Tom Jenkins
@tomoljenkins.bsky.social
Mainly Unions, Europe
Retired. Former Head EU & International @the-tuc.bsky.social , Head of Staff @etuc-ces.bsky.social , President @eesc.bsky.social
Retired. Former Head EU & International @the-tuc.bsky.social , Head of Staff @etuc-ces.bsky.social , President @eesc.bsky.social
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The EU has decided to add the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran to the EU terrorist list.
This means that:
🚫 all IRGC assets in EU member states will be frozen
🚫 EU operators will be prohibited from making funds available to the IRGC
More information: link.europa.eu/nMGcv7
This means that:
🚫 all IRGC assets in EU member states will be frozen
🚫 EU operators will be prohibited from making funds available to the IRGC
More information: link.europa.eu/nMGcv7
February 19, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The EU has decided to add the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran to the EU terrorist list.
This means that:
🚫 all IRGC assets in EU member states will be frozen
🚫 EU operators will be prohibited from making funds available to the IRGC
More information: link.europa.eu/nMGcv7
This means that:
🚫 all IRGC assets in EU member states will be frozen
🚫 EU operators will be prohibited from making funds available to the IRGC
More information: link.europa.eu/nMGcv7
UK refusing to allow Trump to use RAF bases to attack Iran. Is John Healey showing some independence? www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...
UK refusing to allow Trump to use RAF bases to attack Iran
The US president’s renewed criticism of the Chagos deal is reportedly because he is being blocked from using UK bases for a strike on Iran.
www.heraldscotland.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
UK refusing to allow Trump to use RAF bases to attack Iran. Is John Healey showing some independence? www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...
@businesseurope.bsky.social proposes hatchet job on directives on pay transparency, platform work, transparent and predictable working conditions, working time and the REACH regulation.
www.businesseurope.eu/wp-content/u...
www.businesseurope.eu/wp-content/u...
www.businesseurope.eu
February 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM
@businesseurope.bsky.social proposes hatchet job on directives on pay transparency, platform work, transparent and predictable working conditions, working time and the REACH regulation.
www.businesseurope.eu/wp-content/u...
www.businesseurope.eu/wp-content/u...
Approved by Gisela Stuart. What more can one say? www.gov.uk/government/n...
February 19, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Approved by Gisela Stuart. What more can one say? www.gov.uk/government/n...
Et voilà
The Prime Minister will appoint a new Cabinet Secretary shortly. The appointment process will be agreed by the First Civil Service Commissioner.
FFS, that is ultra-Brexiteer, Baroness Gisela Stuart of Edgbaston. Johnson's slime persists. I expect she will go with Romeo www.gov.uk/government/n...
FFS, that is ultra-Brexiteer, Baroness Gisela Stuart of Edgbaston. Johnson's slime persists. I expect she will go with Romeo www.gov.uk/government/n...
The Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary have agreed by mutual consent the Cabinet Secretary will stand down
Sir Chris Wormald to stand down as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
www.gov.uk
February 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Et voilà
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I read China's new communication on #WTO reform and wrote up some of my initial thoughts: www.linkedin.com/pulse/now-ch...
And now China enters the WTO Reform Chat...
New: China's communication to the WTO on reform is now live. WT/GC/W/989 What can we learn? Well, as first thoughts, and with the end of snake shedding, and a new year, shall the WTO gallop as a fire ...
www.linkedin.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I read China's new communication on #WTO reform and wrote up some of my initial thoughts: www.linkedin.com/pulse/now-ch...
The Social Pillar and the future of the EU Social Agenda: policy study by @socialplatform.bsky.social @arbeiterkammer.at @solidar-eu.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social @feps-europe.eu feps-europe.eu/publication/...
The Social Pillar and the future of the EU Social Agenda - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
After enduring decades of neoliberal policymaking that advocated for a small state and promoted the […]
feps-europe.eu
February 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The Social Pillar and the future of the EU Social Agenda: policy study by @socialplatform.bsky.social @arbeiterkammer.at @solidar-eu.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social @feps-europe.eu feps-europe.eu/publication/...
