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Solidarity to Dutch colleagues!

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The ETF Tug Committee expresses its support and solidarity to the Dutch colleagues that are fighting to obtain better pay and conditions in the company Svitzer.

Actions were taken in the Netherlands by ETF affiliates FNV and Nautilus International and the President of the ETF Tug Committee sent a solidarity letter to the Dutch colleagues on behalf of all European tug workers.

Netherlands
svitzer
Dockers
Inland Waterways
Maritime Transport

ON THE GROUND

Statement

The EC Fair Labour Mobility Package, a step in the right direction

The ETF welcomes the Fair Labour Mobility Package presented yesterday by the European Commission. Mobile and non-EU workers are essential to the fabric of the internal market and the possibility to work in another EU country is an invaluable freedom. However, labour mobility only works in a spirit of fairness and upwards social convergence.