Jan Willem Goudriaan
@jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
General Secretary EPSU - European Public Service Union
www.epsu.org
ETUC - PSI
People and Planet Before Profits
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www.epsu.org
ETUC - PSI
People and Planet Before Profits
Twitter/X @JW_Goudriaan
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🎉 A big thank you to all EPSU affiliates!
Thousands of public service workers made their voices heard on #PSDay2025!
From Türkiye to Belgium, UK to Kazakhstan — from fire stations to hospitals, we said it loud: #NoToAusterity
🎥 Watch this powerful video👇🏾
Thousands of public service workers made their voices heard on #PSDay2025!
From Türkiye to Belgium, UK to Kazakhstan — from fire stations to hospitals, we said it loud: #NoToAusterity
🎥 Watch this powerful video👇🏾
Unions across Europe celebrated public service workers on 23 june 2025. With powerful messages of resistance to austerity and commercialisation. With actions for higher wages. Around the @epsu.bsky.social agenda
Txs.
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Txs.
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And the reaction of the European Parliament with @liandersson.bsky.social of @left.eu Dennis Radtke @eppgroup.bsky.social and @maritmaij.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu on the Court decision of the Minimum Wage Directive, demanding swift implementation by Member States
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November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And the reaction of the European Parliament with @liandersson.bsky.social of @left.eu Dennis Radtke @eppgroup.bsky.social and @maritmaij.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu on the Court decision of the Minimum Wage Directive, demanding swift implementation by Member States
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The ECJ delivered verdict on European Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages
It is positive
Directive stands including provisions on improving coverage of workers by collective agreements
Court did reject provisions it considers have direct impact on pay
For more
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
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It is positive
Directive stands including provisions on improving coverage of workers by collective agreements
Court did reject provisions it considers have direct impact on pay
For more
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
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Streaming - Court of Justice of the European Union
Court of Justice of the European Union
curia.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The ECJ delivered verdict on European Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages
It is positive
Directive stands including provisions on improving coverage of workers by collective agreements
Court did reject provisions it considers have direct impact on pay
For more
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
1/
It is positive
Directive stands including provisions on improving coverage of workers by collective agreements
Court did reject provisions it considers have direct impact on pay
For more
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
1/
Public Power New York, Scotland's experience of urban transport privatisation, tackling climate change, role of trade unions - Fighting for Public Power and Public Ownership of energy and ensuring working people's interests prevail over profits and markets
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@scottishtuc.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
Labor’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on Tuesday has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forw...
portside.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Public Power New York, Scotland's experience of urban transport privatisation, tackling climate change, role of trade unions - Fighting for Public Power and Public Ownership of energy and ensuring working people's interests prevail over profits and markets
@epsu.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
Documentary about actions of Israeli army in #Gaza and how some soldiers feel about it
Testimoney for the ICJ and ICC to add to the case against poltican leadership Israel and the genocide
Testimoney for the ICJ and ICC to add to the case against poltican leadership Israel and the genocide
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Documentary about actions of Israeli army in #Gaza and how some soldiers feel about it
Testimoney for the ICJ and ICC to add to the case against poltican leadership Israel and the genocide
Testimoney for the ICJ and ICC to add to the case against poltican leadership Israel and the genocide
A thread on Chinese car exports. Very fast pace of chance
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A thread on Chinese car exports. Very fast pace of chance
9 november 1938 was Night of Broken Glass, a Pogrom against Jewish people in Germany
Many synagoges were set on fire
Also a story of complicity, so many joined in
Many synagoges were set on fire
Also a story of complicity, so many joined in
Aufarbeitung von NS-Geschichte: Die Sparkasse, der SA-Mann und die Synagoge
Am 9. November 1938 wurde im hessischen Alsfeld die Synagoge in Brand gesteckt. Dann löschte die Feuerwehr – die Sparkasse wollte das Grundstück.
taz.de
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
9 november 1938 was Night of Broken Glass, a Pogrom against Jewish people in Germany
Many synagoges were set on fire
Also a story of complicity, so many joined in
Many synagoges were set on fire
Also a story of complicity, so many joined in
Corridor care in UK- visible sign of system under stress
Too few staffed hospital beds
Gaps in community and social care provision leading to delays in discharge of patients
Research of @rcem.ac.uk
So similar to findings trolleywatch @inmoirl.bsky.social
Lack safe staffing a European problem
Too few staffed hospital beds
Gaps in community and social care provision leading to delays in discharge of patients
Research of @rcem.ac.uk
So similar to findings trolleywatch @inmoirl.bsky.social
Lack safe staffing a European problem
‘A national shame’: Research reveals devastating reality of so called ‘corridor care’ - RCEM
10/11/2025 - Almost one in five patients in Emergency Departments were being cared for in trolleys or chairs in corridors in England this summer, with so-called 'corridor care' leaving people feeling ...
