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
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
Workers demand FedEx negotiate just transition, instead of slashing its workforce FedEx shows no signs of stopping plans to slash up to 6,300 jobs in Europe and instead boasts about its multi-billion-dollar pledge to becoming climate-friendly. Press Release 16 Mar 2021
Riders facing poverty pay and dangerous work form global network to highlight Deliveroo’s exploitative business model to investors #Rights4Riders: A global network of Deliveroo riders is warning potential investors of growing legal, regulatory, and reputational risks, urging them not to back the company until it improves rider safety, conditions and pay. News 15 Mar 2021
IWD 2021: Employers and governments must do more to protect women at work! “In the transport sector, violence and harassment are still often seen as part of the job. And that is unacceptable”. On International Women’s Day, the ETF joins the international trade union movement to call on governments to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention no. 190, which will come into force in June this year. Statement 8 Mar 2021