FedEx – Time to deliver for your workers! ETF and ITF, the voices of transport workers worldwide and in Europe have launched a petition to call on FedEx-TNT Europe management to stop job cuts and engage with workers’ representatives. Press Release 17 Feb 2021
Over 70 railway workers’ positions at stake – European Year of Rail off to a bad start in Belgium Over 70 positions in Belgian rail are at stake following the unilateral decision taken by the Management Board of SNCB. The Belgian government wants to promote rail as a means of ecological transport and transport of the future. But the Belgian unions and the ETF do not want this to be done to the detriment of social matters! Union Action 15 Feb 2021
Plans for Alitalia successor must protect jobs and working conditions Alitalia employs more than 10,000 people in Italy, and its fate will impact not only all of their lives but also the broader Italian aviation, transport and tourism industries. To stimulate the discussion on the future of the company and allow unions to seek answers, the ETF brought together representatives of Italian unions and DG COMP on Wednesday. News 12 Feb 2021
ETF, ITF | Letter to European Commissioner for Justice on Mandatory Due Diligence resource 10 Feb 2021
Recovery and Resilience Facility: Transport Keeps Us Going Forward With the slogan “Transport for EU Recovery”, ETF, together with 31 organisations has issued a Statement on the Recovery and Resilience Facility to jointly call on Member States and the European Commission to ensure that the transport sector receives adequate consideration in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans. Press Release 10 Feb 2021
Social partners in ports call for renewal of active and meaningful dialogue with the Commission Despite the difficult and unpredictable circumstances the ports industry has been dealing with last year, the European Commission has not shown the commitment and engagement that social dialogue deserves. In response, European social partners in ports are urging the Commission to assume responsibility and commit to real debate. News 10 Feb 2021
Tourism Manifesto call for action: Accelerate social and economic recovery by investing in sustainable tourism development resource 9 Feb 2021