Thanks for the super interesting visit and exchange. Big infrastructure projects need strong protection of workers #fairmobility #qualityjobs #limitsubcontracting. 🇩🇰 as a good example to learn from
Yesterday at Fehmarnbelt, one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects connecting Denmark and Germany.
EFBWW visited the construction site with MEP @gabischoff.bsky.social and trade union colleagues from both countries.
Cross-border infrastructure needs cross-border protection for workers.
EFBWW visited the construction site with MEP @gabischoff.bsky.social and trade union colleagues from both countries.
Cross-border infrastructure needs cross-border protection for workers.
September 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Thanks for the super interesting visit and exchange. Big infrastructure projects need strong protection of workers #fairmobility #qualityjobs #limitsubcontracting. 🇩🇰 as a good example to learn from
In 2016, unpaid construction workers at Charleroi’s Rive Gauche in Belgium climbed a crane to demand their wages.
10 years later, the court acquitted the subcontractors. When chains are long, liability disappears. The EU must cap subcontracting tiers #LimitSubcontracting
10 years later, the court acquitted the subcontractors. When chains are long, liability disappears. The EU must cap subcontracting tiers #LimitSubcontracting
September 21, 2026 at 9:25 AM
In 2016, unpaid construction workers at Charleroi’s Rive Gauche in Belgium climbed a crane to demand their wages.
10 years later, the court acquitted the subcontractors. When chains are long, liability disappears. The EU must cap subcontracting tiers #LimitSubcontracting
10 years later, the court acquitted the subcontractors. When chains are long, liability disappears. The EU must cap subcontracting tiers #LimitSubcontracting
As Europe prepares for #SOTEU2026, important pieces are still missing from the Quality Jobs Act consultation.
Limits on subcontracting chains, a ban on labour intermediaries, and joint and several liability.
Quality jobs in construction require structural reform.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Limits on subcontracting chains, a ban on labour intermediaries, and joint and several liability.
Quality jobs in construction require structural reform.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
September 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
As Europe prepares for #SOTEU2026, important pieces are still missing from the Quality Jobs Act consultation.
Limits on subcontracting chains, a ban on labour intermediaries, and joint and several liability.
Quality jobs in construction require structural reform.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Limits on subcontracting chains, a ban on labour intermediaries, and joint and several liability.
Quality jobs in construction require structural reform.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Public money and EU funds financed renovation projects in Bucharest where 200 Vietnamese construction workers lived in overcrowded containers, worked up to 60-hour weeks and earned less than €600 a month.
EU #PublicProcurement rules should promote responsible business models.
#Limitsubcontracting
EU #PublicProcurement rules should promote responsible business models.
#Limitsubcontracting
September 7, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Public money and EU funds financed renovation projects in Bucharest where 200 Vietnamese construction workers lived in overcrowded containers, worked up to 60-hour weeks and earned less than €600 a month.
EU #PublicProcurement rules should promote responsible business models.
#Limitsubcontracting
EU #PublicProcurement rules should promote responsible business models.
#Limitsubcontracting
"Somehow, we have allowed construction to turn into the Wild West and accepted standards that would be unthinkable in any other major industry."
It's time to change the rules that allow crime and abuse to thrive in construction #LimitSubcontracting
www.brusselstimes.com/2207465/how-...
It's time to change the rules that allow crime and abuse to thrive in construction #LimitSubcontracting
www.brusselstimes.com/2207465/how-...
Promoted | How did construction become the Wild West?
Europe's upcoming revision of the Public Procurement Directives should address a growing problem in construction: excessive subcontracting that undermines workers, businesses and fair competition.
www.brusselstimes.com
September 2, 2026 at 7:37 AM
"Somehow, we have allowed construction to turn into the Wild West and accepted standards that would be unthinkable in any other major industry."
It's time to change the rules that allow crime and abuse to thrive in construction #LimitSubcontracting
www.brusselstimes.com/2207465/how-...
It's time to change the rules that allow crime and abuse to thrive in construction #LimitSubcontracting
www.brusselstimes.com/2207465/how-...
"Today you lose your job, tonight you lose your home."
The Dutch government's 2020 Roemer Report exposed how labour intermediaries can make migrant workers dependent not only on work, but also on housing and transport.
