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Today @judekd.bsky.social joined euromines & Aggregates Europe in Oslo 🇳🇴 to discuss why it’s so important to have a strong social dimension to Europe’s raw materials strategy. 📝 Dependencies will lead to deindustrialisation. 😡 We need action now with workers at the decision making table! 👷🏽👷🏿‍♀️👩‍🔧

The steel sector is at breaking point. At the OECD Steel Committee, TUAC, @industriall-union.org and @industrialleurope.bsky.social warned that overcapacity and underinvestment are putting jobs and regions at risk. Trade unions call for investment in workers, low-carbon steel and a Just Transition.

Fantastic to visit Elektrowerk Weisweiler plant producing low carbon ferrochrome with local shopstewards, @igmetall.bsky.social and industriAll Europe crew.🤩

Read @judekd.bsky.social perspective in changer 1️⃣ 0️⃣

Investment is the solution to making Europe more competitive. This is the message ETUC General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social carried to EU leaders from @pes.eu this morning ahead of today's #EUCO.

Richard Tice: - engaged in highly aggressive tax avoidance to avoid nearly £600,000 of tax - did so at a time when the taxpayer was already paying his salary as an MEP Nothing patriotic about this party of grifters www.thetimes.com/article/6f55...

Just announced: Iceland has urgently moved up its referendum to join the European Union - to 29 August. A reminder: 🇮🇸 is in many ways already a non-voting 🇪🇺 member because of the EEA. This would give them voting power to shape the laws they have to follow.

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Amid European energy fears, coal creeps back into favour www.ft.com/content/8dbb...

Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation Our @industrialleurope.bsky.social take www.socialeurope.eu/iran-crisis-...

The @ec.europa.eu has sent a clear message: the pay transparency directive is here to stay. National governments who hedged their bets must now make up for lost time and work hard to ensure they meet the forthcoming transposition deadline

Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation Our @industrialleurope.bsky.social take www.socialeurope.eu/iran-crisis-...

The European Commission has launched the Industrial Accelerator Act: a step towards strengthening Europe’s industries and introducing a #MadeInEurope approach with quality jobs at its heart.

IndustriAll Europe General Secretary @judekd.bsky.social 📢 “Companies receiving public money must re-invest a fair share of profits into creating quality jobs, training and technology to raise productivity.”

The CCMI Study Group on RESourceEU Action Plan (CCMI/259) meets Thursday 14:30-16:00 💭 The panel will discuss the acceleration of the #criticalrawmaterials strategy at a crucial time for EU industrial #preparedness and #competitiveness💎🪨 Read more: link.europa.eu/BT3KmM

Grim but important read. Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Deregulating Workers' Rights Will Not Save European Industry — It Will Only Deepen the Crisis, write @judekd.bsky.social & @ibarthes.bsky.social of @industrialleurope.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/deregulating...

⌛ Europe’s industrial crisis is real, and it demands decisive action. But weakening workers’ rights is not action — it is avoidance. It is a political shortcut masquerading as industrial policy. 📣 Blog by @judekd.bsky.social in @euractiv.com ⬇️

The deregulation agenda misses the point entirely. No factory is closing because employees have the right to know how their pay is structured or because precarious workers deserve basic protections. Read @judekd.bsky.social and Isabelle Barthes's opinion www.euractiv.com/opinion/dere...

Europe’s industrial crisis stems from high energy costs, weak demand & global competition — not workers’ rights. Deregulating labour protections worsens instability. @judekd.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/opinion/dere...

‼️"Deregulating #Workers' Rights Will Not Save European #Industry - It Will Only Deepen the Crisis", say @industrialleurope.bsky.social's @judekd.bsky.social & Isabelle Barthès ahead of #Antwerp Industry summit & informal #EUCO @consilium.europa.eu‼️ @belgiumineu.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/indu...

Reacting to @ec.europa.eu Stéphane Séjourné @estherlynch.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social and @judekd.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social insist European preference must deliver quality jobs and strong industry in Europe etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Humane and sensible step move by Spain in facilitating irregular migrants and asylum seekers to move to work with decent pay, social security and tax payments. Predictably the right is grumbling - unlike the UK, the govt isn’t allowing this to set their policies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

👏👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_n...

