Theo Morrissey
@unionstheo.bsky.social
Divided we beg. United we bargain.
Everything about building workers' power.
Work: communications @etuc-ces.bsky.social.
Everything about building workers' power.
Work: communications @etuc-ces.bsky.social.
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🚨Breaking : Chat control bloquée au conseil de l'UE !
L'Allemagne (et non la France) refuse de soutenir le texte. La majorité s'effondre et la présidence danoise abandonne cette surveillance de masse.
Une victoire pour nos libertés fondamentales. Bravo à tous pour la mobilisation.
L'Allemagne (et non la France) refuse de soutenir le texte. La majorité s'effondre et la présidence danoise abandonne cette surveillance de masse.
Une victoire pour nos libertés fondamentales. Bravo à tous pour la mobilisation.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨Breaking : Chat control bloquée au conseil de l'UE !
L'Allemagne (et non la France) refuse de soutenir le texte. La majorité s'effondre et la présidence danoise abandonne cette surveillance de masse.
Une victoire pour nos libertés fondamentales. Bravo à tous pour la mobilisation.
L'Allemagne (et non la France) refuse de soutenir le texte. La majorité s'effondre et la présidence danoise abandonne cette surveillance de masse.
Une victoire pour nos libertés fondamentales. Bravo à tous pour la mobilisation.
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#DemocracyAtWork: we're calling on MEPs to vote yes ✅ for the European Works Council Directive revision at the @europarl.europa.eu today.
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#DemocracyAtWork: we're calling on MEPs to vote yes ✅ for the European Works Council Directive revision at the @europarl.europa.eu today.
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We call on the European Parliament to take a strong stand:
To defend workers' rights.
To protect the Due Diligence Directive.
To defend workers' rights.
To protect the Due Diligence Directive.
October 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We call on the European Parliament to take a strong stand:
To defend workers' rights.
To protect the Due Diligence Directive.
To defend workers' rights.
To protect the Due Diligence Directive.
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HAPPENING NOW: @estherlynch.bsky.social is outlining workers' priorities to EU leaders today at the #PortoSocialForum.
Real rights you can rely on, security you can count on, wages you can live on.
That's what we're standing for.
Real rights you can rely on, security you can count on, wages you can live on.
That's what we're standing for.
September 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
HAPPENING NOW: @estherlynch.bsky.social is outlining workers' priorities to EU leaders today at the #PortoSocialForum.
Real rights you can rely on, security you can count on, wages you can live on.
That's what we're standing for.
Real rights you can rely on, security you can count on, wages you can live on.
That's what we're standing for.
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Countdown: one week to go for the State of the European Union speech 2025.
Working people are the foundation of Europe. Yet today, their future is under threat.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu here's what is needed, check out the letter from our General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social ⤵️
Working people are the foundation of Europe. Yet today, their future is under threat.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu here's what is needed, check out the letter from our General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social ⤵️
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Countdown: one week to go for the State of the European Union speech 2025.
Working people are the foundation of Europe. Yet today, their future is under threat.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu here's what is needed, check out the letter from our General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social ⤵️
Working people are the foundation of Europe. Yet today, their future is under threat.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu here's what is needed, check out the letter from our General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social ⤵️
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Education is a public good, an intrinsic element of the social contract, not a marketplace. Technology must serve students and educators—not corporate shareholders. Europe must lead by example, ensuring that digital transformation upholds human dignity, equality, and democracy.
👉https://t.ly/uzrvr
👉https://t.ly/uzrvr
Defending Europe’s Digital Sovereignty and Democratic Values Against Deregulation Pressures
The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) urges the European Union to take bold steps to oppose U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to dismantle regulations on technology companies. Don...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Education is a public good, an intrinsic element of the social contract, not a marketplace. Technology must serve students and educators—not corporate shareholders. Europe must lead by example, ensuring that digital transformation upholds human dignity, equality, and democracy.
👉https://t.ly/uzrvr
👉https://t.ly/uzrvr
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There’s no such thing as a done deal with Trump. He’ll keep coming back for more until you sign over your sovereignty to American corporations.
Don’t placate the bully. Stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Don’t placate the bully. Stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump threatens tariffs on countries that ‘discriminate’ against US tech
President’s move could hit UK’s digital services tax and measures in EU states such as France, Italy and Spain
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
There’s no such thing as a done deal with Trump. He’ll keep coming back for more until you sign over your sovereignty to American corporations.
Don’t placate the bully. Stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Don’t placate the bully. Stand up to him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️
July 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️
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Ce matin à 5h, des travailleurs de nuit se sont rendus au domicile du ministre de l'Emploi, David Clarinval, à Bièvre. Ils venaient protester contre la réforme du travail de nuit, qui va leur coûter jusqu’à un mois et demi de salaire ! 👇 www.sudinfo.be/id1017915/ar...
