IndustriAll Europe

24/06/2026

🌡️ ☀️ Europe is experiencing another heat wave with record temperatures across the continent – and workers are very concerned!

Extreme heat can cause fatigue, dehydration or worsen chronic diseases. Physical work heightens body temperature even more, while heat stress impairs judgment and increases accident risk. Poor recovery between shifts, especially when workers live in inadequately cooled homes, adds to the burden. When temperatures rise above 30°C, the risk of workplace accidents increases by 5-7% and, when temperatures exceed 38°C, accidents are between 10% to 15% more likely, research shows.

Europe is experiencing another heat wave with record temperatures across the continent – and workers are very concerned!

23/06/2026

Brexit anniversary: unions call for “common sense” UK 🇬🇧 -EU 🇪🇺reset amid global uncertainty

Reducing trade barriers and border frictions is essential to protect European jobs and maintain deeply integrated cross-channel supply chains. Currently, businesses face extensive administrative burdens, paperwork, and costly border delays to prove regulatory alignment, frictions that ultimately put wages and employment at risk across the continent.

An ETUC press release 🔗

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the TUC are calling for an ambitious reset in EU-UK relations, urging leaders on both sides to agree on "jobs first" sectoral deals to stabilise the European market.

23/06/2026

🆕 Op-Ed by Judith Kirton-Darling

🚨 Europe’s Industrial Tsunami Demands a Quality Jobs Act

Europe's industrial transition risks becoming a social tsunami; only binding labour guarantees, not soft coordination, can prevent it.

Europe’s industrial transition risks becoming a social tsunami; only binding labour guarantees, not soft coordination, can prevent it.

22/06/2026

Trade union leaders from across Europe met today with European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde to discuss the impact of the economic situation on working people, with industriAll Europe warning against a return to policies that risk deepening Europe’s industrial crisis.

Europe’s industrial workers have already paid a heavy price for the economic crises of recent years. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. Higher interest rates will not solve Europe’s structural problems, but they risk deepening deindustrialisation, undermining investment and putting even more jobs at risk - Judith Kirton-Darling

https://news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1544

20/06/2026

Rally for quality jobs, democracy and peace 📍 Madrid

19/06/2026

Congratulations to Roman Ďurčo reelected as President of OS KOVO today 🙌

19/06/2026

Stellantis EWC in Mulhouse has gathered 36 workers representatives from 12 European countries to discuss with management the company strategy to cope with the structural transformation of the auto industry and its supply chain while tackling the many challenges the sector faces in Europe.

Stellantis EWC in Mulhouse 16-18/6 has gathered 36 workers representatives from 12 European countries to discuss with management the company strategy to cope with the structural transformation of the auto industry and its supply chain while tackling the many challenges the sector faces in Europe.

18/06/2026

Addressing the Congress of Czech metalworkers’ union OS KOVO, Judith Kirton-Darling called for urgent action to protect industrial jobs and strengthen Europe’s manufacturing base in the face of growing economic and geopolitical challenges.

Workers across Europe are facing increasing uncertainty as job losses hit the steel sector, the automotive industry undergoes profound transformation, and high energy prices continue to undermine industrial competitiveness. Recent European Commission assessments indicate that more than half a million manufacturing jobs could be at risk in the coming months as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, particularly in energy-intensive industries.

“Deindustrialisation is not inevitable. It is the result of political and economic choices—and it can be stopped,”

18/06/2026

18/06/2026