Five years later, the lesson remains. Link in comments 👇 #LimitSubcontracting
The Dutch government's 2020 Roemer Report exposed how labour intermediaries can make migrant workers dependent not only on work, but also on housing and transport.
Five years later, the lesson remains. Link in comments 👇 #LimitSubcontracting
August 31, 2026 at 11:26 AM
"Today you lose your job, tonight you lose your home."
The Dutch government's 2020 Roemer Report exposed how labour intermediaries can make migrant workers dependent not only on work, but also on housing and transport.
Five years later, the lesson remains. Link in comments 👇 #LimitSubcontracting
The Dutch government's 2020 Roemer Report exposed how labour intermediaries can make migrant workers dependent not only on work, but also on housing and transport.
Five years later, the lesson remains. Link in comments 👇 #LimitSubcontracting
“What we see now is a different reality.”
Even EPP voices are questioning how subcontracting chains function today.
This is no longer just a labour issue, but also about if the internal markets offers fair competition or not.
#InternalMarket #LimitSubcontracting
www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Even EPP voices are questioning how subcontracting chains function today.
This is no longer just a labour issue, but also about if the internal markets offers fair competition or not.
#InternalMarket #LimitSubcontracting
www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Brussels moves to tighten screws on subcontracting chains as unions warn of abuses | Euractiv
The construction sector is awaiting Brussels' delayed procurement reform, hoping stricter rules on subcontracting will drive broader change across the industry
www.euractiv.com
July 6, 2026 at 8:26 AM
“What we see now is a different reality.”
Even EPP voices are questioning how subcontracting chains function today.
This is no longer just a labour issue, but also about if the internal markets offers fair competition or not.
#InternalMarket #LimitSubcontracting
www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Even EPP voices are questioning how subcontracting chains function today.
This is no longer just a labour issue, but also about if the internal markets offers fair competition or not.
#InternalMarket #LimitSubcontracting
www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Now employers are also calling for limits on long, complex subcontracting chains in construction. Momentum is growing!
Yesterday, EFBWW and EBC presented shared priorities for better public procurement in the European Parliament. Link in comments 👇
#LimitSubcontracting #QualityJobs
Yesterday, EFBWW and EBC presented shared priorities for better public procurement in the European Parliament. Link in comments 👇
#LimitSubcontracting #QualityJobs
July 2, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Now employers are also calling for limits on long, complex subcontracting chains in construction. Momentum is growing!
Yesterday, EFBWW and EBC presented shared priorities for better public procurement in the European Parliament. Link in comments 👇
#LimitSubcontracting #QualityJobs
Yesterday, EFBWW and EBC presented shared priorities for better public procurement in the European Parliament. Link in comments 👇
#LimitSubcontracting #QualityJobs
Change is made this way.
EU policymakers and leaders from industry and trade unions discussing limits on subcontracting in the European Parliament.
No Public Money for Exploitation.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
EU policymakers and leaders from industry and trade unions discussing limits on subcontracting in the European Parliament.
No Public Money for Exploitation.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
July 1, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Change is made this way.
EU policymakers and leaders from industry and trade unions discussing limits on subcontracting in the European Parliament.
No Public Money for Exploitation.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
EU policymakers and leaders from industry and trade unions discussing limits on subcontracting in the European Parliament.
No Public Money for Exploitation.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Complex subcontracting chains are already being limited by countries, cites and companies in Europe.
Europe doesn't need to start from scratch. It can build on what already works.
Tomorrow, we bring the discussion to the European Parliament.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Europe doesn't need to start from scratch. It can build on what already works.
Tomorrow, we bring the discussion to the European Parliament.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
June 30, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Complex subcontracting chains are already being limited by countries, cites and companies in Europe.
Europe doesn't need to start from scratch. It can build on what already works.
Tomorrow, we bring the discussion to the European Parliament.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Europe doesn't need to start from scratch. It can build on what already works.
Tomorrow, we bring the discussion to the European Parliament.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
A subcontractor creates a new company. The workers stay. The construction sites stay. Only the company name changes.
A trade union investigation later uncovered more than €100,000 in unpaid wages.
