Union Action February 18, 2021 Workers protest in Rome over the surprise bankruptcy announcement in Norwegian Air Low-cost airline Norwegian Air has recently started a bankruptcy process for its Irish branch, directly affecting its workers in Italy. The ETF stands with Italian transport union federations and joins their call to Norwegian and Italian authorities to support them in making Norwegian Air take responsibility towards their employees.
Press Release February 17, 2021 FedEx – Time to deliver for your workers! ETF and ITF, the voices of transport workers worldwide and in Europe have launched a petition to call on FedEx-TNT Europe management to stop job cuts and engage with workers’ representatives.
Union Action February 15, 2021 Over 70 railway workers’ positions at stake – European Year of Rail off to a bad start in Belgium Over 70 positions in Belgian rail are at stake following the unilateral decision taken by the Management Board of SNCB. The Belgian government wants to promote rail as a means of ecological transport and transport of the future. But the Belgian unions and the ETF do not want this to be done to the detriment of social matters!
News February 12, 2021 Plans for Alitalia successor must protect jobs and working conditions Alitalia employs more than 10,000 people in Italy, and its fate will impact not only all of their lives but also the broader Italian aviation, transport and tourism industries. To stimulate the discussion on the future of the company and allow unions to seek answers, the ETF brought together representatives of Italian unions and DG COMP on Wednesday.
Press Release February 10, 2021 Recovery and Resilience Facility: Transport Keeps Us Going Forward With the slogan “Transport for EU Recovery”, ETF, together with 31 organisations has issued a Statement on the Recovery and Resilience Facility to jointly call on Member States and the European Commission to ensure that the transport sector receives adequate consideration in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans.
News February 10, 2021 Social partners in ports call for renewal of active and meaningful dialogue with the Commission Despite the difficult and unpredictable circumstances the ports industry has been dealing with last year, the European Commission has not shown the commitment and engagement that social dialogue deserves. In response, European social partners in ports are urging the Commission to assume responsibility and commit to real debate.
News February 8, 2021 ETF and ITF outline demands for mandatory due diligence in reply to European Commission Consultation The European Commission has launched the initiative to consider introducing a European legal framework on sustainable corporate governance, covering due diligence and directors’ duty of care. In response to the Commission’s public consultation, ETF and ITF outlined their demands for mandatory due diligence.
Union Action February 8, 2021 Italy’s public transport workers on strike after employers’ organisations refuse to negotiate renewal of collective agreement Public transport workers in Italy are on strike today to demand negotiations on a national sectoral collective agreement for public transport workers. The action of ETF affiliates FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL, UILTRASPORTI is a result of the employers’ organisations’ refusal to negotiate the renewal of the agreement that expired on 31 December 2017.
Union Action February 8, 2021 ver.di secures better working conditions and pay for 87.000 public transport workers across Germany amidst pandemic Against all odds, ver.di’s collective bargaining campaign, including a nationwide strike, brought better working conditions and pay for 87.000 public transport workers across Germany.
News February 5, 2021 Inclusion of frontline aviation workers in vaccination plans is key to European economic recovery Several European social partners in civil aviation released a joint statement highlighting the importance of the aviation industry for European economic recovery and calling for frontline aviation workers to be included in national vaccination plans.
News February 4, 2021 ETF Talks – EYR 2021: Boosting rail with railway workers on board? The third episode of ETF Talks focusses on the European Year of Rail 2021, the role of rail in contributing to climate goals, why policies have failed so far, the effects of social shortcomings of the sector on railways workers and what needs to be done to boost railways with its workforce on board.
News February 4, 2021 3F secures ground-breaking national sectoral agreement for delivery riders Danish trade union 3F and the employers’ organisation Dansk Erhverv reached a national sectoral agreement covering Just Eat’s Riders. But this victory is only the beginning: ‘3F and the European trade union movement will not stop fighting for platform workers’ rights!’