ETF black logo ETF black logo ETF black logo ETF black logo

Google Translate

Welcome to the new Steering Committee of the ETF Dockers Section for the 2022 – 2027 period!

News

The Chair and the Steering Committee of the ETF Dockers Section for the 2022 – 2027 period were elected during the Dockers Section meeting, held on 14 February 2022.

Based on the votes of our members, the Dockers Section Steering Committee is composed as follows:

Chair:

  • Marc Loridan, BTB-ABVV, Belgium

Vice-Chairs:

  • Niek Stam, FNV Havens, The Netherlands
  • Maya Schwiegershausen-Güth, Ver.di, Germany

Women’s Representative:

  • Hatice Pantir, LİMAN-İŞ SENDİKASI, Turkey

Young Workers’ Representative:

  • Nick Loridan, BTB-ABVV, Belgium

Ordinary members: 

  • Karsten Kristensen, 3F, Denmark
  • Angelo Manicone, FILT CGIL, Italy
  • Mark Hughes, Unite the Union, UK
  • José Jorge Garcia Faerna, FSC-CCOO, Spain
  • Oleg Grygoriuk, MTWTU, Ukraine

The mandate of the ETF Dockers Section new management team will start after the 6th ETF Congress, which will take place in May 2022.

dockers
new steering committee
Dockers

ON THE GROUND

News

Final Regional Workshop of TU4BPT Project

On October 6th and 7th public transport unions from across Central and Eastern Europe met in Poznan for the final regional workshop of the Trade Unions for Better Public Transport project (TU4BPT). Hosted by Polish affiliate OZZKiM, the workshop delivered the final round of training for trade union representatives regarding the Twin Transition in public transport.
Urban Public Transport
News

20 years of the Maritime Labour Convention: progress for seafarers, but the job is far from done

On 18 September, the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) and the Federation of Transport, Petroleum and Agriculture Workers (OMEPEGE/FTPAW-SEK) brought trade unions, governments, international institutions and shipowners together in Athens to take stock of two decades of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) – and, more importantly, to discuss what still needs to change.
Maritime Transport
News

Workshops on Autonomous Vehicles in Public Transport Continue

The Urban Public Transport Committee’s project on autonomous vehicles in public transport continued last week, with workshops taking place in Slovakia, hosted by OZ KOVO, and the UK, hosted by Unite the Union. Both workshops brought together union reps from across the respective countries to discuss and strategise on the topic of autonomous vehicles.
Urban Public Transport