Parking lot visit in Madrid confirms shortage of decent jobs, not drivers! A parking lot visit in Madrid confirmed that the Mobility Package rules are still not correctly enforced and implemented and that flexibility in rules is not the answer to driver shortage in freight and passenger road transport. News 22 Sep 2022
EU Social Partners in civil aviation say NO to abusive behaviour against aviation workers In a joint statement, the European Social partners in Civil Aviation agreed to join efforts to tackle one of the large spread issues which highly impacted the sector during the COVID pandemic and the summer 2022 season: the disruptive passengers. Press Release 22 Sep 2022
Labour shortage cannot be solved with third-country workers, warns European Transport Workers’ Federation ETF warns against opening the EU labour market to third-country nationals without first fixing the lack of decent work in the transport industry. To do so otherwise is an open invitation for further exploitation of transport workers. Press Release 20 Sep 2022
Letter from the ETF in response to opening the EU labour market for third-country nationals as proposed in the 14 September State of the European Union resource 20 Sep 2022
International solidarity for Liverpool’s striking dockers Global transport unions will be joining 560 Liverpool striking dockers on the picket line at the Port of Liverpool, as port operator Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited (MDHC) fails to honour promises on pay despite its profiteering. Press Release 20 Sep 2022
Social partner project on employability in rail confirms workers must take centre stage in digital transition The ETF and CER EU social partner report: Employability in the Rail Sector in Light of Digitalisation and Automation explores how to maintain employability in the face of the digital transition, with the human factor taking centre stage. News 19 Sep 2022
Employability in the Rail Sector in Light of Digitalisation and Automation (EDA rail) resource 16 Sep 2022
Once again, Ryanair shows how little its workers matter to the low-cost airline Ryanair’s decision to let go of 100 workers from its base in Brussels Zaventem will change the lives of these workers forever. They will now be forced to move entire families away from Brussels or leave the industry without any say. It is unacceptable. Statement 9 Sep 2022
Aviation workers’ voices will be listened to, at the ETF Conference ‘Redefining the future of aviation’ Aviation workers across Europe will speak up at the ETF Aviation Conference ‘Redefining the future of aviation,’ taking place in Brussels (Belgium) on the 14th of September 2022. Press Release 9 Sep 2022