Campaign Making the Transport Sector Fit for Women to Work in ETF’s survey of around 3,000 women transport workers has revealed an urgent need for substantial changes to make the transport sector genuinely fit for women to work in. Against this background, the ETF is launching its campaign ‘Make Transport Fit for Women to Work in’, targeting policymakers and social partners at both national and European level.
News ETF’s Workplace Guidance to address violence and harassment against women at work explained by Dr Jane Pillinger To mark today’s Human Rights Day, the last day of the UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the ETF has released a series of videos to guide trade unions through the use of our newly published Workplace Guidance to address violence and harassment against women at work.
News ETF voices concerns over missing Pay Transparency Directive The ETF wrote to European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen today to share growing concerns over her unfulfilled promise to introduce ‘binding pay transparency measures’ within 100 days of entering office. Further delay could have far-reaching consequences on women transport workers and women workers alike.
News April 12, 2021 ETF condemns Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention Following Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul convention, ETF’s Women’s Committee expresses solidarity with the Turkish women transport workers and our affiliates in Turkey.
Statement March 8, 2021 IWD 2021: Employers and governments must do more to protect women at work! “In the transport sector, violence and harassment are still often seen as part of the job. And that is unacceptable”. On International Women’s Day, the ETF joins the international trade union movement to call on governments to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention no. 190, which will come into force in June this year.
News March 4, 2021 ETF’s reply to International Transport Forum Consultation stresses urgent need to make transport fit for women to work in In view of their 2021 Summit, the International Transport Forum (ITF) launched their Annual Gender in Transport Consultation to bring together all perspectives needed to advance gender equality in the transport sector. As an ITF stakeholder, ETF sent in a written contribution focussing how to make the transport sector attractive for women to work in and on the impacts of COVID-19 on women transport workers.