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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.

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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.

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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.

In Summary

Only 22% of transport workers are women, which makes transport one of the most gender segregated sectors of the economy.

Transport jobs are gradually becoming more open to women, but the workplace culture in many transport industries is still male-focused. Furthermore, the sector has a lot of work to do to ensure that women have equal access to employment with equal pay and career opportunities. Women transport workers also face shocking levels of harassment and violence. Until these problems are addressed, women’s participation and leadership in the sector will not improve significantly.

The ETF Women’s Committee strives for the improvement of women’s employment and quality of work. We campaign for a violence-free workplace and fight against the social dumping and precarious work that affect women transport workers. That is why the central theme of the ETF work programme on gender equality for 2017-2022 is Fair Transport in Europe, fair jobs for women.

More specifically, we aim to address these challenges through our main priorities:

Saying NO to violence against women transport workers in Europe.
Making the transport sector more attractive for women.
Fighting for the principle of “equal pay for work of equal value” for women transport workers.
Building a pool of ETF women trainers.
Addressing the impacts of digitalisation and automation on women employment.

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Statement November 25, 2021

Fighting violence against women transport workers must be a priority

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2021: ETF Executive Committee states: “Fighting violence against women transport workers must be a priority!”

Event November 9, 2021

Yes! More Women in Transport: Identifying priorities for ETF Women’s Committee future Work Programme

Yes! More Women in Transport: Over 100 trade unionists and workers from 24 countries and 42 trade unions came together for a two-day conference from 20 – 21 October to identify future priorities for the ETF Women’s Committee Work Programme which will be adopted at ETF’s Congress in May 2022.

Press Release November 5, 2021

Women in Rail Agreement signed and ready for implementation

ETF and CER have officially signed the Women in Rail autonomous agreement aimed at promoting employment of women in the sector, marking its entry into force.