Social Dialogue

European social dialogue in the urban public transport sector was established in 2001. It is formally a working group of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (SSDC) for Road Transport. The main social partner for ETF on the employers’ side is the International Association of Public Transport (UITP).

The UPT Social Dialogue Committee meets twice a year in Brussels. The Presidency alternates between UITP and ETF every three years. Currently, the presidency is with UITP:

• Benoît Juery (Transdev, France) is the President on behalf of UITP
• Andreas Schackert (ver.di, Germany) is the Vice-President on behalf of ETF

Some of the UPT Social Dialogue Committee’s outcomes in recent years are as follows:

• ETF-UITP Joint recommendations for Combating Violence and Insecurity on Urban Public Transport (January 2020)
• Project ‘’Digitalisation and automation in the urban public transport sector and its impact on workers, including the question of workers’ information and participation’’ (2018-2020) followed by Joint Recommendations
• Project “Social Dialogue in the Urban Public Transport Sector in Central and Eastern European Countries” (2017-2019)