🚧 For trade unionists, every workplace death is preventable – and a reminder of why rules, regulations and standards matter 👉Today on #IWMD, International Workers Memorial Day, our latest ETUC STAND newsletter explores why OSH must be at the heart of decent work: www.etuc.org/en/etuc-stan...

📣At the recent EU High-Level Forum on Standardisation, the ETUC's Oliver Roethig sent a clear message: ✔️Trade unions and civil society must be given a genuine seat at the EU and international standardisation table ❌Technical standards must avoid covering social issues

💡 The EU Standardisation Regulation #R1025 must continue to recognise the importance of input from “Annex III” organisations: @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social, @ecos.ngo, @etucstandards.bsky.social and @sbs-sme.bsky.social ecostandard.org/publications...

⚠️"Standards shape our everyday lives, yet by assuming a one-size-fits-all approach to the drafting process...technical standards continue to disadvantage women in the workplace..." 💻Read the full article in ETUI's HesaMag: www.etui.org/publications...

🚨 “Neutral” standards ≠ safe for everyone! When gender isn’t considered, tools, equipment & tech designed for “default” users can put women at risk. 🚺 ✅ We must ensure to include gender from day 1 — in research, testing & decisions. Standards should protect all users equally💡 📄 tinyurl.com/yc5n9kdz

🧐Did you know? 👉Later this year, the #EC is expected to review #EURegulation1025/2012 on #Standardisation. 📢What are the @etuc-ces.bsky.social priorities? Watch the video below to find out 👇 @cmstahl.bsky.social @guido-dejongh.bsky.social

Two firefighters died during a mission in Norway - our thoughts are with the families, colleagues and their union @fagforbundet.bsky.social. Firefighters risk their lives to protect others. They deserve more staff and better protection - so that preventable tragedies like this never happen again.

💡New to #standardisation? Here's the @etuc-ces.bsky.social handbook "Standards at the Workplace" 👉Now available in English, French and Swedish, you'll learn where #standards come from, and why they matter for #workers www.etuc.org/en/etuc-hand... @cmstahl.bsky.social @guido-dejongh.bsky.social

🧤🏗️⛑️“Standards make a huge difference in workplaces across Europe" 💡Our Deputy Secretary General @cmstahl.bsky.social shares why standards matter to workers and what trade unions expect from the revision of EU Regulation 1025/2012 on #standardisation 👉 Full interview here shorturl.at/2yND0

🎉The ETUC STAND Team wishes you a Happy New Year! 🧐Catching up and looking for recent updates on standardisation? Then look no further - find our latest newsletter below 👇 shorturl.at/FLDU3

The argument is that Europe underperforms in tech and biotech because it is “too expensive” to fire people.That may sound intuitively appealing but it is profoundly misleading.

International Migrants’ Day: for quality jobs for all.

Happening now: across Portugal workers are taking a stand for social justice and democracy. #GreveGeral - solidarity with the workers on general strike

🧐 Interested in updates in the field of AI standardisation? 🙋 Don't miss the latest edition of the AI Standardisation Inclusiveness Newsletter shorturl.at/3eMJJ 👉 You can subscribe here: shorturl.at/p7aNH

Eliminating Violence Against Women: we're calling on the EU and national governments to raise the quality of jobs as a fire wall to stop violence against women & introduce new legally binding measures to prevent violence and harassment in the world of work at EU level.

Time for @ec.europa.eu to act for quality jobs. “We’re on the road today to deliver solutions to decision makers that will genuinely restore dignity and respect to a rapidly changing world of work." [email protected].

📢 "Speeding up processes cannot undermine the consensus at the core of inclusive standardisation". 🙋 Our Deputy Secretary General @cmstahl.bsky.social at "A Strategic Dialogue for an Inclusive Standardisation System", on the importance of inclusiveness in revising the EU Reg. on Standardisation.

The EP just adopted its position on #Omnibus I. ◾Transition plan obligations deleted ◾More companies removed from scope This is a huge blow to workers & environmental rights. ✊🏾 We'll continue to fight for corporate accountability and to protect workers' rights throughout supply chains.

👉 Last week in Iași for the ETUC Standardisation Committee meeting. Great discussions on how standardisation can better serve workers 💪 🔹 Revision of the EU Reg. on #standardisation 🔹 Worker-relevant standards 🔹 Updates from affiliates 🔹 ..And more! @etuc-ces.bsky.social @cmstahl.bsky.social

🙋 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 🏚️.