Alessandra Giannessi

Policy Coordinator to RS @UNI_Europa ❤️Unions✊ One of 20M Europeans living abroad • On the side of all workers fighting for dignity, rights, and better lives

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

This week, a historic 140,000 workers from across all of Belgium protested the government's cuts to pensions, salaries and the welfare state.

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

Hayat, like thousands of cleaners across Europe, used to work in the dark.

But these times are over.

UNI Europa, with our affiliates in the cleaning sector, is working with employers and clients to make daytime cleaning the norm across Europe.

Join the movement now.

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

INCREDIBLE STRIKE 📷

UNI Europa joined 140,000 workers from across all of Belgium in protest of the Belgian government's austerity agenda today. This was one of the biggest strikes in the country in the last 25 years.

We stand with workers and their unions in Belgium.

[Alessandra Giannessi @alegiannessi]

Fair working time is not a luxury - it’s about dignity, health, & real life.
From care to retail, from cleaning to ICT: workers deserve time to live, not just to work.
✊ Unions make time fair.
#WDDW25

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

A new UNI Europa report published today, on World Day for Decent Work, reveals that millions of workers across Europe’s service sectors face mounting risks from unfair and unsustainable working time arrangements.

Read the whole report below.

https://t.co/HsbWuIyVA0

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

Europe moves forward and delivers positive outcomes for all actors of the economy.

We call on all Members of European Parliament to vote for the revision of the European Works Councils (EWC) Directive.

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

BREAKING: The European Parliament’s Employment Committee decided to maintain the Amazon lobby ban and reject a closed-door hearing with Amazon representatives. It also committed to holding another hearing and organise a visit to Amazon warehouses.

https://t.co/sk9NNU2k14

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

UNI Europa and @_EFCI_ , the European social partners representing workers and employers in the cleaning sector, call on the @EU_Commission to promote daytime cleaning and revise the EU public procurement directives in its Quality Jobs Roadmap.

https://t.co/DUs1zSQkvU

[S&D Group @TheProgressives]

Amazon bosses hide and continue to refuse taking responsibility for the appalling working conditions in their warehouses.

We banned their lobbyists from the 🇪🇺Parliament.

Today in @EPSocialAffairs we restate our message: no respect for workers & democracy - no access 🇪🇺❌

[Leïla Chaibi @leilachaibi]

Cadeau de mariage pour Jeff Bezos : les travailleurs d'Amazon débarquent au Parlement !

Le Parlement🇪🇺 organise une audition sur les violations de leurs droits dans les entrepôts. On a décidé qu'ils devaient s'inviter. La direction d'Amazon a refusé de jouer le jeu🧵⤵️

[Leïla Chaibi @leilachaibi]

"Amazon est financé par le contribuable. 1,3 milliard € en 30 ans. Alors qu'Amazon refuse de payer des impôts. Plus de 50 milliards de chiffre d'affaire en Europe🇪🇺 et 0€ d'impôts... au Luxembourg🇱🇺"

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

BREAKING: Amazon has failed to show up in front of the European Parliament for the third time. UNI Europa demands tougher EU sanctions. #MakeAmazonPay

https://t.co/gVKK0lsYyh

[Alessandra Giannessi @alegiannessi]

Hearing @EPSocialAffairs on working conditions in Amazon warehouses.
“We’re here on behalf of all working people, because Amazon sets global labour standards: driving inequality, environmental harm, and erosion of rights.”
Amazon didn’t show up.
Workers did. And always will. ✊

[Stan De Spiegelaere @Stan_ds]

🎥 now live: European Parliament hearing on working conditions at Amazon

Amazon itself refused to send (sufficiently senior) to the hearing, again.

https://t.co/hnyV0K1VOg

@TheProgressives @RadtkeMdEP @LiesbetSommen @UNI_Europa @leilachaibi

[Alessandra Giannessi @alegiannessi]

The things that make you proud of your country 👊

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

And pay your workers decent wages.

[Alessandra Giannessi @alegiannessi]

Cleaners like Hayat have seen their working conditions erode over past decades. Employers haven't bid for public contracts because of lowest-price competition.

@EP_SingleMarket , we all want stronger collective bargaining in public procurement rules – and we want it now.

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

Cleaners like Hayat have seen their working conditions erode over past decades.

Employers haven't bid for public contracts because of lowest-price competition.

@EP_SingleMarket, we all want stronger collective bargaining in public procurement rules – and we want it now.

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

Amazon is moving into its new headquarters in Berlin. Today, UNI affiliate ver.di and activists protested and demanded a collective agreement.

This comes ahead of a hearing on working conditions at Amazon in the EU Parliament next week.

https://t.co/XiaDFSp0Gv

[Alessandra Giannessi @alegiannessi]

Taxing Big Tech isn’t just about fairness - it's about defending Europe’s social model and protecting workers' rights.
✊We need an Amazon Tax, now.

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

“The real problem is the model: we shouldn’t be subsidising union-busting, tax-avoiding, anti-democratic companies".

@ORoethig spoke to @euobs for this long piece on our proposal for an Amazon Tax.

https://t.co/n4ndqZ0F2r

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

BREAKING🇪🇺: A strong reform of public procurement that links public contracts to collective bargaining could help cancel out Trump’s tariffs and boost growth.

This comes as the EU Parliament's @EP_SingleMarket drafts a report on procurement reform.

https://t.co/lw16zSZnWM

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

As the European Parliament’s IMCO Committee negotiates a report on reforming EU public procurement rules, data from companies shows that the biggest barrier in public tendering is not red tape, but the race to the bottom on price.

https://t.co/DchruBJk8u

[UNI Europa @UNI_Europa]

Belgium’s government plans major cuts to social security. But this will only worsen the shortage of caregivers, caretakers, educators and counsellors.

UNI Europa stands with these workers striking in Brussels today for a well-resourced social system.

https://t.co/IqgndLnSE1