Labour exploitation thrives when responsibility is subcontracted away.
#LimitSubcontracting
A trade union investigation later uncovered more than €100,000 in unpaid wages.
Labour exploitation thrives when responsibility is subcontracted away.
#LimitSubcontracting
June 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
A subcontractor creates a new company. The workers stay. The construction sites stay. Only the company name changes.
A trade union investigation later uncovered more than €100,000 in unpaid wages.
Labour exploitation thrives when responsibility is subcontracted away.
#LimitSubcontracting
A trade union investigation later uncovered more than €100,000 in unpaid wages.
Labour exploitation thrives when responsibility is subcontracted away.
#LimitSubcontracting
The revision of EU public procurement rules is an opportunity to move away from lowest-price procurement and towards a Europe that rewards quality jobs, fair competition and responsible companies #LimitSubcontracting
No public money for exploitation.
EFBWW policy brief in comments ⬇️
No public money for exploitation.
EFBWW policy brief in comments ⬇️
June 17, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The revision of EU public procurement rules is an opportunity to move away from lowest-price procurement and towards a Europe that rewards quality jobs, fair competition and responsible companies #LimitSubcontracting
No public money for exploitation.
EFBWW policy brief in comments ⬇️
No public money for exploitation.
EFBWW policy brief in comments ⬇️
Across Europe, the same conclusion is being reached.
Spain, Belgium and Norway have all introduced measures limiting subcontracting chains in public construction projects.
Public money should create quality jobs, not perfect conditions for labour crime and exploitation.
#LimitSubcontracting
Spain, Belgium and Norway have all introduced measures limiting subcontracting chains in public construction projects.
Public money should create quality jobs, not perfect conditions for labour crime and exploitation.
#LimitSubcontracting
June 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Across Europe, the same conclusion is being reached.
Spain, Belgium and Norway have all introduced measures limiting subcontracting chains in public construction projects.
Public money should create quality jobs, not perfect conditions for labour crime and exploitation.
#LimitSubcontracting
Spain, Belgium and Norway have all introduced measures limiting subcontracting chains in public construction projects.
Public money should create quality jobs, not perfect conditions for labour crime and exploitation.
#LimitSubcontracting
The question is what public money should reward?
Fair wages, direct employment and safe working conditions?
Or social dumping and labour crime hidden in long subcontracting chains?
EFBWW says: no public money for exploitation.
#PublicProcurement #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Fair wages, direct employment and safe working conditions?
Or social dumping and labour crime hidden in long subcontracting chains?
EFBWW says: no public money for exploitation.
#PublicProcurement #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
June 4, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The question is what public money should reward?
Fair wages, direct employment and safe working conditions?
Or social dumping and labour crime hidden in long subcontracting chains?
EFBWW says: no public money for exploitation.
#PublicProcurement #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Fair wages, direct employment and safe working conditions?
Or social dumping and labour crime hidden in long subcontracting chains?
EFBWW says: no public money for exploitation.
#PublicProcurement #TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
“Stop the mafia in construction”
That’s how Swedish unions describe what long subcontracting chains enable.
Across Europe, trade unions confront the same failed system that allows exploitation of workers and lets responsibility disappear down the chain.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
That’s how Swedish unions describe what long subcontracting chains enable.
Across Europe, trade unions confront the same failed system that allows exploitation of workers and lets responsibility disappear down the chain.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
May 29, 2026 at 10:49 AM
“Stop the mafia in construction”
That’s how Swedish unions describe what long subcontracting chains enable.
Across Europe, trade unions confront the same failed system that allows exploitation of workers and lets responsibility disappear down the chain.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
That’s how Swedish unions describe what long subcontracting chains enable.
Across Europe, trade unions confront the same failed system that allows exploitation of workers and lets responsibility disappear down the chain.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
48 hours company creation with no real safeguards.
That’s not simplification, but rather a blueprint for letterbox companies.
More loopholes ➡️ more fraud, exploitation and unfair competition.
EFBWW calls for construction to be excluded from EU Inc.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
That’s not simplification, but rather a blueprint for letterbox companies.
More loopholes ➡️ more fraud, exploitation and unfair competition.