July 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ce matin à 5h, des travailleurs de nuit se sont rendus au domicile du ministre de l'Emploi, David Clarinval, à Bièvre. Ils venaient protester contre la réforme du travail de nuit, qui va leur coûter jusqu’à un mois et demi de salaire ! 👇 www.sudinfo.be/id1017915/ar...
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URGENT: 12 international volunteers aboard the humanitarian flotilla "Madleen" were illegally detained by Israeli forces while trying to deliver essential aid to Gaza. Here is what happened:
June 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
URGENT: 12 international volunteers aboard the humanitarian flotilla "Madleen" were illegally detained by Israeli forces while trying to deliver essential aid to Gaza. Here is what happened:
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Did the "millionaire exodus" really happen?
No. Not even close.
But that didn’t stop news around the world from reporting it did. So we're not going to let it stop us either from visualising just how much it didn't happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/2025/06/10/t...
No. Not even close.
But that didn’t stop news around the world from reporting it did. So we're not going to let it stop us either from visualising just how much it didn't happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/2025/06/10/t...
The "millionaire exodus" visualised - Tax Justice Network
Did the "millionaire exodus" really happen? No. Not even close. But we've visualised the problem if that helps clarify things.
taxjustice.net
June 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did the "millionaire exodus" really happen?
No. Not even close.
But that didn’t stop news around the world from reporting it did. So we're not going to let it stop us either from visualising just how much it didn't happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/2025/06/10/t...
No. Not even close.
But that didn’t stop news around the world from reporting it did. So we're not going to let it stop us either from visualising just how much it didn't happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/2025/06/10/t...
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We remember with pride the defeat of fascism.
To the trade unionists who resisted. We thank you. We remember you. We pledge to carry your fight forward.
To the trade unionists who resisted. We thank you. We remember you. We pledge to carry your fight forward.
May 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
We remember with pride the defeat of fascism.
To the trade unionists who resisted. We thank you. We remember you. We pledge to carry your fight forward.
To the trade unionists who resisted. We thank you. We remember you. We pledge to carry your fight forward.
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We’re sharing below clips of journalist Hossam Shabat, whom Israel assassinated in northern Gaza earlier today.
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We’re sharing below clips of journalist Hossam Shabat, whom Israel assassinated in northern Gaza earlier today.
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
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On this day 20 years ago, 80,000 workers rallied in Brussels to defeat the Bolkestein directive, which would’ve led to social dumping in the services industry.
Today, the EU Commission’s “28th regime” draws on the same idea—but it's even more dangerous.
In this op-ed, Oliver Roethig explains why.
Today, the EU Commission’s “28th regime” draws on the same idea—but it's even more dangerous.
In this op-ed, Oliver Roethig explains why.
The EU's planned '28th regime' is Bolkestein revisited
The EU's plan for a so-called “28th regime” could make unfair competition the norm at the expense of Europe’s working people. Just like the Bolkestein Directive, it risks becoming a free pass for comp...
euobserver.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On this day 20 years ago, 80,000 workers rallied in Brussels to defeat the Bolkestein directive, which would’ve led to social dumping in the services industry.
Today, the EU Commission’s “28th regime” draws on the same idea—but it's even more dangerous.
In this op-ed, Oliver Roethig explains why.
Today, the EU Commission’s “28th regime” draws on the same idea—but it's even more dangerous.
In this op-ed, Oliver Roethig explains why.
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The message from the @industrialleurope.bsky.social demo today was loud and clear 💯
📣 working people need a Clean Industrial Deal & a Just Transition Directive that deliver quality jobs and not an industry wish-list of deregulation & blank cheques.
📣 working people need a Clean Industrial Deal & a Just Transition Directive that deliver quality jobs and not an industry wish-list of deregulation & blank cheques.
February 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The message from the @industrialleurope.bsky.social demo today was loud and clear 💯
📣 working people need a Clean Industrial Deal & a Just Transition Directive that deliver quality jobs and not an industry wish-list of deregulation & blank cheques.
📣 working people need a Clean Industrial Deal & a Just Transition Directive that deliver quality jobs and not an industry wish-list of deregulation & blank cheques.
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Powerful rejoinder from @wwfeu.bsky.social to the conservative denunciations of European #NGOs, which ignore the vastly greater resources privately deployed by corporate lobbyists to neuter progressive EU decisions: euobserver.com/EU%20Politic...
NGOs are essential, corporate lobbying is the real problem
Critics allege, in an increasingly aggressive tone, that NGOs “misuse” these funds to unduly and secretly influence EU decision-making, and that this constituted a “scandal”. Let’s be clear: there is ...
euobserver.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Powerful rejoinder from @wwfeu.bsky.social to the conservative denunciations of European #NGOs, which ignore the vastly greater resources privately deployed by corporate lobbyists to neuter progressive EU decisions: euobserver.com/EU%20Politic...
