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Jan Willem Goudriaan

Jan Willem Goudriaan has been general secretary of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) since 2014.

Europe’s Digital Future Demands Public Ownership And Worker Control

Jan Willem Goudriaan and Diego Naranjo

European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.

Establishing safe staffing in health and social care

Jan Willem Goudriaan and Adam Rogalewski

Staff shortages represent a risk to occupational health and an EU directive should mandate member states to address them.

#FairFarma: an open call for a fair policy on drugs

Jan Willem Goudriaan, Claude Rolin and Jean-Pascal Labille

Belgian civil-society organisations issue a call to the presidency of the Council of the EU.

EU legislation on health data a gift to Big Tech

Irene Schipper, David Ollivier de Leth and Jan Willem Goudriaan

The European Health Data Space under negotiations will turn citizens’ medical data into profits for US technology corporations.

Fostering public research or boosting Big Tech?

Philip Freeman and Jan Willem Goudriaan

The European Health Data Space should serve patients and healthcare workers, not private profit.

European social dialogue for Europe’s social services

Jan Willem Goudriaan and Sylvain Renouvel

An EU committee for social dialogue in social services is a gain for the sector and an advance for the process.

Public services key to a Europe ‘beyond growth’

Livia Spera, Susan Flocken, Jan Willem Goudriaan and Nigel Dennis

Europe must reject a return to austerity and support the workers who promote social wellbeing.

EU funds need stronger social conditionality

Claes-Mikael Ståhl, Judith Kirton-Darling, Jan Willem Goudriaan, Kristjan Bragason and Oliver Roethig

The rules for allocation of EU funds should be more transparent and provide a meaningful role for the social partners.

EPC: an idea whose time has not come

Jan Willem Goudriaan and Sanat Sogani

The European Political Community will be a distraction, at best, in the institutional architecture of the continent.

Health and care workers have had enough

Tuscany Bell and Jan Willem Goudriaan

Workers from across Europe descended on Brussels to demand adequate investment in health and social care.

Who cares for the carers?

Tuscany Bell and Jan Willem Goudriaan

The European Care Strategy is a step in the right direction but care workers need more.

Public pensions push profit over care

Mark Hancock and Jan Willem Goudriaan

The forthcoming European Care Strategy must seek to return long-term care to public control.

International Public Service Day—a day of celebration, action and resistance

Jan Willem Goudriaan

Strong public administrations and well-funded public services are needed to ‘build back better’ after the pandemic.

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Spring Issues

Read the new book “Algorithmic rule”!”

The future is not simply digital; it is algorithmic. Read the new book “Algorithmic rule”, edited by Maja Fjaestad and Simon Vinge.
The book explores what can be described as algocracy – rule by algorithms.
We need a progressive algorithmic future – an alternative that resists surrendering sovereignty to Big Tech. Transparency is essential, but it is not enough; the deeper challenge is to ensure that citizens and workers themselves influence the algorithms that govern them.

This book is part of the FEPS–Nordic Digital Programme.

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WSI Report

WSI Minimum Wage Report 2025

The trend towards significant nominal minimum wage increases is continuing this year. In view of falling inflation rates, this translates into a sizeable increase in purchasing power for minimum wage earners in most European countries. Most EU countries are now following the reference values for adequate minimum wages enshrined in the European Minimum Wage Directive, which are 60% of the median wage or 50% of the average wage.

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Cohesion Policy

S&D Position Paper on Cohesion Policy post-2027: a resilient future for European territorial equity

Cohesion Policy seeks to foster balanced development and reduce economic, social, and territorial disparities, focusing on rural areas, regions in industrial transition, and those with severe or permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, including outermost, sparsely populated, island, cross-border, and mountain regions.

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🇪🇺 Building a Resilient, Equitable EU Health Union: The S&D Blueprint


From securing pharmaceutical autonomy and guaranteeing universal access to care (the European Health Guarantee) to combatting non-communicable diseases and closing the Gender Health Gap. Read the S&D Group in the European Parliament Position Paper demanding that health becomes a priority across all EU policies.

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Back to school with HesaMag 30: the leading European magazine on occupational safety and health explores teachers’ deteriorating working conditions. With field reporting, expert voices and trade union analysis, plus insights into EU policy shifts, discover why teachers’ health is key to our future.

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Virtual event - Skills and jobs: How SMEs go digital

The 25 million SMEs in the EU drive growth, innovation, jobs, and digitalisation. Embracing digital technology can boost efficiency, market reach, and support climate and social goals. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Cedefop and Eurofound will host a joint virtual event, presenting research on digitalisation policies and the state of digital SMEs in Europe. The event will explore challenges, support measures, and how digitalisation affects job quality, including the role of algorithmic management in work organisation and conditions.

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