Kurt Vandaele
@kurtvandaele.bsky.social
Researcher ETUI, PhD #TradeUnions #IndustrialAction #platformEconomy #PoliticalEconomy of #LowCountries
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Europa Endlos; I'm so bored with the U.S.A.
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Europa Endlos; I'm so bored with the U.S.A.
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Kurt Vandaele
@kurtvandaele.bsky.social
· Mar 19
The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work
‘Bringing together leading voices, this Companion offers a critical and forward-looking analysis of how to regulate the industry''s impact on work and workers. With insightful case studies and expert ...
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The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work, co-edited with @silviarainone.bsky.social, is now available @elgarpublishing.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social
Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery!
More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
#GigEconomy #FoodForThought
Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery!
More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
#GigEconomy #FoodForThought
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Chapter by Nastazja Potocka-Sionek and Antonio Aloisi in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'
Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Chapter by Nastazja Potocka-Sionek and Antonio Aloisi in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'
Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
Join us to hear from practitioners/academics discussing experimentation and innovation in unions, with insights from ETUC, European federations and national unions, covering cases from Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA
How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Join us to hear from practitioners/academics discussing experimentation and innovation in unions, with insights from ETUC, European federations and national unions, covering cases from Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA
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📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
etui.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
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📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe' takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration, uncovering a need for sustained investment in unions’ internal capacity to collaborate, adapt and learn
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe' takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration, uncovering a need for sustained investment in unions’ internal capacity to collaborate, adapt and learn
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
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Register here for the conference 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
etui.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Register here for the conference 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
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How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
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Minimum Wages: Directive put beyond all doubt by today’s ruling of the Court of Justice.
@estherlynch.bsky.social 📢 "this judgment confirms that the Minimum Wage Directive stands firm – the EU can and must act for fair wages."
@estherlynch.bsky.social 📢 "this judgment confirms that the Minimum Wage Directive stands firm – the EU can and must act for fair wages."
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Minimum Wages: Directive put beyond all doubt by today’s ruling of the Court of Justice.
@estherlynch.bsky.social 📢 "this judgment confirms that the Minimum Wage Directive stands firm – the EU can and must act for fair wages."
@estherlynch.bsky.social 📢 "this judgment confirms that the Minimum Wage Directive stands firm – the EU can and must act for fair wages."
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'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe'
📕 Download or order a copy of the new book here 🔗 etui.org/Z9S
📕 Download or order a copy of the new book here 🔗 etui.org/Z9S
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe'
📕 Download or order a copy of the new book here 🔗 etui.org/Z9S
📕 Download or order a copy of the new book here 🔗 etui.org/Z9S
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📆 And don't miss the launch on 4 December, where you can hear Monika Martiskova, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), co-author of this chapter with Adam Šumichrast, speak about the findings from their Czechia case study, amongst many of the book's other contributors
🔗 etui.org/Z9T
🔗 etui.org/Z9T
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📆 And don't miss the launch on 4 December, where you can hear Monika Martiskova, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), co-author of this chapter with Adam Šumichrast, speak about the findings from their Czechia case study, amongst many of the book's other contributors
🔗 etui.org/Z9T
🔗 etui.org/Z9T
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📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from diverse sectors
Register here for this vital debate about the future of trade unionism 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
Register here for this vital debate about the future of trade unionism 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from diverse sectors
Register here for this vital debate about the future of trade unionism 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
Register here for this vital debate about the future of trade unionism 🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
Please join us for an exchange on current approaches to trade union renewal and innovation
How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓
This upcoming joint event from the ETUI and @crimt.bsky.social will see the launch of two important multi-author studies on union renewal and the strategic experimentation it takes to truly revitalise ✊
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
This upcoming joint event from the ETUI and @crimt.bsky.social will see the launch of two important multi-author studies on union renewal and the strategic experimentation it takes to truly revitalise ✊
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Please join us for an exchange on current approaches to trade union renewal and innovation
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📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe', edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @biancalunafabris.bsky.social, takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
📕 'When trade unions learn to innovate: case study evidence from across Europe', edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @biancalunafabris.bsky.social, takes a deep dive into key cases of grassroots efforts and international collaboration
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
🔗 etui.org/Z9S
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📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons', edited by Mélanie Laroche and Gregor Murray, examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
📗 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons', edited by Mélanie Laroche and Gregor Murray, examines how trade unions from across the world are responding in experimental ways to disruptions that are destabilising traditional structures and practices
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
🔗 etui.org/Z9M
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Premier De Wever wil alle lonen op één vast moment indexeren.
