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🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...

A smashed window sparks outrage. But what about workers injured at protests, public services starved of funding or lives lost to extreme heat? This week’s EPSU newsletter asks why some forms of violence get so much more attention than others. 🤔 Read more 👉 www.epsu.org/newsletter/w...

See you there! ✊🚨 Find the info on how to join 👉 www.epsu.org/article/euro...

All the details about the European firefighters' demonstration on 3 November: 🔗 www.epsu.org/article/euro... @etuc-ces.bsky.social @fbunational.bsky.social

A smashed window sparks outrage. But what about workers injured at protests, public services starved of funding or lives lost to extreme heat? This week’s EPSU newsletter asks why some forms of violence get so much more attention than others. 🤔 Read more 👉 www.epsu.org/newsletter/w...

🚒 Firefighters from across Europe are coming to Brussels! On 3 November, we're taking to the streets for more staff, better protection and proper investment in emergency services. 📍 11:00 | Gare du Nord → Tour & Taxis ✊ Share the call! Details in the reply 👇

Onderbemanning, een gebrek aan middelen en ernstige gezondheidsrisico’s als PTSS en beroepsgerelateerde kanker hebben een enorme impact op wie elke dag klaarstaat om anderen te beschermen. Tijd om de onderfinanciering en personeelstekorten te stoppen. Minder applaus, meer investeringen!

EPSU is on the streets in Strasbourg today with unions from across Europe ✊ Addressing the @etuc-ces.bsky.social rally, EPSU President Françoise Geng called for strong safeguards against social dumping and attacks on workers’ rights. No race to the bottom. Strong rights. Strong public services!

Large mobilisations in France [gillets jaunes et jeunes], in Italy with CGIL and coalition for change, public services and peace, in Portugal with trade unions and continuing student marches in Serbia Today Success to all #solidarity @epsu.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social @strikemap.org

🇮🇪 A day after Ireland's biggest public sector strike in 20 years, we're in Dublin! Hosted by @forsatradeunion.bsky.social, our Public Services Network is discussing the proposed revision of EU public procurement rules and developing a trade union response. Public money must support quality jobs! ✊

Workers need a strong voice in multinational companies! ✊ Our European Works Councils network meets today in Brussels to discuss workers' rights, tackling workplace harassment through bargaining and the EU's proposed 28th regime. Stronger rights across borders!

We’re on the streets in Ireland today for the largest public sector strike in 20 years! More than 300,000 workers are taking action for fair pay and strong public services. Solidarity to @forsatradeunion.bsky.social, @siptu.bsky.social, INMO, AHCPS and all striking workers. Europe is with you. ✊

Trade unions representing Europe's energy, water and waste workers are meeting in Brussels today for EPSU's Public Utilities Standing Committee. On the agenda: AI, the energy transition, EU policy and the fight for quality jobs and strong public services! ✊

We and 120+ organisations across Europe are calling on our governments to cut ties with Palantir for good! @corporateeurope.org @epsu.bsky.social

Around 50.000 trade unionists and students on streets of Brussels #StrongerTogether against austerity. For funding of public services including health, education, care and public administrations 📢Stay with your hands out of our pockets 📢Tax the rich to the government @epsu.bsky.social joined

Workers' anger boiling over across Europe as governments and EU fail to address public service emergencies @epsu.bsky.social publishes list of actions public service workers ✅Netherlands ✅Germany ✅Latvia ✅Serbia ✅Italy ✅Belgium ✅France ✅Spain ✅Greece ✅Portugal ✅Ireland @labourstart.bsky.social

50,000 on the streets of Brussels today. ✊ EPSU joined Belgians and their unions to say: enough! No more making workers pay for austerity. No more cuts to public services, wages, pensions and social protection. Workers are fighting back!

✊ A win for workers: the European Parliament has backed binding EU action on work-related stress and psychosocial risks! Now the Commission must act. Chronic understaffing, unsafe workloads and workplace violence are preventable. Find out more 👉🔗 www.epsu.org/article/euro...

You can’t fix labour shortages in public services without fixing the jobs. On #WorldDayForDecentWork, we join the European trade union call for fair pay, safe staffing, training and a strong voice at work. Europe’s Quality Jobs Act must deliver binding rights for workers! @etuc-ces.bsky.social

‼️SAVE THE DATE - 03/11/2026 - Europe's firefighters will be on Brussels' streets to protest against #austerity and for the urgent need for #investment - listen to our colleague Thibaut Rappe‼️ #SocialJustice #QualityJobs @politico.eu @euractiv.com @euobserver.com bsky.app/profile/epsu...

