European trade unions call out UK government’s attack on working people The European trade union movement stands firmly in solidarity with the British trade union movement on the TUC’s national ‘protect the right to strike’ day and every day. Statement 1 Feb 2023
Deep-sea fishing ban threatens economic viability of EU longline fleet Social Partners in the fisheries sector call on the European Commission to urgently fix the problems coming from the deep-sea fishing ban. Researchers estimate that applying the new EC Regulation can lead to up to a 27 million euros reduction in global turnover, with annual losses of up to 150,000 euros per year per vessel, which will cause irreversible and structural damage to the future of the EU longline fleet. Press Release 31 Jan 2023
Solving transport’s labour crisis requires policies that put workers first Last week, ETF launched a worker-centred discussion around the future of transport with EU Transport Commissioner, Adina Vălean, and the European Parliament’s TRAN Committee coordinators – Marin-Jean Marinescu (EPP), Petar Vitanov (S&D), Ciarán Cuffe (Greens/EFA) and Elena Kountoura (The Left). News 30 Jan 2023
Trade Unions Address Social Challenges in European Land Transport This EU-funded project adresses sector-specific challenges in rail, road, urban public transport and platform economy. Projects 30 Jan 2023
Forced labour and deep-sea fishing, critical topics at the upcoming Social Dialogue on Fisheries Sea Fisheries Social Partners are highly concerned about forced labour and the limitations of deep-sea fishing . In their upcoming meeting, they are considering adopting a joint resolution to ask for the EC proposal for a Regulation banning products deriving from forced labour to go hand in hand with the IUU Regulation. News 30 Jan 2023
Inland Water Transport workers and the Posting of Workers Directive As the ETF IWT Sections’ expert for many years on the coordination of social security in the European Inland Waterways Transport sector, Cécile Tournaye proposes a new path to identify the national applicable labour law in IWT. As the IWT sector in Europe has no flag-state legislation, determining the applicable national labour law is extremely difficult. News 27 Jan 2023
Inland Water Transport workers and the Posting of Workers Directive – by Cécile Tournaye resource 27 Jan 2023
European trade unions federations on the anti-strike legislation in the UK – bin it ! The European Trade Union Federations (ETUFs) strongly condemn the UK government’s draft legislation on minimum service. It needs to be withdrawn. Statement 27 Jan 2023