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BREAKING 🚨 | Reform announce plans to legalise discrimination.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
BREAKING 🚨 | Reform announce plans to legalise discrimination.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
@statedept.govmirrors.com planning porno site to circumvent European rules on child abuse. Truss approves
February 19, 2026 at 8:54 AM
@statedept.govmirrors.com planning porno site to circumvent European rules on child abuse. Truss approves
“I have been telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer . . . that he is making a big mistake by entering a 100 Year Lease...". So Trump doesn't think that he will be able to strike a deal with (or just strike) Iran for at least 100 years? www.ft.com/content/06e5...
Trump renews attack on Starmer’s plan to cede UK ownership of Chagos Islands
US president says Diego Garcia military base may be needed for strikes on Iran
www.ft.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
“I have been telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer . . . that he is making a big mistake by entering a 100 Year Lease...". So Trump doesn't think that he will be able to strike a deal with (or just strike) Iran for at least 100 years? www.ft.com/content/06e5...
French unions unite in solidarity with Ukrainian unions and workers' resistance against Russian aggression. March on 21/02/2026
www.cfdt.fr/upload/media...
www.cfdt.fr/upload/media...
February 18, 2026 at 6:20 PM
French unions unite in solidarity with Ukrainian unions and workers' resistance against Russian aggression. March on 21/02/2026
www.cfdt.fr/upload/media...
www.cfdt.fr/upload/media...
@tuc.org.uk General Secretary @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social explains how union membership can stop the rich getting richer at our expense www.youtube.com/shorts/Qp6Mb...
1% vs Everyone Else
YouTube video by Trades Union Congress (TUC)
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
@tuc.org.uk General Secretary @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social explains how union membership can stop the rich getting richer at our expense www.youtube.com/shorts/Qp6Mb...
BBC Question Time under fire again over putting another Reform politician on the panel @left-foot-forward.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2026/02/bbc-...
BBC Question Time under fire again over putting another Reform politician on the panel
A Reform representative appears on the show most weeks
leftfootforward.org
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
BBC Question Time under fire again over putting another Reform politician on the panel @left-foot-forward.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2026/02/bbc-...
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New #Union numbers were released this morning by BLS, showing that in 2025, 16.5 million workers in the United States were represented by a union, an increase of 463,000 from 2024 and the highest number of unionized workers in the U.S. in 16 years. 1/
February 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
New #Union numbers were released this morning by BLS, showing that in 2025, 16.5 million workers in the United States were represented by a union, an increase of 463,000 from 2024 and the highest number of unionized workers in the U.S. in 16 years. 1/
@ec.europa.eu pitches English-first approval to speed up EU trade deals. Oh là là. FTA texts are quite repetitive. It's the translation into the partner's language (eg Indian) and its legal scrubbing that will be mainly time-consuming www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels pitches English-first approval to speed up EU trade deals
Agreements with India and Indonesia would be test cases under a new “accelerated procedure” floated by the European Commission.
www.politico.eu
February 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
@ec.europa.eu pitches English-first approval to speed up EU trade deals. Oh là là. FTA texts are quite repetitive. It's the translation into the partner's language (eg Indian) and its legal scrubbing that will be mainly time-consuming www.politico.eu/article/brus...
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These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.
*one voice altered to disguise identity
*one voice altered to disguise identity
February 18, 2026 at 11:36 AM
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.
*one voice altered to disguise identity
*one voice altered to disguise identity
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Nos camarades de @psiglobalunion.bsky.social ont mis en ligne un article sur la réforme du travail en Argentine.
Nous renouvelons l’expression de notre solidarité aux camarades @ctaok.bsky.social et @ctera-argentina.bsky.social
publicservices.international/resources/ne...
Nous renouvelons l’expression de notre solidarité aux camarades @ctaok.bsky.social et @ctera-argentina.bsky.social
publicservices.international/resources/ne...
Réforme du travail en Argentine : La lutte n'est pas encore terminée
Le projet de réforme draconienne du travail du Président Javier Milei a reçu l'approbation préliminaire du Sénat, mais le combat est loin d'être terminé. Le projet de loi est maintenant soumis à la Ch...
publicservices.international
February 18, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Nos camarades de @psiglobalunion.bsky.social ont mis en ligne un article sur la réforme du travail en Argentine.
Nous renouvelons l’expression de notre solidarité aux camarades @ctaok.bsky.social et @ctera-argentina.bsky.social
publicservices.international/resources/ne...
