News November 16, 2018 Seafarer dies while lashing cargo Tragic accident in Ireland shows once again that lashing must be dockers’ work, as already agreed by unions and employers at global level.
News November 16, 2018 European social partners in rail decide to enter into negotiations ETF and CER will negotiate an Autonomous Agreement to promote women in the rail sector. The Women in Rail Task Force has been given the mandate to prepare the negotiations that should start in the second half of 2019.
News November 15, 2018 Japanese transport workers’ delegation visits ETF They learned about the struggles of European transport workers, the ETF, and the main activities within the railway section.
News November 14, 2018 ETF Fishers launch new group for Mediterranean region Unions are most effective when working together across borders. We brought affiliates together to work on the challenges facing fishers across the Mediterranean.
News November 9, 2018 Trade unions, employers and municipalities meet in Sofia and Prague to discuss challenges in urban public transport in Central and Eastern Europe
Press Release October 31, 2018 Will politicians be able to solve their own crisis, or shall we step in and lead the way? ETF’s Vienna Declaration sets out trade union vision for EU Mobility Package. Fair Transport on Europe’s roads looks like this.
News October 30, 2018 Ryanair’s chairman is even less popular than we thought New trade union research shows that shareholder support for Ryanair chairman David Bonderman at recent AGM was even lower than initially reported.
News October 29, 2018 ETF backs Italian railway workers in strike action Italian unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti called a strike on Friday 26 October to fight for social protection and decent working conditions in the railway sector.
Publication October 23, 2018 Rail Mobile Workers: Final project report ETF and CER, European social partners for railways, have been assessing the implementation of their 2004 Agreement on the working conditions of mobile workers in interoperable cross-border railway services.
News October 10, 2018 On-board Personnel Advisory Group evaluates the “You’re Welcome” campaign We are fighting to keep on-board staff on Europe’s trains. At this meeting, numerous ETF affiliates presented their national contributions to the “You’re Welcome” campaign on the European action day of 4 October.
News October 5, 2018 YOU’RE WELCOME – Railway workers across Europe take action to defend on-board staff Check out our actions to defend the safety, security and wellbeing of passengers.
News October 4, 2018 ETF defending an ambitious social clause at the Aviation Summit in Vienna ETF has defended the introduction of a safeguard social clause in Air Transport Agreements to protect our social rights, compensate for the negative social effects that might result from a further liberalisation and improve the terms of employment in 3rd countries.