ETF black logo ETF black logo ETF black logo ETF black logo

Google Translate

ETF and ITF Dockers’ unions’ latest effort to stand up for peace

Statement

Key International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) Dockers affiliate, FNV Havens is exploring with lawyers how the union’s members can legally boycott Russian-owned and Russian-controlled vessels; whose owners want to use key Dutch ports to trade in fuels as war rages on in Ukraine.

“There is blood on this oil, blood on this coal and blood on this gas,” said Niek Stam, FNV Havens secretary,  the largest Dutch dockworkers’ union. He added: “We are in the process of finding out how we can boycott it without risking an enormous fine in court.”

While the UK has banned Russian ships from its ports, the Netherlands has not yet blocked them. Stam said ‘he fears being sued by Russian businessmen or Dutch oil companies who will “bankrupt his union” if he encourages dockers to reject Russian cargoes before his government acts.’

It is just the ITF and ETF Dockers’ unions’ latest effort to stand up for peace.

Read more on this story: https://rb.gy/loxhaq

boycott
dockers
fuels
Peace
Russian vessels
war in Ukraine
Dockers

ON THE GROUND

News

Keeping a warming Europe moving: how hot temperatures affect transport workers and what can be done about it

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. Europe is the second fastest-warming region of the globe after the Arctic. According to EU-OSHA 2025 numbers, one in five workers in the EU signaled exposure to extreme heat at work in the previous 12 months, a figure rising to one in three in some countries.
climate change
hot temperatures
working conditions
News

Unruly passengers: more than just summer headlines

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. A week earlier, headlines were dominated by reports of a flight from Dublin to Ibiza descending into what was described as "sex and booze chaos," leaving fellow passengers shocked.
unruly passenger
unruly passengers
Civil Aviation
News

UK public transport unions sound the alarm over lack of toilet access for drivers

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.
Railways
Urban Public Transport