Public Transport: Third Regional Workshop gathered unions in Berlin (TU4BPT Project) The third regional workshop of the TU4BPT project took place on 2 and 3 June, gathering trade union representatives from the public transport sector to deepen their understanding of, and readiness for, the twin transitions currently transforming the industry: the green transition and the digital transition. News 10 Jun 2026
ETF Response to the Council Conclusions on Europe’s Maritime Industrial and Port Strategies The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) welcomes the Council’s adoption of conclusions on the EU Maritime Industrial Strategy and the EU Port Strategy, recognising their importance for strengthening Europe’s competitiveness, resilience, technological leadership and strategic autonomy. News 10 Jun 2026
ETF Response to the Council Conclusions on Europe’s Maritime Industrial and Port Strategies resource 10 Jun 2026
ETF Calls on EU Ministers to Protect Transport Workers in Military Mobility Regulation ETF has written to EU Ministers and Ambassadors, urging them to address critical gaps in worker protection in the European Commission’s proposed Regulation on Military Transport, currently under discussion in the Council of the European Union. ETF warns that the Commission’s proposal rests on a flawed assumption: that Europe’s transport systems can absorb additional pressure during crises without investment in the workforce that runs them. Statement 9 Jun 2026
ETF Letter – Transport workers are crucial for Military Mobility – ETF Priorities resource 9 Jun 2026
UNIONDRIVE holds first regional workshop on collective bargaining and minimum wages in Bucharest On 4–5 June 2026, the ETF held the first workshop in the series of its EU co-funded project Empowering Transport Workers in Central and Eastern Europe (UNIONDRIVE) in Bucharest, Romania. Bringing together transport unions from aviation, road transport and urban public transport, the workshop focused on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages and its implications for collective bargaining in the transport sector. News 8 Jun 2026
Empowering Transport Workers in Central and Eastern Europe (UNIONDRIVE) Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has been a strategic priority for the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) since the ETF Congress in Barcelona in 2017, a commitment that was reaffirmed by delegates at the Budapest Congress in 2022. Over the years, the ETF has invested considerable efforts in strengthening transport trade unions across the region through dedicated projects and organising initiatives. To support transport unions in this process, the ETF launched the EU co-funded project Empowering Transport Workers in Central and Eastern Europe (UNIONDRIVE). The project combines work on minimum wages with broader EU labour and social policy priorities. Projects 8 Jun 2026
Recognition of Serbian inland navigation certificates: a positive step for workers but challenges remain The recent recognition by the European Union of Serbia’s inland navigation crew certificates marks an important milestone for workers in the inland waterways sector and for the integration of the Western Balkans into the European transport area. Following a European Commission decision, certificates of qualification, service records and logbooks issued by Serbia will now be recognised across EU inland waterways, removing long-standing barriers to labour mobility. Statement 8 Jun 2026
ETF Railways Section proposes 7 measures to reverse the agony of the rail freight sector in Europe Next week, on 8 June, EU Transport Ministers will gather for a Transport Council meeting and rail freight is expected to be in focus. ETF is calling on Ministers to match the commitment the sector urgently needs, and warns that any initiative falling short of a comprehensive response risks deepening a crisis that has been decades in the making. Statement 4 Jun 2026