EFBWW calls for construction to be excluded from EU Inc.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
May 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
48 hours company creation with no real safeguards.
That’s not simplification, but rather a blueprint for letterbox companies.
More loopholes ➡️ more fraud, exploitation and unfair competition.
EFBWW calls for construction to be excluded from EU Inc.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
That’s not simplification, but rather a blueprint for letterbox companies.
More loopholes ➡️ more fraud, exploitation and unfair competition.
EFBWW calls for construction to be excluded from EU Inc.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
As soon as labour mobility and long subcontracting chains are present, the risk of worker abuse goes through the roof.
It's a systemic market failure. We know this because it happens again and again.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
It's a systemic market failure. We know this because it happens again and again.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Seven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allegations of worker abuse
The BYD factory being built in Szeged, Hungary, is facing scrutiny after reports of EU labour laws being violated among the Chinese migrant workforce
share.google
May 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
As soon as labour mobility and long subcontracting chains are present, the risk of worker abuse goes through the roof.
It's a systemic market failure. We know this because it happens again and again.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
It's a systemic market failure. We know this because it happens again and again.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
EU Inc. must not become “Letterbox Inc.”
Without proper safeguards, it risks enabling more letterbox companies in construction - reinforcing a pattern we already see: fraud, labour exploitation, social dumping and unfair competition.
Construction must be excluded.
#LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
Without proper safeguards, it risks enabling more letterbox companies in construction - reinforcing a pattern we already see: fraud, labour exploitation, social dumping and unfair competition.
Construction must be excluded.
#LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
May 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
EU Inc. must not become “Letterbox Inc.”
Without proper safeguards, it risks enabling more letterbox companies in construction - reinforcing a pattern we already see: fraud, labour exploitation, social dumping and unfair competition.
Construction must be excluded.
#LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
Without proper safeguards, it risks enabling more letterbox companies in construction - reinforcing a pattern we already see: fraud, labour exploitation, social dumping and unfair competition.
Construction must be excluded.
#LimitSubcontracting #EUInc
Together, our unions are driving forward a workers' agenda to stop exploitation in subcontracting chains as part of the Quality Jobs Act.
#LimitSubcontracting
#LimitSubcontracting
April 24, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Together, our unions are driving forward a workers' agenda to stop exploitation in subcontracting chains as part of the Quality Jobs Act.
#LimitSubcontracting
#LimitSubcontracting
This week at the EFBWW Mid-Term Conference made one thing clear:
Unfair competition, exploitation in subcontracting and weak enforcement are still the reality for workers across Europe.
The solutions are known. Now it is a question of political will.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Unfair competition, exploitation in subcontracting and weak enforcement are still the reality for workers across Europe.
The solutions are known. Now it is a question of political will.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
April 24, 2026 at 9:12 AM
This week at the EFBWW Mid-Term Conference made one thing clear:
Unfair competition, exploitation in subcontracting and weak enforcement are still the reality for workers across Europe.
The solutions are known. Now it is a question of political will.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
Unfair competition, exploitation in subcontracting and weak enforcement are still the reality for workers across Europe.
The solutions are known. Now it is a question of political will.
#TimeToAct #LimitSubcontracting
The EFBWW Mid-Term Conference starts tomorrow.
At stake: fair competition or a race to the bottom.
From subcontracting to labour mobility, workers across Europe face the same problem: rules exist but are not enforced.
#BuildingDemocracy #LimitSubcontracting
At stake: fair competition or a race to the bottom.
From subcontracting to labour mobility, workers across Europe face the same problem: rules exist but are not enforced.
#BuildingDemocracy #LimitSubcontracting
April 21, 2026 at 1:12 PM
The EFBWW Mid-Term Conference starts tomorrow.
At stake: fair competition or a race to the bottom.
From subcontracting to labour mobility, workers across Europe face the same problem: rules exist but are not enforced.
#BuildingDemocracy #LimitSubcontracting
At stake: fair competition or a race to the bottom.
From subcontracting to labour mobility, workers across Europe face the same problem: rules exist but are not enforced.
#BuildingDemocracy #LimitSubcontracting
Yet again, inspections by the European Labour Authority exposes widespread fraud and undeclared work on construction sites across Europe.