Nous renouvelons l’expression de notre solidarité aux camarades @ctaok.bsky.social et @ctera-argentina.bsky.social
publicservices.international/resources/ne...
When it has come to this. #BoycottWorldCup www.euractiv.com/news/eu-lobb...
www.euractiv.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:46 AM
When it has come to this. #BoycottWorldCup www.euractiv.com/news/eu-lobb...
Argentina's Labour Reform: The Fight Is Not Over Yet @psiglobalunion.bsky.social publicservices.international/resources/ne...
Argentina's Labour Reform: The Fight Is Not Over Yet
President Javier Milei's draconian labour reform bill has received preliminary Senate approval, but the fight is far from over. The bill now moves to the Chamber of Deputies, where workers and unions ...
publicservices.international
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Argentina's Labour Reform: The Fight Is Not Over Yet @psiglobalunion.bsky.social publicservices.international/resources/ne...
Ukraine retakes territory as Russians lose Starlink. Unfortunately, this is temporary, but it shows that Musk is helping the aggressors directly by allowing them to use his product. Europe should sanction him and his companies (more)
Privés de Starlink, les Russes subissent des revers limités sur le front ukrainien
Privés de Starlink, les Russes subissent des revers limités sur le front ukrainien
www.lemonde.fr
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Ukraine retakes territory as Russians lose Starlink. Unfortunately, this is temporary, but it shows that Musk is helping the aggressors directly by allowing them to use his product. Europe should sanction him and his companies (more)
‘Europe must stand strong on its own as US security guarantees grow conditional’ @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social @melanieward.bsky.social – via @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2026/02/euro...
labourlist.org/2026/02/euro...
'Europe must stand strong on its own as US security guarantees grow conditional' - LabourList
After shocks at the Munich Security Conference from JD Vance to Marco Rubio, Europe must rebuild alliances and back Ukraine as United States support turns conditional.
labourlist.org
February 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
‘Europe must stand strong on its own as US security guarantees grow conditional’ @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social @melanieward.bsky.social – via @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2026/02/euro...
labourlist.org/2026/02/euro...
@ec.europa.eu adopts proposals for the signing, provisional application and conclusion of EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar. Key points of last June's political agreement👇. Expect Mail, DTel etc to cry 'surrender', but well done David Lammy as Foreign Secretary ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
February 18, 2026 at 8:51 AM
@ec.europa.eu adopts proposals for the signing, provisional application and conclusion of EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar. Key points of last June's political agreement👇. Expect Mail, DTel etc to cry 'surrender', but well done David Lammy as Foreign Secretary ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
@socialistsanddemocrats.eu slam @ec.europa.eu for participating in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ www.euractiv.com/news/sociali...
Socialists slam Commission for participating in Trump’s Board of Peace | Euractiv
Most EU countries have kept their distance, with only two opting to join the board
www.euractiv.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:08 AM
@socialistsanddemocrats.eu slam @ec.europa.eu for participating in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ www.euractiv.com/news/sociali...
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Is the EU heading for a social dumping disaster?
The proposed '28th Regime' would let companies choose EU-level rules over national labour & tax laws. Trade unions warn it could trigger a race to the bottom for workers’ rights.
Innovation — or deregulation?
Watch our new explainer video &find out👇
The proposed '28th Regime' would let companies choose EU-level rules over national labour & tax laws. Trade unions warn it could trigger a race to the bottom for workers’ rights.
Innovation — or deregulation?
Watch our new explainer video &find out👇
February 17, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Is the EU heading for a social dumping disaster?
The proposed '28th Regime' would let companies choose EU-level rules over national labour & tax laws. Trade unions warn it could trigger a race to the bottom for workers’ rights.
Innovation — or deregulation?
Watch our new explainer video &find out👇
The proposed '28th Regime' would let companies choose EU-level rules over national labour & tax laws. Trade unions warn it could trigger a race to the bottom for workers’ rights.
Innovation — or deregulation?
Watch our new explainer video &find out👇
Keir Starmer and @mark-carney.bsky.social agree on 'a more European NATO' www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM call with Prime Minister Carney of Canada: 16 February 2026
The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney.
www.gov.uk
February 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Keir Starmer and @mark-carney.bsky.social agree on 'a more European NATO' www.gov.uk/government/n...