rcem.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Corridor care in UK- visible sign of system under stress
Too few staffed hospital beds
Gaps in community and social care provision leading to delays in discharge of patients
Research of @rcem.ac.uk
So similar to findings trolleywatch @inmoirl.bsky.social
Lack safe staffing a European problem
Too few staffed hospital beds
Gaps in community and social care provision leading to delays in discharge of patients
Research of @rcem.ac.uk
So similar to findings trolleywatch @inmoirl.bsky.social
Lack safe staffing a European problem
Dutch investigative program @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social demonstrates large increase of #pfas in ground water especially from pesticides including for-ever chemical TFA. Such substances end up in plants, animals and us
⛔️Complete ban needed
❌️Lobby industry in Bxl wants to continue polluting
⛔️Complete ban needed
❌️Lobby industry in Bxl wants to continue polluting
Veel meer PFAS in pesticiden: grote zorgen om drinkwater
PFAS-houdende pesticiden zijn in Nederland in vier jaar tijd meer dan verdubbeld. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Argos. De groei kan doorzetten als een algeheel verbod op PFAS, zoals nu voorligt in Brus...
argos.vpro.nl
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Dutch investigative program @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social demonstrates large increase of #pfas in ground water especially from pesticides including for-ever chemical TFA. Such substances end up in plants, animals and us
⛔️Complete ban needed
❌️Lobby industry in Bxl wants to continue polluting
⛔️Complete ban needed
❌️Lobby industry in Bxl wants to continue polluting
(Lower) Courts in the US still standing up for freedom to protest and against the assault of (far-right) law enforcement officers against that freedom and the people exercising it
The softest Nazis you ever did see
They're tough guys in the streets and delicate little babies in court.
www.publicnotice.co
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
(Lower) Courts in the US still standing up for freedom to protest and against the assault of (far-right) law enforcement officers against that freedom and the people exercising it
Nog eens over JA21 Hun program is een aanslag op de democratie. De VVD de klassiek burgerlijke partij die de weg naar de macht voor fascisten opent.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Nog eens over JA21 Hun program is een aanslag op de democratie. De VVD de klassiek burgerlijke partij die de weg naar de macht voor fascisten opent.
Youtube caving in to US/Israeli pressure by attacking Palestinian human rights groups and deleting accounts from its platform that monitored abuses
It creates a culture of impunity for those abuses and paves the way for more abuse also in other countries including the US
It creates a culture of impunity for those abuses and paves the way for more abuse also in other countries including the US
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Youtube caving in to US/Israeli pressure by attacking Palestinian human rights groups and deleting accounts from its platform that monitored abuses
It creates a culture of impunity for those abuses and paves the way for more abuse also in other countries including the US
It creates a culture of impunity for those abuses and paves the way for more abuse also in other countries including the US
Latest issue @epsu.bsky.social collective bargaining news is out.
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➡️ agreements
➡️strikes
➡️ research and more
from Europe's public service unions
Archive going back 20 years
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➡️ agreements
➡️strikes
➡️ research and more
from Europe's public service unions
Archive going back 20 years
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November 2025 EPSU Collective Bargaining Newsletter No.20
www.epsu.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Latest issue @epsu.bsky.social collective bargaining news is out.
Covers
➡️ agreements
➡️strikes
➡️ research and more
from Europe's public service unions
Archive going back 20 years
@etui.bsky.social
@labourstart.bsky.social
@strikemap.org
@unionnews.bsky.social
Covers
➡️ agreements
➡️strikes
➡️ research and more
from Europe's public service unions
Archive going back 20 years
@etui.bsky.social
@labourstart.bsky.social
@strikemap.org
@unionnews.bsky.social
D66 zou best eerst eens gesprekken voeren met doorslagje v Wilders [JA21] CDA en VVD. Zal snel blijken onmogelijk. Die partij wil EVRM moderniseren omdat ze het oneens zijn met uitspraken rechters.
Of? JA21 ziet zich ook als liberale partij.
Een v d twee moet kiezers verraden denk ik toch
Of? JA21 ziet zich ook als liberale partij.
Een v d twee moet kiezers verraden denk ik toch
Aandachtpunt voor VVD, D66 en CDA om in zee te gaan met JA21.
Nummer twee is Annabel Nanninga. Zij is van mening dat holocaustontkenning niet strafbaar is.
