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This is the BlueSky account of the @etuc-ces.bsky.social Standardisation Project - Representing European Workers in #Standardisation https://etuc.org/issue/standardisation
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epsu.bsky.social
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.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
etucstandards.bsky.social
👉 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
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
etucstandards.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.
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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etuc-ces.bsky.social
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.
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
etucstandards.bsky.social
📢 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!
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
etucstandards.bsky.social
🙋 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
October 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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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.
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
etucstandards.bsky.social
📢 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.
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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cmstahl.bsky.social
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...
Hope is not naïve optimism
It is a political choice
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October 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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etuc-ces.bsky.social
We call on the European Parliament to take a strong stand:

To defend workers' rights.
To protect the Due Diligence Directive.
October 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
etucstandards.bsky.social
💇 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
Technical standards contribute to a healthy and safe workplace – a positive example, for hairdressers.
Hairdressers use gloves every single day, particularly to do ‘wet work’ (such as applying hair dye or shampooing hair). But in spite of their constant exposure to water, cosmetics and other potentiall...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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cmstahl.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...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
etucstandards.bsky.social
📢 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
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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September 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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epsu.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!
fssccoo.bsky.social FSS-CCOO @fssccoo.bsky.social · Sep 22
📆 El 1 de octubre volvemos a salir a las calles para reclamar un Estatuto Marco para avanzar

✍ Apunta la convocatoria

📍 1 de octubre. 12 horas. Ministerio de Sanidad

#EstatutoParaAvanzar
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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etuc-ces.bsky.social
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.
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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"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
Gloves on! How new protections for hairdressers help shine a light on the importance of increased trade union participation in standard-setting
The meaningful participation of trade unions in the development of technical standards is crucial not only to safeguard workers from hazards, but it is also good for innovation, as the recent adoption...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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🔴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...
September 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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epsu.bsky.social
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👇🏾
September 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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etuc-ces.bsky.social
⚠️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
September 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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etuc-ces.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...
42 million EU workers can’t afford holiday: Which countries are worst?
15% of working people in the EU — around 42 million individuals — cannot afford a one-week holiday away from home. Euronews Business takes a closer look at the issue of holiday poverty.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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etuc-ces.bsky.social
“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....
As Heat Grips Europe, a Struggle to Keep Workers and Customers Cool
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July 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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etuc-ces.bsky.social
"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.
July 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
etucstandards.bsky.social
📢 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...
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
etucstandards.bsky.social
☀️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
ETUC Standardisation Newsletter - June 2025
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June 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
etucstandards.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
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June 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM