‼️"How weakening #duediligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for #workers", important @euobserver.com coverage of #Omnibus I with testimonies from @agathesmyth.bsky.social @aida.follows.technology & many more‼️
#DecentWorkfForAll #StopSocialDumping #Fairness #SocialEurope
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🚨 Big news proving it is worth keeping fighting !! ✊️🥳
The next weeks will be decisive in ensuring that Europe's #sustainability agenda continues to protect the people, planet, and democracy rather than business interests !
#DemocracyAtWork: European Parliament greenlights European Works Councils revision ✅
It contains important measures to enforce workers’ voice within multinational companies.
It ensures meaningful consultation, timely access to information, delivering concrete outcomes for a fair deal for workers.
✅The revision of the European Works Council (#EWC) Directive is adopted by the European Parliament !
This is a great step forward in strengthening #workers’ rights in multinational companies across Europe !
🛑All eyes on the vote at the European Parliament
👉https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/home.html
@yverougstraete.bsky.social you abstained last time. Will you on Thursday support the revision in favour of simplification and legal clarification?
@sophiewilmes.bsky.social @hildevautmans.bsky.social
You voted against the revision last time. Will you this time support simplification and legal clarification?
⚠️ New week, new challenge !
Let's stay mobilised to have the revision of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday
📢 Call on MEPs to vote in favour of greater legal certainty for all stakeholders
@etf-europe.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social
🚨 ExxonMobil has been lobbying relentlessly to take down the EU’s CSDDD.
Its playbook?
- Lobbying
- Funding think tanks
- Media sponsorships
⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it.
www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/
🗣️ “The law of the sea is clear: attacking or seizing non-violent, humanitarian vessels in international waters is illegal and unacceptable."
ITF General Secretary, Stephen Cotton.
We stand in unwavering solidarity with the the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Trade unions met with the Palestinian Ambassador to the EU and issued a joint call for peace, justice & respect for international law.
Transport workers, especially in ports, play a key role in refusing arms shipments. Their voice must be amplified.
🔗 Statement: www.etf-europe.org/joint-trade-...
How does it come that in five months the adopted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence legislation is put again on the table and is emptied?
Labour is not a commodity!
We are not tradable, workers rights are not commodities!
Business must be accountable for the negative impact of their actions on workers, on society, on the environment.
There’s no shortage of workers. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
If you're searching for summer readings, ETF invites you to read our analysis: “Labour Shortage – Quality Jobs and Strong Unions Are Crucial.”
📖 Read the full article here: www.etf-europe.org/labour-short...
EU-Mercosur trade deal:
We've warned the @ec.europa.eu that its current proposals would fail to effectively sanction companies for even the gravest violations of workers’ rights.
📣 New policy brief just out
'How a 28th company law regime jeopardises workers’ rights'
🔗 etui.org/ZRY
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It keeps coming on #deregulation ! This time with the 28th regime, which would allow some companies to opt out of national labour law!
That's it: the pandora box is opened ! As feared, the EP and Council positions are even worse than the EC #Omnibus proposal. What will in the end remain from these two so important and urgently needed legislations ? #CorporateSustainability #CSRD #CS3D #duediligence
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🔴 The EU’s human rights watchdog has today sounded the alarm over the European Commission’s deregulation agenda, warning it is putting at risk fundamental rights for which it is responsible for upholding
📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
🔴 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...
Dernier jour pour s’opposer à l’utilisation de ses données par Meta pour entraîner son IA : comment s’y prendre
Interesting news regarding the #Omnibus proposal on corporate #sustainability reporting and #duediligence: the European Ombudswoman opens an inquiry on the European Commission's failure to comply with its Better regulation guidelines! www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/opening-s...
After 8NGOs filed a complaint, the EU watchdog has decided to investigate the EU Commission over the flawed lawmaking process on the Omnibus Package.
We are clear: it is not simplification, but full-scale deregulation designed to dismantle corporate accountability & abandon #GreenDeal commitments.
🔴 EU plans to limit what information member states can request from employers about cross-border workers risk making it easier for bosses to exploit workers
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
ETUC Welcomes Political Agreement on EWC Directive
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
Workers must have a real say when decisions affecting their jobs and lives are made at European level.
in fact: In 2020, the EU itself estimated implementation costs would be low, and average 0.009% of turnover.
“It’s remarkable that they now reach the opposite conclusion based on the same facts, without offering any explanation why," prof Scott Markus said in the EP last week.
More on that here:
How many more arguments do we need to save these crucial legislations from deregulation ? #Omnibus #sustainability #duediligence @ec.europa.eu
Nearly 100 economists from across Europe are pushing back against the commission’s plan to weaken its own recent rules on human rights and the environment in corporate supply chains.
🔴The ETUC strongly condemns plans to weaken workers’ rights contained in a leaked draft of the European Commission’s start-up strategy
It attacks sectoral collective bargaining and would allow some companies to opt out of national labour law
📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