In 2016 publiceerde Annabel Nanninga een volstrek onkritisch interview met de bekende Holocaustontkenner David Irving.
Lees verder
Nummer twee is Annabel Nanninga. Zij is van mening dat holocaustontkenning niet strafbaar is.
In 2016 publiceerde Annabel Nanninga een volstrek onkritisch interview met de bekende Holocaustontkenner David Irving.
Lees verder
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
D66 zou best eerst eens gesprekken voeren met doorslagje v Wilders [JA21] CDA en VVD. Zal snel blijken onmogelijk. Die partij wil EVRM moderniseren omdat ze het oneens zijn met uitspraken rechters.
Of? JA21 ziet zich ook als liberale partij.
Een v d twee moet kiezers verraden denk ik toch
Of? JA21 ziet zich ook als liberale partij.
Een v d twee moet kiezers verraden denk ik toch
Care-workers from all over Europe tell similar stories: lack of respect and of recognition for the skills, third party violence, stress, back pain, low pay and often no collective agreement, commercialisation that puts profits [occupation ratios] before health & safety/well being
@epsu.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
The first-ever Care Workers’ Parliament is underway at the European Parliament 💬
EPSU’s @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social and MEP @gabischoff.bsky.social opened the event, welcoming care workers from across Europe. Their stories matter - policymakers need to hear their voices.
EPSU’s @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social and MEP @gabischoff.bsky.social opened the event, welcoming care workers from across Europe. Their stories matter - policymakers need to hear their voices.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Care-workers from all over Europe tell similar stories: lack of respect and of recognition for the skills, third party violence, stress, back pain, low pay and often no collective agreement, commercialisation that puts profits [occupation ratios] before health & safety/well being
@epsu.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
Analysis from @friends-earth.bsky.social provides new insight on environmental injustice in the UK:
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst air pollution, analysis finds
Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Analysis from @friends-earth.bsky.social provides new insight on environmental injustice in the UK:
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
Throwback to 2021 when the future mayor of New York helped EWOC's first fundraiser
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Throwback to 2021 when the future mayor of New York helped EWOC's first fundraiser
Waking up to the good news that Zohran Mamdani [mayor New York] and other Democrats won
Election live updates: Zohran Mamdani will become New York City’s next mayor, CNN projects | CNN Politics
Voters in multiple states on Tuesday are participating in the first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term. Follow here for live news updates, results, analysis and more.
edition.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Waking up to the good news that Zohran Mamdani [mayor New York] and other Democrats won
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
if this doesnt make you feel good youre dead inside
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
if this doesnt make you feel good youre dead inside
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
Our latest Photo of the Week: On 24 October, public sector unions affiliated with the Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses struck to protest goverment austerity policies and the rise of the far-right Chega party. (Photo: STAL)
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our latest Photo of the Week: On 24 October, public sector unions affiliated with the Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses struck to protest goverment austerity policies and the rise of the far-right Chega party. (Photo: STAL)
The Nigerian unions in NLC declare a health emergency as government fails to invest and fund medical care and health care workers
System can collapse
www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/govt...
System can collapse
www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/govt...
Govt officials prefer to die abroad while health sector decays — NLC
—Say neglect of health workers’ welfare pushing medicare to total collapse By Victor Ahiuma-Young ABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has accused the government of deliberately neglecting the he...
www.vanguardngr.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The Nigerian unions in NLC declare a health emergency as government fails to invest and fund medical care and health care workers
System can collapse
www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/govt...
System can collapse
www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/govt...
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
CYPRUS: Women face higher in-work poverty risk, Eurostat data shows cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/03/c...
Cyprus women face higher in-work poverty risk, Eurostat data shows
The risk of poverty among people who are employed remains a persistent issue across the European Union, with new Eurostat figures showing that 8.2 per cent of workers aged 18 or over in the bloc were ...
cyprus-mail.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
CYPRUS: Women face higher in-work poverty risk, Eurostat data shows cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/03/c...
An idea from South Korea: to cover large parkings with solar power panels, and mandatory for private owners as well
Many advantages
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
Many advantages
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
An idea from South Korea: to cover large parkings with solar power panels, and mandatory for private owners as well
Many advantages
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
Many advantages
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
Wat een stabiliteit straalt dit uit, toch Dil?
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Wat een stabiliteit straalt dit uit, toch Dil?
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Reposted by Jan Willem Goudriaan
Chilling. It feels like people power through candidates like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the only way to fight back.
New research on the Authoritarian Stack by @fesonline.bsky.social reveals the network of dark tech companies and CEOs/ billionaires pushing surveillance software and their view of a world dominated by a few
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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Chilling. It feels like people power through candidates like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the only way to fight back.