Kenneth Lund from Unionen, Sweden, joins the call for binding limits on subcontracting and more direct jobs in construction.
⏰It's time to act. Europe’s workers have waited long enough.

Kenneth Lund from Unionen, Sweden, joins the call for binding limits on subcontracting and more direct jobs in construction.
⏰It's time to act. Europe’s workers have waited long enough.
Gijs Lokhorst from CNV, The Netherlands, joins the call for binding limits on subcontracting and more direct jobs in construction.
Europe’s workers have waited long enough.
Workers did the work. They were denied their wages. They went to court. They won.
And they still did not get paid.
On a 3.3 billion euros public railway, responsibility disappeared through a cross-border contracting chain. The EU must limit these chains.
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
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.
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.