News May 2, 2022 In focus: pilots’ working conditions An ongoing survey on pilots’ working conditions and safety aims to investigate the effects of new business models and work conditions on pilots’ health, fatigue and flight safety, linking socio-economic aspects, health and safety.
News May 2, 2022 IWD22 – Destination: Fair Transport! This year, May 1 has extra special meaning for us because it coincides with the countdown to ETF Congress that will take place from May 24 – May 27 in Budapest, under the slogan All aboard! Destination: Fair Transport!
News April 28, 2022 No sustainable progress can be achieved with ‘a race to the bottom’ approach No sustainable progress can be achieved in any industry, whether maritime or otherwise, while countries and companies remain engaged in a race to the bottom regarding tax and labour policies, which circumvent collectively agreed working conditions, including wages.
Press Release April 26, 2022 Collapse of EU Air Traffic Management social dialogue Successful implementation of the Single European Sky directly depends on the adoption of a social and human dimension roadmap for the SES that can only be achieved with the full commitment of all parties.
News April 26, 2022 Welcome to our new Steering Committee of the ETF Aviation Section! Welcome to our new Steering Committee of the ETF Aviation Section!
Statement April 26, 2022 ETF-ITF Statement on Belarus ETF and ITF call on our affiliates to express solidarity with our brothers and sisters from Belarus, to demand the immediate release of trade unionists. Please support the call of global unions by signing the petition to stop the biggest attack on a trade union in Europe this century.
News April 22, 2022 There is no place in Belgium for breaching the aviation workers’ rights The Belgian cabin crew working for the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair are on strike from today until the 24th of April, after the negotiations with Ryanair management on a new collective agreement on wages have miserably failed.
News April 19, 2022 On-Demand Transport: Curse or Blessing? Dirk Schlömer, Urban Public Transport Committee Chair shares ETF’s views on on-demand transport.
Union Action April 1, 2022 ETF Tug & Towage Committee calls for a common European framework of rules to guarantee job security in the tug and towage sector. The ETF Tugs and Towage Committee wrote to the European Association of Tug Owners (ETA), asking to start meaningful negotiations on a European framework to ensure that all those activating in the sector comply with the same rules and regulations.
Worker's Story April 1, 2022 Life in a country at war / Interview with Yuliia Batalina, ETF aviation worker in Ukraine ‘Peace is what I want more than anything now and what I dream of’, confessed Yuliia Batalina – ETF aviation worker in Ukraine – in an interview she agreed to have with us.
News April 1, 2022 Resolution of the ETF Executive Committee on Ukraine The ETF Executive Committee has adopted a resolution reiterating ETF’s strong call for peace in Ukraine. We are of the opinion that trade unions must send a strong and united condemnation not just for the war in Ukraine but for any other conflict.
News March 29, 2022 Silent no more: overworked tugboat workers are reaching breaking point It’s not surprising that workplace accidents are increasing in severity. Unsafe manning levels are more common. Legal rest times are being violated. Workers’ stress and fatigue levels are rising. The pressure being placed on tug and towage workers is pushing them to breaking point.