Women workers face terrible violence and harrassment - and transport workers are some of the most affected. Today we asked the European Commission and the Romanian EU Presidency to push for an ILO Convention on violence and harassment in the world of work at the centenary ILO Conference next week in Geneva.

We offer our sincere condolences to the families of the victims who drowned on the Danube. There is still little clear information, but this is already the 4th accident of the year and the 2019 season is only just getting started. Although we agree that captains carry responsibility for the safety of their passengers and others on the water, we question the tendency to criminalise maritime workers after accidents

Four French trade unions organising railway workers have called for a national demonstration in Paris today, as the Macron government pushes ahead with reforms that are bad for passengers and staff. Solidarité à nos collègues!

Our Deputy General Secretary, Sabine Trier, was in Bern to join the Congress of SEV - the Swiss Transport Workers Union. She brought congratulations for SEV's 100th anniversary, and stressed the need for international solidarity between workers and their unions.

Voters did not deliver the feared right-wing tsunami...but the new European Parliament is more liberal and green, with a larger nationalist and xenophobic component. We look at the results and see what they will mean for coalition building and our lobbying.

Dutch workers are fighting for the right to enjoy their pension in good time, and without financial worries. As transport workers stand united, there will be no bus, train, tram or metro driving that day in the Netherlands.

Worker-friendly parties have not suffered the disaster that was predicted, but the new European Parliament will require brave and creative coalitions. Now the EU must deliver a concrete and progressive response to voters’ social concerns. That is the only way to see off the populists and the far-right.

Udo Bullmann’s S&D group has been a reliable ally over the past years, and he pledged to work with us for better conditions in the transport sector. Strong connections with MEPs are vital as we fight for Fair Transport in Europe, and we are reaching out to various parties.

At the ITF-OECD Summit on “Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration”, we discussed subsidies and non-European investment in the maritime and port industries. Subsidies are needed to protect Europe’s shipping sector from unfair competition, but they should be tied to the creation of jobs, decent conditions, training and the greening of the sector.

The ETF Women’s Committee urges all ETF trade unions to promote fair and violence-free workplaces for women transport workers in Europe.

Livia Spera took to the podium with a strong message for delegates and Europe. "We are raising a red card to the European Commission. We can't build a fairer Europe while transport workers are second class citizens!"

Dockers everywhere deserve safe conditions, decent wages and a voice in automation! That’s exactly what Italian unions were bargaining for, but now national negotiations have broken down. Our Italian affiliates FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL and UILTRASPORTI have therefore decided to call a 24-hour national port strike.