Maar hoe slim is zo’n harmonisering eigenlijk?
Lees hier de volledige opinie van Matthias Somers (Denktank Minerva):
lnkd.in/eP37zG47
Maar hoe slim is zo’n harmonisering eigenlijk?
Lees hier de volledige opinie van Matthias Somers (Denktank Minerva):
lnkd.in/eP37zG47
LinkedIn
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November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Premier De Wever wil alle lonen op één vast moment indexeren.
Maar hoe slim is zo’n harmonisering eigenlijk?
Lees hier de volledige opinie van Matthias Somers (Denktank Minerva):
lnkd.in/eP37zG47
Maar hoe slim is zo’n harmonisering eigenlijk?
Lees hier de volledige opinie van Matthias Somers (Denktank Minerva):
lnkd.in/eP37zG47
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Reposted by Kurt Vandaele
Interprétation en français sera disponible! 🗣️
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Interprétation en français sera disponible! 🗣️
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How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓
This upcoming joint event from the ETUI and @crimt.bsky.social will see the launch of two important multi-author studies on union renewal and the strategic experimentation it takes to truly revitalise ✊
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
This upcoming joint event from the ETUI and @crimt.bsky.social will see the launch of two important multi-author studies on union renewal and the strategic experimentation it takes to truly revitalise ✊
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓
This upcoming joint event from the ETUI and @crimt.bsky.social will see the launch of two important multi-author studies on union renewal and the strategic experimentation it takes to truly revitalise ✊
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
This upcoming joint event from the ETUI and @crimt.bsky.social will see the launch of two important multi-author studies on union renewal and the strategic experimentation it takes to truly revitalise ✊
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
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Interested in coming to the launch?
Register here to come and hear editors @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @biancalunafabris.bsky.social speak about the book's findings and the importance of innovation and experimentation for union renewal 🔗 etui.org/Z9T
Register here to come and hear editors @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @biancalunafabris.bsky.social speak about the book's findings and the importance of innovation and experimentation for union renewal 🔗 etui.org/Z9T
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Interested in coming to the launch?
Register here to come and hear editors @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @biancalunafabris.bsky.social speak about the book's findings and the importance of innovation and experimentation for union renewal 🔗 etui.org/Z9T
Register here to come and hear editors @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @biancalunafabris.bsky.social speak about the book's findings and the importance of innovation and experimentation for union renewal 🔗 etui.org/Z9T
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Great to see this collective volume edited with @abieler.bsky.social published! It critically engages with the concept of polycrisis, while building on the illustrious tradition of critical political economy of European integration
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Great to see this collective volume edited with @abieler.bsky.social published! It critically engages with the concept of polycrisis, while building on the illustrious tradition of critical political economy of European integration
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
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Chapter by Denise Kasparian in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Chapter by Denise Kasparian in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
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At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, it is crucial to correctly diagnose what leads to the success of these parties 🔍
🔗 etui.org/ZV9
Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
🔗 etui.org/ZV9
Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, it is crucial to correctly diagnose what leads to the success of these parties 🔍
🔗 etui.org/ZV9
Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
🔗 etui.org/ZV9
Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
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''Een stakende werknemer betaalt die dag een kleine 100 euro om gehoord te worden.'' ✊ Lieveke Norga van @acvpuls.bsky.social vandaag in @standaard.be www.standaard.be/opinies/de-n...
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
''Een stakende werknemer betaalt die dag een kleine 100 euro om gehoord te worden.'' ✊ Lieveke Norga van @acvpuls.bsky.social vandaag in @standaard.be www.standaard.be/opinies/de-n...
This chapter, #Unionisation and #DigitalLabour, will be published in 2026 in the ‘Sage Handbook of Digital Labour’. @etui.bsky.social
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This chapter, #Unionisation and #DigitalLabour, will be published in 2026 in the ‘Sage Handbook of Digital Labour’. @etui.bsky.social
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
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Chapter by Maria Figueroa and María Eugenia Rodríguez Florez in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Chapter by Maria Figueroa and María Eugenia Rodríguez Florez in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social