Tom Jenkins
@EUraTol
For workers' rights and Europe
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19-02-2017 19:01:05
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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…
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…
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
#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 🔗