French rail company mocks female freight drivers’ need for access to toilets; offers period briefs instead SNCF’s latest measure is a far cry from the Women in Rail Agreement signed by Social Partners in the rail sector (CER and ETF) back in November, which is binding and aims to attract more women to the rail sector, and improve their working conditions. News 7 Jun 2022
Yes! More Women in Transport: Identifying priorities for ETF Women’s Committee future Work Programme Yes! More Women in Transport: Over 100 trade unionists and workers from 24 countries and 42 trade unions came together for a two-day conference from 20 – 21 October to identify future priorities for the ETF Women’s Committee Work Programme which will be adopted at ETF’s Congress in May 2022. Event 9 Nov 2021
Women in Rail Agreement signed and ready for implementation ETF and CER have officially signed the Women in Rail autonomous agreement aimed at promoting employment of women in the sector, marking its entry into force. Press Release 5 Nov 2021
Women in Rail – Provisional EU Social Partner Agreement reached Social partners ETF and CER reached a provisional agreement in the final round of negotiations at EU level for a binding agreement aimed at promoting employment of women in the sector. Press Release 1 Jul 2021
Milestone ILO Convention 190 comes into force ILO Violence and Harassment Convention 190 – the first international treaty to address violence and harassment – comes into force. ETF continues to call on countries to ratify, but unions are already taking action and can use ETF’s Workplace Guidance to put the topic on the agenda. News 25 Jun 2021
Women in Rail – EU-level negotiations between social partners resume Today, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), representing employees, and the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), representing railway sector employers, resumed negotiations at EU-level for a binding agreement aimed at promoting women’s employment in the sector. Press Release 18 May 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