David Espinosa
@despg.bsky.social
EU affairs 🇪🇺 at UNI Europa @uni-europa.bsky.social the European services workers union ✊🏽
📌Brussels via Bogotá, Buenos Aires & Madrid
📌Brussels via Bogotá, Buenos Aires & Madrid
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🇪🇺 mini-scoop! 🇪🇺
The EU's watchdog is probing whether the European Commission acted secretively in its dealings with industry before launching a series of business-friendly initiatives
www.politico.eu/article/ombu...
The EU's watchdog is probing whether the European Commission acted secretively in its dealings with industry before launching a series of business-friendly initiatives
www.politico.eu/article/ombu...
Ombudsman probes Commission over red-tape-cutting chats with industry
The watchdog is examining a complaint that the executive has been “evasive” about its meetings with lobbyists.
www.politico.eu
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇪🇺 mini-scoop! 🇪🇺
The EU's watchdog is probing whether the European Commission acted secretively in its dealings with industry before launching a series of business-friendly initiatives
www.politico.eu/article/ombu...
The EU's watchdog is probing whether the European Commission acted secretively in its dealings with industry before launching a series of business-friendly initiatives
www.politico.eu/article/ombu...
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Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
Very soon we will see Big Tech as we see now tobacco. I hope we will do so also on the policy sphere
Sweden’s health minister has urged the EU to push ahead with social media restrictions for kids while insisting it be treated as a pressing matter.
Sweden pushes EU on kids’ social media restrictions
“We’re losing an entire generation,” public health minister Jakob Forssmed said. “We need to move forward fast.”
www.politico.eu
September 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Very soon we will see Big Tech as we see now tobacco. I hope we will do so also on the policy sphere
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Von der Leyen failed to mention how the cost-of-living affects workers in private services, the backbone of our economy representing two-thirds of European employment.
The answer is raising wages through collective bargaining. Public procurement reform is the means to achieve that objective.
The answer is raising wages through collective bargaining. Public procurement reform is the means to achieve that objective.
Commission needs to show Europe can deliver for service workers
Von der Leyen failed to mention how this affects workers in private services, the backbone of our economy representing two-thirds of European employment.
www.uni-europa.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Von der Leyen failed to mention how the cost-of-living affects workers in private services, the backbone of our economy representing two-thirds of European employment.
The answer is raising wages through collective bargaining. Public procurement reform is the means to achieve that objective.
The answer is raising wages through collective bargaining. Public procurement reform is the means to achieve that objective.
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BREAKING🇪🇺: After the European Parliament adopted a report on public procurement today, we call on the Commission to ensure that public money is only given to companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements.
EU Commission must ensure public contracts support collective bargaining
After EU Parliament vote, EU rules must ensure public money is only given to companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements.
www.uni-europa.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
BREAKING🇪🇺: After the European Parliament adopted a report on public procurement today, we call on the Commission to ensure that public money is only given to companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements.
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Un tecnofetichista, parafraseando a Oscar Wilde, es alguien que conoce el precio de todo y el valor de nada.
Compare Vonnegut buying an envelope with this tech bro running from his life
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Un tecnofetichista, parafraseando a Oscar Wilde, es alguien que conoce el precio de todo y el valor de nada.
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Por aquí va la cosa, me parece. Espero poder conseguir pronto el libro
Cómo vivir mejor, respetando los límites planetarios.
Entrevista en El País a @esantiago.bsky.social sobre su libro "Vida de ricos".
Coeditado cln @cbamadrid.es.
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
Entrevista en El País a @esantiago.bsky.social sobre su libro "Vida de ricos".
Coeditado cln @cbamadrid.es.
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
Emilio Santiago, antropólogo: “Podemos reducir nuestro impacto en el planeta y llevar una vida de lujo”
El científico del CSIC vuelve a contradecir a parte del ecologismo con un libro que reniega del mensaje de austeridad o contención
elpais.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Por aquí va la cosa, me parece. Espero poder conseguir pronto el libro
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I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
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🤯"Pretend to be suicidal. Write like a predator."
This is what some Meta content moderators are asked to do—every day.
But @cwuireland.bsky.social & The Global Trade Union Alliance for Content Moderators are organizing and demanding new safety protocols. #TechWorkersRising
✊Join us!
This is what some Meta content moderators are asked to do—every day.
But @cwuireland.bsky.social & The Global Trade Union Alliance for Content Moderators are organizing and demanding new safety protocols. #TechWorkersRising
✊Join us!
July 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🤯"Pretend to be suicidal. Write like a predator."
This is what some Meta content moderators are asked to do—every day.
But @cwuireland.bsky.social & The Global Trade Union Alliance for Content Moderators are organizing and demanding new safety protocols. #TechWorkersRising
✊Join us!
This is what some Meta content moderators are asked to do—every day.
But @cwuireland.bsky.social & The Global Trade Union Alliance for Content Moderators are organizing and demanding new safety protocols. #TechWorkersRising
✊Join us!
If an Amazon worker would have behaved like this they would have been fired long ago
While Jeff Bezos held a lavish wedding in Venice, Amazon refused to send a high-level representative to testify in the European Parliament.
This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions.
We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.
This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions.
