The ITUC congratulates the workers at the #Volkswagen car plant in #Chattanooga , Tennessee, USA for their historic vote to join the United Auto Workers ( UAW ). ituc-csi.org/usa-historic-u…

Volkswagen workers just made history!

#StandUpUAW

Does Labour’s EU and Foreign Policy Pitch Add Up? Good piece by Kirsty Hughes filleting David Lammy 's recent pronouncements (though the reference to #YouthMobility seems optimistic given recent developments) open.substack.com/pub/kirstyhugh…

Extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem: EU Council sanctions four individuals and two entities over serious human rights abuses against Palestinians europa.eu/!V6KNn4

Good to see stellacreasy Labour Movement for Europe 🌹 🇪🇺 lifting her head above the Party parapet in support of #YouthMobility ‘Labour should grasp the chance to secure EU visa deal for young workers’ – via LabourList labourlist.org/2024/04/labour…

#Argentina : ITUC condemns IMF’s praise of Milei’s disastrous economic policies. Quite right too. Kristalina Georgieva what are you doing praising this dangerous lunatic? ituc-csi.org/Argentina-ITUC…

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GMB members in Coventry are set to take part in a legally binding vote on forming Europes’s first recognised union at Amazon.

Amazon workers, not Amazon bosses, will decide.

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on #Palestine Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt demands EU suspend trade deal with Israel over Gaza bilaterals.org/?un-expert-dem…

Following up on our initial request for information, we have now decided to open an inquiry into how European Commission guarantees respect for #HumanRights in context of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding.

Find the details of the inquiry here: ombudsman.europa.eu/case/66231?utm…

Christ, it looks like U.K. official source is more au fait than The Labour Party official who rejected the idea out of hand on the false premise that this was #FreedomOfMovement . EU proposing post-Brexit joint youth work and study scheme with UK news.sky.com/story/politics…

Come on Denis MacShane this proposal isn’t for freedom of movement. It’s a defensive action by the European Commission to preempt U.K. moves towards bilateral deals with chosen Member States

TONIGHT FOR THE 6TH TIME 🇬🇧puts off taking back control of borders, because, we read, checking stuff could cause 'big delays' 🤡

Full implementation is in October (for Labour to deal with🤡)

'Defra cautioned against disclosing it with media to avoid negative news stories' 🤡👇

Major news: the @ILO adopts new forced labor measurement guidelines that squarely target Uyghur forced labor. Deeply humbled to see that they adopt my work in their new research guidance on state-imposed forced labor. An analysis is below and in the linked article:

🏆🌍 The Just Transition Centre has won the prestigious 2024 WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award!

A recognition of its support for the rights of workers in the global shift towards an environmentally and socially sustainable future . 🌱🤝

ituc-csi.org/ITUC-Just-Tran…

#SouthAfrica Initiates #WTO Dispute against EU Trade 🇪🇺 Citrus Black Spot Citrus Regulations thedtic.gov.za/south-africa-i…

'[G]overnments, trade unions and political parties have already started using the minimum standards outlined in the directive'

🗞️ ETUI policy brief on the 🇪🇺 #MinimumWageDirective by senior researcher Torsten Müller covered in EUobserver 👇

Read the full brief here 🔗