Open letter to Apostolos Tzitzikostas On 20 September the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) sent an open letter to nominated Commissioner-designate for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas. Statement 23 Sep 2024
The closure of SNCF Fret will not go ahead The commission set up by the French parliament to investigate the French government’s decision to shut down SNCF Fret decides against the closure. The ETF joins its French railway member organisations in welcoming this decision. Statement 20 Dec 2023
Vehicle activity in the ‘home’ country – the real problem One of the gemstones of the European Parliament agreement on the Mobility Package is this: all heavy goods vehicles shall perform at least one loading or one unloading of goods every four weeks in the Member States of establishment. This is so effective in combating letter-box companies, it has recently become subject to attacks as the Mobility Package enters now the critical stage of Institutional negotiations. So, what’s the real problem? News 11 Oct 2019
ETF talks future of European transport sector with Members of the European Parliament The ETF together with AK and ÖGB organised a workshop “European Transport Workers moving Europe forward” on 30 September 2019 in the European Parliament. The event was kindly hosted by MEP Ismail Ertug. News 30 Sep 2019
European Transport Workers: The future Commissioner must deliver on #FAIRTRANSPORT On 10 September 2019 the President-elect of the European Commission announced that the Transport portfolio has been assigned to the Romanian nominee, Rovana Plumb. Press Release 12 Sep 2019
Successful Social Dialogue in Air Traffic Management (ATM) More than 70 representatives of the EU social partners are attending a workshop in Roma to discuss the implementation of the Toolbox for successful social dialogue in ATM. News 4 Sep 2019