The problem isn’t a lack of rules, it’s a lack of enforcement.
Workers pay the price.
Link in comments.
#UndeclaredWork #limitsubcontracting
The problem isn’t a lack of rules, it’s a lack of enforcement.
Workers pay the price.
Link in comments.
#UndeclaredWork #limitsubcontracting
April 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Yet again, inspections by the European Labour Authority exposes widespread fraud and undeclared work on construction sites across Europe.
The problem isn’t a lack of rules, it’s a lack of enforcement.
Workers pay the price.
Link in comments.
#UndeclaredWork #limitsubcontracting
The problem isn’t a lack of rules, it’s a lack of enforcement.
Workers pay the price.
Link in comments.
#UndeclaredWork #limitsubcontracting
📣 Norway’s experience with regulating subcontracting chains is increasingly attracting attention across Europe.
One of the most well-known approaches is the “Oslo model”, introduced more than a decade ago in public procurement to tackle abuse. #limitsubcontracting
finunions.org/en/the-oslo-...
One of the most well-known approaches is the “Oslo model”, introduced more than a decade ago in public procurement to tackle abuse. #limitsubcontracting
finunions.org/en/the-oslo-...
The Oslo model: A proven tool against abuse in subcontracting chains
Norway’s experience with regulating subcontracting chains is increasingly attracting attention across Europe.
finunions.org
March 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
📣 Norway’s experience with regulating subcontracting chains is increasingly attracting attention across Europe.
One of the most well-known approaches is the “Oslo model”, introduced more than a decade ago in public procurement to tackle abuse. #limitsubcontracting
finunions.org/en/the-oslo-...
One of the most well-known approaches is the “Oslo model”, introduced more than a decade ago in public procurement to tackle abuse. #limitsubcontracting
finunions.org/en/the-oslo-...
🔈 The European Parliament has adopted today its report calling for “an EU framework to tackle labour exploitation, including illegal work and abusive subcontracting and labour intermediation”.
@effat.org @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etf-europe.bsky.social
#limitsubcontracting ⛓️ #stopexploitation
@effat.org @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etf-europe.bsky.social
#limitsubcontracting ⛓️ #stopexploitation
European Federation of Building and Woodworkers
The EFBWW is the European Trade Union Federation grouping 76 national free trade unions from 31 countries
with members in the Building, Building Materials, Wood, Furniture, Forestry and Allied sector...
www.efbww.eu
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
🔈 The European Parliament has adopted today its report calling for “an EU framework to tackle labour exploitation, including illegal work and abusive subcontracting and labour intermediation”.
@effat.org @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etf-europe.bsky.social
#limitsubcontracting ⛓️ #stopexploitation
@effat.org @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etf-europe.bsky.social
#limitsubcontracting ⛓️ #stopexploitation
📢 MEPs! Vote in favour of the own-initiative report on subcontracting and labour intermediaries in the @europarl.europa.eu tomorrow.
✊ Europe needs an ambitious directive to curb exploitative subcontracting practices and to tackle abusive intermediaries.
⛓️ #STOPEXPLOITATION #LIMITSUBCONTRACTING
✊ Europe needs an ambitious directive to curb exploitative subcontracting practices and to tackle abusive intermediaries.
⛓️ #STOPEXPLOITATION #LIMITSUBCONTRACTING
Research shows that the lower you go in subcontracting chains the more fake posting intermediaries letterbox companies & gangmasters
We need EU Directive to #LIMITSUBCONTRACTING & ban agencies in posting.
@effat.org @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etf-europe.bsky.social
We need EU Directive to #LIMITSUBCONTRACTING & ban agencies in posting.
@effat.org @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etf-europe.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
📢 MEPs! Vote in favour of the own-initiative report on subcontracting and labour intermediaries in the @europarl.europa.eu tomorrow.
✊ Europe needs an ambitious directive to curb exploitative subcontracting practices and to tackle abusive intermediaries.
⛓️ #STOPEXPLOITATION #LIMITSUBCONTRACTING
✊ Europe needs an ambitious directive to curb exploitative subcontracting practices and to tackle abusive intermediaries.
⛓️ #STOPEXPLOITATION #LIMITSUBCONTRACTING