🚒 On 3 November, firefighters from across Europe will take to the streets in Brussels! Last week, Thibaut Rappe of CSC Services Publics (Belgium) told MEPs why: dangerous exposure, occupational illness, too few staff and too little investment. More details on the mobilisation soon! 🔥

Thank you to Darija Softić, Sarajevo Canton Minister of Justice and Administration, for joining our LRG conference and backing dialogue with trade unions! And thank you to our hosts SUFBIH and President Samir Kurtovic, with a powerful reminder of unions’ role in building and protecting peace. ✊

Heat, floods, fires and storms are already changing the world of work. Our final panel in Sarajevo looked at what a just climate response needs: stronger protection from heat, strong public services, and workers at the heart of shaping the transition. 🌡️✊

Labour inspectors from across Europe are meeting in Brussels today to talk about staffing, working conditions and stronger enforcement of workers’ rights. Thanks to MEP @smithanthony.bsky.social for his support. Later, we head to the European Parliament to meet MEP Estelle Ceulemans.

Stronger unions, better conditions - and a real voice for public service workers. ✊ Our third panel in Sarajevo shared experiences of organising and bargaining across Europe: listening and learning from each other, but staying determined to win change for workers.

More than 100,000 public service workers in Ireland are taking action from today! ✊ From health to local government, workers are standing up for fair pay and strong public services. Solidarity with INMO, SIPTU, Fórsa and all those fighting the #PublicServicesEmergency!

We’re on the streets in Paris with French public service workers! ✊🇫🇷 Better pay. Better conditions. More staff. More investment in the public services we all rely on. Solidarity with everyone taking action across France today! ❤️

Depuis Sarajevo, la solidarité syndicale européenne s’affirme ! La fédération des Services publics participe à la conférence paneuropéenne d’EPSU pour des services publics de qualité, avec nos camarades syndicalistes de toute l’Europe. Vive la solidarité internationale des travailleurs ! ✊🇫🇷🇪🇺

Recruitment is only the start. ✊ How do we turn new members into active members? How do we bring more young workers into unions - and support them to become activists and leaders? A discussion on organising and trade union renewal in Sarajevo - one that speaks to the very future of our unions.

Public services should be public - but ownership is only the start. Our first panel in Sarajevo discussed democratic control, workers’ voices and public procurement that delivers decent jobs, fair taxes and the green transition. Public money should work for people! ✊

Day 2 of our Local and Regional Government Pan-European Conference starts with #solidarity. ✊ From Sarajevo, LRG unions from across Europe stand with workers fighting back against the #PublicServicesEmergency services emergency - including workers taking to the streets across France today.

Who remembers the EPSU Labour Dictionary? 👀 It mostly lived on the platform formerly known as Twitter, so some of you may have missed it. For #SafeAbortionDay, we’re bringing back one entry. Years later, the definition hasn’t changed: abortion must be safe, free and accessible.

NO TO PALANTIR 🚫 120+ organisations and unions across Europe call for the scrapping of all existing public sector contracts with Palantir.

Statement of 120 organisations across Europe demanding end of public contracts to #Palantir A company avoiding paying a fair share of taxes And which leaders questioning values of equality and democracy Not to Palantir

We’re kicking off our Local and Regional Government Pan-European Conference in Sarajevo! 🗳️ First on the agenda: electing our new LRG President. A warm welcome to Ann Georgsson of Kommunal, our new EPSU LRG President! 👏 Two days of trade union debate, exchange and action start here.

Hundreds of Austrian unionists @fsgyounion.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social send a message of #solidarity to German workers today on the streets across the country against destruction welfare state with @social.verdi.de @dgbbbr.bsky.social Success!

Close to 70.000 trade unionists in Essen, Germany protesting against Sozial Abbau, destruction of the welfare state And this in another 14 cities across Germany Massive signal against the government reforms @epsu.bsky.social @social.verdi.de @labourstart.bsky.social

We’re outside the European Commission with trade unions from across Europe to say: enough is enough! Workers’ rights are not red tape. Collective bargaining is not a barrier to competitiveness. EU Inc: protect workers’ rights — or sink it. ✊ @etuc-ces.bsky.social

Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is one of Europe’s most women-dominated sectors. So the fight for quality ECEC is a fight for gender equality too. Today our ECEC Network and Women’s & Gender Equality Committee came together in Brussels to organise for both. ✊

Great meeting Board members of International Chimney Sweepers Union Talking about health and safety, professional qualifications, energy policy and procurement @epsu.bsky.social unions organise chimney sweepers employed by municipalities, active in public roles We will strengthen cooperation

Europe needs at least 1 million more healthcare workers. The European Parliament has backed action on staff shortages and working conditions. Workers have been saying it for years: recruitment only works if people can stay in the job. Now governments must act! 👇 www.euractiv.com/news/europea...