We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If an Amazon worker would have behaved like this they would have been fired long ago
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Amazon did not show up to a European Parliament hearing on working conditions inside its warehouses.
US tech giant Amazon accused of snubbing European Parliament again
US tech giant Amazon accused of snubbing European Parliament again
www.brusselstimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Amazon did not show up to a European Parliament hearing on working conditions inside its warehouses.
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UNI Europa stands in full solidarity with striking workers and our affiliates in Luxembourg – OGBL and LCGB – as they take united strike action tomorrow to defend workers’ rights, secure fair wages and demand engagement with the government and employers.
Solidarity with striking workers and unions in Luxembourg
This national strike reaffirms the central role of collective bargaining and social dialogue in building a fairer economy.
www.uni-europa.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
UNI Europa stands in full solidarity with striking workers and our affiliates in Luxembourg – OGBL and LCGB – as they take united strike action tomorrow to defend workers’ rights, secure fair wages and demand engagement with the government and employers.
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🎥 now live: European Parliament hearing on working conditions at Amazon
Amazon itself refused to send (sufficiently senior) to the hearing, again.
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
@uni-europa.bsky.social @left.eu @eppgroup.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @greens-efa.eu
Amazon itself refused to send (sufficiently senior) to the hearing, again.
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
@uni-europa.bsky.social @left.eu @eppgroup.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @greens-efa.eu
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre
The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🎥 now live: European Parliament hearing on working conditions at Amazon
Amazon itself refused to send (sufficiently senior) to the hearing, again.
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
@uni-europa.bsky.social @left.eu @eppgroup.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @greens-efa.eu
Amazon itself refused to send (sufficiently senior) to the hearing, again.
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
@uni-europa.bsky.social @left.eu @eppgroup.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @greens-efa.eu
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Cleaners like Hayat have seen their working conditions erode over past decades.
Employers haven't bid for public contracts because of lowest-price competition.
MEPs in the Parliament's IMCO Committee, we all want stronger collective bargaining in public procurement rules – and we want it now.
Employers haven't bid for public contracts because of lowest-price competition.
MEPs in the Parliament's IMCO Committee, we all want stronger collective bargaining in public procurement rules – and we want it now.
June 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Cleaners like Hayat have seen their working conditions erode over past decades.
Employers haven't bid for public contracts because of lowest-price competition.
MEPs in the Parliament's IMCO Committee, we all want stronger collective bargaining in public procurement rules – and we want it now.
Employers haven't bid for public contracts because of lowest-price competition.
MEPs in the Parliament's IMCO Committee, we all want stronger collective bargaining in public procurement rules – and we want it now.
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“We deserve fair pay & good jobs.”
Today, European unions representing 45 million workers launched a campaign in the Brussels metro, with essential workers calling on MEPs in the IMCO Committee to strengthen collective bargaining in the ongoing efforts to reform public procurement.
Today, European unions representing 45 million workers launched a campaign in the Brussels metro, with essential workers calling on MEPs in the IMCO Committee to strengthen collective bargaining in the ongoing efforts to reform public procurement.
European unions launch billboards for EU procurement reform
The billboards see workers calling on MEPs to strengthen collective bargaining in the EU’s ongoing efforts to reform public procurement.
www.uni-europa.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
“We deserve fair pay & good jobs.”
Today, European unions representing 45 million workers launched a campaign in the Brussels metro, with essential workers calling on MEPs in the IMCO Committee to strengthen collective bargaining in the ongoing efforts to reform public procurement.
Today, European unions representing 45 million workers launched a campaign in the Brussels metro, with essential workers calling on MEPs in the IMCO Committee to strengthen collective bargaining in the ongoing efforts to reform public procurement.
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"Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions."
Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech
Workers are fighting for working conditions and mental health support.
www.theverge.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions."
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Il y a des conversations de Twitter qui nous manquent quand même :
April 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Il y a des conversations de Twitter qui nous manquent quand même :
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“All options remain on the table.”
The @ec.europa.eu responded to our letter calling for an “Amazon tax”, a comprehensive digital services tax on US digital companies. #MakeAmazonPay
The @ec.europa.eu responded to our letter calling for an “Amazon tax”, a comprehensive digital services tax on US digital companies. #MakeAmazonPay
April 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“All options remain on the table.”
The @ec.europa.eu responded to our letter calling for an “Amazon tax”, a comprehensive digital services tax on US digital companies. #MakeAmazonPay
The @ec.europa.eu responded to our letter calling for an “Amazon tax”, a comprehensive digital services tax on US digital companies. #MakeAmazonPay
Letter was by UNI Europa, little confusion there by the reporter but good that it was brought up! "all options are on the table" says the Commission
@euronews.com raises @etuc-ces.bsky.social letter to @ec.europa.eu calling for an "Amazon tax". COM reply that all options remain on the table as @marossefcovic.bsky.social continues negotiations in Washington audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...
EC AV PORTAL
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Letter was by UNI Europa, little confusion there by the reporter but good that it was brought up! "all options are on the table" says the Commission
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Bernie Sanders aparece por sorpresa en Coachella: "El futuro depende de vuestra generación, necesitamos que luchéis" www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
April 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Bernie Sanders aparece por sorpresa en Coachella: "El futuro depende de vuestra generación, necesitamos que luchéis" www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
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us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years
This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
April 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen