ETF affiliates start the procedure for a Swissport EWC

Road transport unions from across Europe gathered in Liverpool this week for an ETF conference hosted by our affiliate Unite the Union, placing the spotlight on one of the sector's most pressing challenges: subcontracting.

The European Parliament recently adopted a Motion for a resolution on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)and follow up. The ETF welcomes this text and its call for a review of the CFP with the objective of striking a balance between the environmental, economic and social pillars of sustainability.

The ETF welcomes the Fair Labour Mobility Package presented yesterday by the European Commission. Mobile and non-EU workers are essential to the fabric of the internal market and the possibility to work in another EU country is an invaluable freedom. However, labour mobility only works in a spirit of fairness and upwards social convergence.