Welcome to our new ETF Youth Steering Committee! ETF Youth conference officially opened the 6th ETF Congress week in Budapest. The competition for the people representing the Youth Committee for the five coming years was passionate but fair! News 23 May 2022
Transport workers across Europe will speak with one voice at next week’s ETF Congress in Budapest 20 May 2022
When is enough going to be enough? We demand that shipping companies, Tug & Towage companies, Port Authorities, and other regulating bodies respect national and international health and safety regulations to provide a safe workplace for all. News 20 May 2022
Amazon has a European Works Council, despite management Yesterday, the Amazon management and employee representatives of different European countries agreed on the establishment of a European Works Council. This council, with workers and employer representatives, will be informed and consulted on transnational company issues. Statement 12 May 2022
P&O Ferries sackings: unions trigger UN investigation over UK’s failure to enforce laws that protect workers A number of unions and global union federations have written to the International Labour Organization (ILO — part of the UN) asking it to urgently intervene on behalf the 800 seafarers who were illegally fired and cruelly mistreated by P&O Ferries Press Release 11 May 2022
Sajtóközlemény/Az Európai Közlekedési Dolgozók Szövetsége (ETF) kongresszusa a közlekedési dolgozók jövőjére összpontosít resource 11 May 2022
Launch of TRACE 2 for an efficient and harmonised enforcement of Mobility Package 1 The TRACE 2 Consortium kicks off project: TRACE 2 aims at developing content that can serve as a reliable common reference base for authorities and enforcers, as well as for drivers and transport undertakings. News 10 May 2022
ETF Congress focuses on future of transport work The ETF will hold its 6th Ordinary Congress from 24rd to 27th of May in Budapest, Hungary, under the theme “All Aboard: Destination Fair Transport!” More than 500 participants representing over 200 transport trade unions from 38 countries across Europe will discuss how to address the challenges in the transport sector in a way that ensures a fair future for transport workers. Press Release 10 May 2022
Low wages, poor conditions and unsocial working patterns: leading causes of current staff shortages in aviation Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been saying that a lack of available staff would be an issue in the aviation sector, and finally, it has arrived. “The industry is very much reaping what it has sown”, believes ETF Civil Aviation President Oliver Richardson. News 10 May 2022
Drivers are people, not goods! – ETF on container hotels Container hotels are just that: containers built for drivers to sleep in – assimilating professional drivers to the goods they transport. For the ETF, the concept is yet another way for transport companies to circumvent EU law. News 5 May 2022