News January 30, 2023 Forced labour and deep-sea fishing, critical topics at the upcoming Social Dialogue on Fisheries Sea Fisheries Social Partners are highly concerned about forced labour and the limitations of deep-sea fishing . In their upcoming meeting, they are considering adopting a joint resolution to ask for the EC proposal for a Regulation banning products deriving from forced labour to go hand in hand with the IUU Regulation.
News January 27, 2023 Inland Water Transport workers and the Posting of Workers Directive As the ETF IWT Sections’ expert for many years on the coordination of social security in the European Inland Waterways Transport sector, Cécile Tournaye proposes a new path to identify the national applicable labour law in IWT. As the IWT sector in Europe has no flag-state legislation, determining the applicable national labour law is extremely difficult.
Statement January 27, 2023 European trade unions federations on the anti-strike legislation in the UK – bin it ! The European Trade Union Federations (ETUFs) strongly condemn the UK government’s draft legislation on minimum service. It needs to be withdrawn.
Statement January 26, 2023 Social dialogue package: time for action The ETUFs expect the EU Commission – in close cooperation with the EU sectoral social partners – to define the criteria on the legislative implementation of agreements and also who can take part in EU sectoral social dialogue committees.
News January 25, 2023 Ukraine: Solidarity Strengthened by Conflict Ukrainian unions representing millions of transport workers welcomed leaders from European and global union federations to a solidarity meeting last week.
News January 24, 2023 ETF calls for the eradication of social dumping practices in IWT As Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) functions without having flag state legislation, it is challenging to indicate the national applicable labour law to those working in this de facto cross-border transport mode. ETF strongly urges the European Commission to ensure decent social security rights for all activities in IWT by eradicating social dumping practices in the sector.
Statement January 23, 2023 European trade unions condemn UK government’s anti-strike legislation ETF, EPSU and ETUCE, representing millions of public service, transport and education workers across Europe, strongly condemn the UK government’s plans to legislate on minimum service levels.
News January 18, 2023 EU Commission must improve the social dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy ETF expects significant improvements in the social dimension of the CFP from the upcoming publications by the Commission.
News January 18, 2023 Crisis management in ATM Social Dialogue The European Social Partners’ revised toolbox for successful social dialogue in the ATM sector is out. With this updated set of tools, ETF, ATCEUC and CANSO want to build together an effective social dialogue in air traffic management.
Statement January 16, 2023 UK government must repeal the Strikes Bill We fully support what our UK unions in what they say – this legislation serves only to criminalise and punish workers, undermine democracy at the workplace, and limit the effectiveness of all types of strike action.
News January 10, 2023 WESS Project in a nutshell As the EU Social Partners, ETF and ECSA have worked closely together for over two years under the joint WESS project for an attractive, smart and sustainable working environment in the shipping sector.
News December 20, 2022 Lithuania’s labour issues require European solutions The issues trade unions and transport workers face are not just Lithuanian but European and therefore require a European solution.