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Today was the day: a long-awaited opinion on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive 2022/2041, and I think a concerning one as AG Emiliou suggests its annulment.
Competence was 'thin ice', DK and SV have legitimate concerns to protect social partnership, but there is a lot to unpack in:
t.ly/t6YLp
CURIA - Documents
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January 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today was the day: a long-awaited opinion on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive 2022/2041, and I think a concerning one as AG Emiliou suggests its annulment.
Competence was 'thin ice', DK and SV have legitimate concerns to protect social partnership, but there is a lot to unpack in:
t.ly/t6YLp
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Comme chaque samedi, mon appel à glisser des médias indés dans votre flux Bluesky ✨
Qu'ils traitent l'actu régionale, nationale ou internationale, qu'ils soient généralistes ou spécialisés, d'enquêtes ou d'idées, aucun de ces médias ne dépend d'intérêts industriels, financiers ou de l’État.
Qu'ils traitent l'actu régionale, nationale ou internationale, qu'ils soient généralistes ou spécialisés, d'enquêtes ou d'idées, aucun de ces médias ne dépend d'intérêts industriels, financiers ou de l’État.
December 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Comme chaque samedi, mon appel à glisser des médias indés dans votre flux Bluesky ✨
Qu'ils traitent l'actu régionale, nationale ou internationale, qu'ils soient généralistes ou spécialisés, d'enquêtes ou d'idées, aucun de ces médias ne dépend d'intérêts industriels, financiers ou de l’État.
Qu'ils traitent l'actu régionale, nationale ou internationale, qu'ils soient généralistes ou spécialisés, d'enquêtes ou d'idées, aucun de ces médias ne dépend d'intérêts industriels, financiers ou de l’État.
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This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
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This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
December 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
Inspiring commitment by people in Wexford who have been out every single week for Palestine. Lots of support from passers-by.
This is the determination that is making the Irish Government take action. Let's keep it up!
This is the determination that is making the Irish Government take action. Let's keep it up!
December 21, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Inspiring commitment by people in Wexford who have been out every single week for Palestine. Lots of support from passers-by.
This is the determination that is making the Irish Government take action. Let's keep it up!
This is the determination that is making the Irish Government take action. Let's keep it up!
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Bidenomics was a huge success in the real world, even if not in the media newrepublic.com/article/1892...
Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful
The president’s domestic record wasn’t just extraordinary. It might put Democrats back in power in four years.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Bidenomics was a huge success in the real world, even if not in the media newrepublic.com/article/1892...
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The Republican Party is controlled by fascists. The Democratic Party is useless.
We need electoral reform to break up the two party duopoly. Both parties are Too Big to Fail.
We need electoral reform to break up the two party duopoly. Both parties are Too Big to Fail.
December 17, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The Republican Party is controlled by fascists. The Democratic Party is useless.
We need electoral reform to break up the two party duopoly. Both parties are Too Big to Fail.
We need electoral reform to break up the two party duopoly. Both parties are Too Big to Fail.
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Police in Türkiye recently arrested and imprisoned trade union leaders for nothing more than representing workers
The ETUC is calling on the @ec.europa.eu to investigate this breach of human rights commitments under the EU-Türkiye association agreement
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
The ETUC is calling on the @ec.europa.eu to investigate this breach of human rights commitments under the EU-Türkiye association agreement
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
December 10, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Police in Türkiye recently arrested and imprisoned trade union leaders for nothing more than representing workers
The ETUC is calling on the @ec.europa.eu to investigate this breach of human rights commitments under the EU-Türkiye association agreement
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
The ETUC is calling on the @ec.europa.eu to investigate this breach of human rights commitments under the EU-Türkiye association agreement
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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Asuntopolitiikka Suomessa on siirtymässä markkinavetoiseen suuntaan, ja se haastaa pitkäjänteisen ja ennustettavan asuntopolitiikan tavoitteet. Asumisen tarve ei kuitenkaan mihinkään häviä. #asuminen #STTK
www.sttk.fi/2024/12/03/k...
www.sttk.fi/2024/12/03/k...
Katto pään päälle - STTK
Asuntopolitiikka on siirtymässä markkinavetoiseen suuntaan, ja se haastaa pitkäjänteisen ja ennustettavan asuntopolitiikan tavoitteet.
www.sttk.fi
December 3, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Asuntopolitiikka Suomessa on siirtymässä markkinavetoiseen suuntaan, ja se haastaa pitkäjänteisen ja ennustettavan asuntopolitiikan tavoitteet. Asumisen tarve ei kuitenkaan mihinkään häviä. #asuminen #STTK
www.sttk.fi/2024/12/03/k...
www.sttk.fi/2024/12/03/k...