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A recent article published by Newsweek Polska highlights growing concerns among LOT Polish Airlines cabin crew over fatigue, working conditions and job security. While the experiences described are

Being a transport worker should never be dangerous. On 3 September, the SEV and kapers, ETF’s Swiss affiliates, organise a joint action to send this message, loud and clear.

The current low water levels underline a fundamental challenge for European transport policy: if Europe wants to shift more freight towards inland waterways, it must ensure that the sector can remain reliable, competitive and socially sustainable in a changing climate.

As part of the European continent undergoes its fourth heatwave of 2026, it has become abundantly clear that occupational heat exposure is no longer an exceptional or occasional summer hazard. It is an emergent occupational hazard only destined to escalate.

Summer may be synonymous with relaxation for holidaymakers and every summer seems to produce its share of eye-catching headlines. Just days ago, The Guardian reported on a drunk British holidaymaker who tried to kiss a flight attendant on a plane and was arrested on his way back through Palma airport.

Public transport unions in the United Kingdom are raising urgent concerns about the lack of access to toilet facilities for bus and train drivers, a problem that has persisted for years but is now reaching a breaking point. Reports from across the UK show drivers being forced to work entire shifts without guaranteed access to a toilet, leaving them to rely on improvised or unsafe alternatives, including urinating in bottles in their driving cab. Some unions are now considering industrial action to force employers and authorities to act.