We must all use our voices however loud to #StandAgainstFascism 👏 @brucespringsteen.net ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊ @mnaflcio.org @aflcio.org

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

🔔 The EU industry trade union, @industrialleurope.bsky.social, rings the alarm bell, warning that the chemicals industry is facing mass job losses. 📈They cite high energy prices and global overcapacity as some of the problems they’re facing. More in our #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/ubr3Vuu

'Very deep poverty' in Britain hits record high, new report finds www.reuters.com/world/uk/ver...

Wow.

Endemic corruption in the Bangladesh-Malaysia migrant worker system is enriching some, while trapping the hopeful in a punishing economy of exploitation

This is precisely why the labor movement led the lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court to try to protect 300+ million people’s sensitive Social Security information from falling into the hands of DOGE. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/trump-musk-doge-social-security-00737245

“If consummated” 🤮🤮🤮

I’ll just fix that headline “Batsh*t ramble of golf club tyrant gets standing ovation from global economic & political elite” “The emperor has no clothes” always felt far fetched but it is now Trump’s rambling Davos speech rehashes warped ideas of US supremacy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Official: Employment Rights Act will improve working conditions and job security for 18 million workers, deliver a significant net gain to society, and provide a boost to growth and employment. @tuc.org.uk analysis shows that benefits are likely to total over £10bn www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/its-of...

📥 We ask MEPs to support binding legislation on #JustTransition and vote for the report in the European Parliament on Tuesday. 📣 The European workforce needs a Just Transition! 📽️⬇️ @reneweurope.bsky.social @eppgroup.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @left.eu

Should never have been in question. As @industrialleurope.bsky.social: with attack on @thierrybreton.bsky.social "for decisions taken under [his] democratic mandates, our democracies risk rotting from the inside out" news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1423 www.euractiv.com/news/eu-comm...

Those who capitulate, defend & idolise this bully can never again call themselves patriotic 🤬 Trump threatens tariffs against those who oppose him taking Greenland www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

A new year rallying call by @judekd.bsky.social & @ibarthes.bsky.social: ✊ Organise to protect the space for diplomacy and international law—because peace is a precondition for prosperity and workers’ rights. 📣 Europe's answer must be unity, solidarity, and a renewed commitment to democracy!

Don’t mourn, organise. @judekd.bsky.social and @ibarthes.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social argue for industrial policy as “the material foundation for Europe’s capacity to act geopolitically“ www.socialeurope.eu/dont-mourn-o...

“Don’t mourn. Organise" is a good motto for 2026! Progressive forces in 🇪🇺 can prevail – if they act together, uphold solidarity & focus on improving life for the many rather than echoing the far right’s agenda, write @judekd.bsky.social & @ibarthes.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/dont-mourn-o...

www.socialeurope.eu/dont-mourn-o... As the world is trembling, workers' voice will be central. This is our call for Europe to act to defend democracy, rebuild industrial strength & pursue peace with confidence. And for workers to organise ✊Progress only happens with trade union power ✊✊

Don't Mourn, Organise: Europe's Path Through Global Turbulence Our @industrialleurope.bsky.social take as we get into 2026 www.socialeurope.eu/dont-mourn-o...

Europe’s Raw Materials Strategy: Ambition Without Safeguards Is a Risk We Can’t Afford 🛑❌ Read our new op-ed by @judekd.bsky.social in @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/opinion/euro...

“Never Again” It’s now. And business leaders are on the wrong side of history AGAIN 🤯😡 www.ft.com/content/9c2f...

Europe's Industrial Crisis: Invest Now or Accept Decline. @industrialleurope.bsky.social GS and DGS @judekd.bsky.social and Isabelle Barthès argue "the US and China are playing hardball. Europe must do the same". www.socialeurope.eu/europes-indu...

To rescue its industry, 🇪🇺 must abandon naivety and embrace a bold industrial strategy anchored in massive investment, fair trade and good jobs,write @judekd.bsky.social & @ibarthes.bsky.social. I couldn't agree more. www.socialeurope.eu/europes-indu...

Lots of cross over to Europe here observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Today at @igbce.bsky.social congress @judekd.bsky.social delivered a powerful message : Europe cannot afford to lose its industries. As trade unions, we are fighting not only for good industrial jobs and fair wages, but for the stability of our societies

New info shows that Nathan Gill (the Reform Leader in Wales convicted of taking Russian bribes) was joined by 2 of his fellow UKIP MEP colleagues on a paid trip to Russia. They then repeated his pro-Russia talking points in Parliament. New prosecutions? observer.co.uk/news/politic...