Event November 8, 2018 Fishers’ health and safety centre stage in the European Parliament We co-hosted an event with our social partner for fisheries and an MEP. We presented our legal proposals for a safer, healthier and more worker-friendly fisheries sector in Europe.
Event November 6, 2018 If you can organise Ryanair, you can organise everywhere! ETF joins expert discussion on the roots of industrial unrest at Ryanair.
Event October 10, 2018 Unions from Europe and the world gather in Singapore for ITF Congress A week of sharing stories, celebrating success and building power at the highest decision-making body in the global transport workers’ movement.
Event September 5, 2018 Saint Petersburg seminar tackles automation in Europe’s Inland Waterways Every year the ETF Inland Waterways Section organises a seminar to learn from experiences and share expertise.
Event June 28, 2018 TASCS Expert Workshop Valuable insights added to the preliminary conclusions of the researchers.
Event June 22, 2018 Young Dockers discuss burning issues in the future of dockwork More than 40 young dockers from 14 unions and 10 countries travelled to Walsrode, Germany, for the second ETF young dockers meeting. They discussed port automation and solidarity, while sharing experiences about how to organise young dockers and make them active trade union members. Their aim is to build a fair future for dockworkers.
Event March 6, 2018 EVE in Sofia: unions deliver training materials for more gender equality in the transport sector
Event December 14, 2017 EU member states discuss ETF proposals on Mobility Package The ETF organised a breakfast meeting about the EU Mobility Package with diplomats responsible for transport at the Permanent Representations – the Brussels offices of EU member states. The transport attachés of 12 member states attended the event, which was hosted by Austrian trade union organisations OGB and Vida, in cooperation with the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The purpose of the meeting was to explain and discuss trade union perspectives on the Mobility Package, which aims to simplify European rules…
Event December 1, 2017 ETF discusses social dialogue and unionization in the fisheries sector with delegation from Thailand
Event October 27, 2017 Kick-off meeting of the ‘Changing face of EU ports’ project Recent developments in the shipping industry include the concentration caused by alliances and mergers, and the growing size of vessels. These changes have a huge impact on terminals and their workers.