Solidarity with Italy’s Amazon logistics workers striking for fair working conditions Today, Italian unions are making history. For the first time, Amazon’s ENTIRE logistics chain is on strike in Italy for 24 hours. Amazon is outright refusing to negotiate a supply chain collective bargaining agreement that would also cover their subcontractors. Union Action 22 Mar 2021
ETF stands by Finnish railway workers and their fight to protect their working conditions The ETF lends all of its support to Finnish railway union RAU and the Finnish locomotive drivers striking in Helsinki right now to protest against government-owned railway company VR and its attempts to weaken collective agreements and working conditions. Statement 19 Mar 2021
ETF’s 5 million transport workers say ‘Protect the new European Mobility Package for fair road transport!’ The ETF is calling for broad support for the Mobility Package and strongly advise the 7 European countries attacking it to reconsider and withdraw from legal action. Statement 19 Mar 2021
IWT stakeholders to hold Budapest Sessions on the future of the industry PLATINA3, a multi-stakeholder project that the ETF is part of, is holding its first event on 7-8 April in Budapest. Event 19 Mar 2021
Shaping digital transformation in public transport: ETF and UITP’s joint recommendations for a just transition ETF and UITP, social partners in urban public transport, adopt joint recommendations on digital transformation and social dialogue in urban public transport in Europe. Publication 18 Mar 2021
ETF-UITP joint recommendations on digital transformation and social dialogue in Urban Public Transport resource 18 Mar 2021
Romanian Ministry of Transport must engage in social dialogue with Bucharest metro workers and withdraw redundancy plans ETF urges the Romanian government to engage with USLM, guarantee the security of USLM President, respect metro employees’ right to social dialogue and withdraw redundancy plans. News 17 Mar 2021