'I think it is very important, and I keep repeating this often, that we distinguish these two: the skill shortages and the labour shortages'
🎙️ @wzwysen.bsky.social on etui.podcast
Listen here 🔗 etui.org/Z62
📣 New report just out!
⚖️ A deep analysis of case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union associated with occupational health and safety #OSH directives
I hosted 9 colleagues from the U.S. & Europe for a symposium on climate adaptation research & the just transition framework at IU's Gateway in Berlin. I am grateful for their engagement & excited to stay in touch. Thank you to my colleagues @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social & IU Global for making it happen.
In the latest episode of 'A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast' Kate Cook discusses workers’ rights and climate change with Kalina Arabadjieva of the European Trade Union Institute.
Listen here: ow.ly/Ysxu50VftCx
@etui.bsky.social @karabadjieva.bsky.social
What is the situation for #WorkingWomen today in Europe? ♀️ 👇
Given that the results of the German elections were always going to be bad from a progressive European perspective, the outcome has a number of silver linings.
Starting with the little guys:
- FDP are out. Liberals got their comeuppance for their destructive climate, fiscal and EU policies.
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#ClimatePolicy can unfortunately sometimes run up against socioeconomic realities, whether that's #JobSecurity or #EnergyPoverty
So what are the necessary conditions for ensuring that #SocialJustice and #EnvironmentalProtection go hand-in-hand? 🤝 🪴
ANALYSIS | by Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni and @karabadjieva.bsky.social (European Trade Union Institute - ETUI)
"Spain’s new labour measures could set the perfect precedent for protecting workers against events that are no longer so unpredictable."
www.equaltimes.org/climate-chan...
ANALYSE | Face à l’aggravation des changements climatiques, les nouveaux règlements du travail en Espagne pourraient créer le parfait précédent pour protéger les travailleurs contre des phénomènes climatiques qui ne sont plus si imprévisibles.
www.equaltimes.org/l-adaptation...
ETUI researchers and trainers on Bluesky! 👇
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Climate change #adaptation must centre social justice and #WorkersRights, argues this article by @etui.bsky.social researchers @karabadjieva.bsky.social & Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni for @equaltimes.bsky.social.
Read more:
Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Ignore the Victorian pencil, Join a union TODAY
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
'Is the European Green Deal really leaving no one behind?'
📑 ETUI policy brief by Mehtap Akgüç and @karabadjieva.bsky.social
🔗 etui.org/Z7G
#EuropeanGreenDeal #JustTransition
So proud to show you all the report that Katie and I wrote about sex workers in the European trade union movement 📣
www.etui.org/publications...
SW have always had an ambivalent relationship with unions but some have been able to achieve crucial successes nevertheless. Let's continue their work!
As climate change worsens, Spain’s new labour measures could set the perfect precedent for protecting workers against events that are no longer so unpredictable
✍️ ETUI researchers Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni & @karabadjieva.bsky.social in Social Europe
www.socialeurope.eu/climate-chan...
Happy to share new @etui.bsky.social report on labour market monopsony and workers' bargaining power
www.etui.org/publications...
I review how workers' bargaining position and their wages are pushed down by (1) labour market concentration; and (2) a growing use of anti-competitive contract clauses
‘Workplaces are usually designed for men’
Pioneering ergonomist Karen Messing gives the 🗝️ keynote speech at our annual #OSH conference in Brussels
This year's edition is titled 'Integrating gender into occupational health and safety' ♀️♂️
Heavy workload, long hours, lack of autonomy, harassment in the workplace...
⚠️ These are all examples of work-related #PsycoSocialRisks, which can severely affect the health of workers and are thus one of the biggest concerns to be addressed in modern working life
Hi Ewan, would you mind adding me? :)
Here's a labour law and labour rights starter pack - please do share, and tell me if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/FhMsGKA
Pls add @emilycunniffe.bsky.social ❤️
🎉If @thebigbogg.bsky.social Simon Deakin+ @melaniesimms.bsky.social can change one thing in the Employment Bill, what?
🤝Sector negotiations (not pay reviews)+ right to take action
🔐Give jobs back if illegally fired
👩⚖️Presume collective agreements are enforceable
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Spanish government introduces paid climate leave. Up to 4 days in case of extreme weather www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
A new topic for collective bargaining.
Thank you!!
Thanks!!
It would be great to join this pack - I work on the intersection between labour law and environmental and climate law :)
📢 Calling all discrimination and equality law academics, practitioners and policy-makers!
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
Could I join as well, Liam?
Could you perhaps add @etui.bsky.social ?
How can we break out of the 'one-size-fits-all' approach in occupational health and safety to seriously examine #gender-specific risks and needs? ♀️♂️⚧️
🗣️ This year's annual ETUI #OSH conference will deep dive into the question of gender's place in OSH
🔗 etui.org/Z2i
