports them! On 1 October, workers will be in front of the Ministry of Health in Madrid. ✊🏾 Success, comrades! #Solidarity!

Hot off the press: Negotiating the Algorithm Our new guide ℹ️ to help workers prevent the abuse of algorithmic management and put the human back in control in their workplaces.

"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

🔴New EU data shows the number of people exposed to heat waves at work has increased by 60% over the last 20 years Workers’ rights must keep pace with climate change - we need a European directive on maximum working temperatures 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

More than 1 million hectares burned this summer. Yet firefighter numbers across Europe remain woefully low. 🔥 Read our joint call with @etuc-ces.bsky.social for investment in staffing, prevention & civil protection on Euronews👇🏾

⚠️Record wildfires show need for investments in frontline services "It is scandalous that some countries continue to reduce firefighter numbers just as wildfires grow in size, threatening people’s lives & livelihoods" @estherlynch.bsky.social

15% of working people in the EU — around 42 million individuals — cannot afford a one-week holiday away from home We need to stop growing inequality and re-balance the economy by cutting public funding for companies which don't respect collective bargaining www.euronews.com/business/202...

“It is clear for all to see that the climate is changing" said @estherlynch.bsky.social. “We urgently need our laws to keep up if we’re going to avoid countless more avoidable deaths every summer" The New York Times covers our call for maximum working temperatures www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b....

"The heatwaves are not something that should come as a surprise to employers. We need legislation to help trade unions to negotiate." @estherlynch.bsky.social spoke to the BBC about our call on the European Commission to deliver a directive on 🌡️ maximum working temperatures.

📢 Last week, the European Commission launched its call for evidence ahead of revising EU Regulation 1025/2012 on Standardisation. 🔗 Read more here: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

☀️Looking for some interesting Summer reading? Then look no further - our June newsletter is out! 📢For updates on trade union work in standardisation: shorturl.at/HG70s @etuc-ces.bsky.social @cmstahl.bsky.social @lonorge.bsky.social @sindicatouso.bsky.social

💡"Trade union involvement in standardisation is crucial to ensure that standards are adapted to the new challenges that employees face, for example in artificial intelligence and digitalization (...)". 👉 Read the full article by Frode Engen, Secretary at @lonorge.bsky.social: shorturl.at/rdycD

🙋Wondering why standards matter for workers? 👉You can find out by watching the ETUC video "Standardisation Matters - Towards Better Participation of Unions" shorturl.at/Jj2Cc @etuc-ces.bsky.social @cmstahl.bsky.social

🔴 Workers’ rights in Europe are at their ‘worst level’ in at least a decade as a result of government crackdowns on the right to strike and union busting by employers, the annual Global Rights Index published today shows www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

🙋On 12 June, together with @lonorge.bsky.social and Standards Norway, the @etuc-ces.bsky.social is organising a seminar in Oslo "Standardisation: Why it is also Important for Unions". 👉Register to learn more about how standards affect workers: shorturl.at/RXCwW

🙋Our May Newsletter is out! shorturl.at/BgEVZ 👉And if you've note yet done so, click here to subscribe: shorturl.at/TceDH

The ETUC Mid-Term Conference 2025 has just started in Belgrade. European trade unions are committed to delivering a fair deal for workers in a changing world.

#InternationalWorkersDay We're calling on European leaders to put the needs of working people at the top of the agenda. From tariffs to climate change, Europe needs an industrial policy to protect & create quality jobs in every region and every sector. etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Today is International Workers Memorial Day. Through a dedicated edition of our standardisation newsletter, we commemorate those who have lost their lives or suffered injury due to workplace accidents and illnesses. Full newsletter available online: shorturl.at/kRjWy

🕯️ 24 April marks the anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in history. Over 1,100 workers, most of them women 👩‍🏭, lost their lives when the building housing several garment factories collapsed in 2013 🏚️.

Technology must work for people, not the other way around. Esther Lynch is in #Warsaw to call for an EU Directive on #AIatWork to ensure: 🙋 Trade union involvement and collective bargaining 🕹 A human in control approach 🛡 Full respect for trade union right

Democracy Under Siege: Trade Unions Rise as a Bulwark Against the Far Right www.socialeurope.eu/democracy-un... Article by @cmstahl.bsky.social on #SocialEurope magazine

"And because workers are on the frontline using these tools, they need a strong collective voice in the standard-setting process"💡🗣️📢 @etuc-ces.bsky.social Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social on the importance of standards for workers⛑️🏗️🧰 etuc.org/en/node/25319

Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social shares “These handbooks are an invite to renew our commitment as a movement, defending workers through standardisation"🙌 See below for new @etuc-ces.bsky.social tools, celebrating the STAND Project 10 year anniversary👇 www.etuc.org/en/node/25319

Today at the @etuc-ces.bsky.social Standardisation Committee meeting in Naples with Deputy General Secretary @cmstahl.bsky.social

Solidarity with all the workers on #GeneralStrike in Belgium today. Brussels is radiant: pickets at every corner, everyday heroes taking a collective stand to defend dignity at work. ETUC leadership and staff were with them out on the pickets this morning.

🙋Did you miss our February newsletter? We have you covered! 👉You can find the full list of the ETUC STAND newsletters on our website: www.etuc.org/en/etuc-stan...

This year, our project turns 10 years old! Celebrations start with a new account 🎉 Follow us for insights and updates from the world of standardisation 🙌