IMPROVING WORKING LIVES & FUTURES

Creating a better future for workers today.

By sharing our knowledge, experiences, research, tools and other resources, we can focus and unify our action, strengthen our collective voice and amplify our impact, to create a better future for workers, today.

Resources

Video 28 Aug 2025

ETF Automation & Digitalisation Video

The ETF Digitalisation & Automation Toolkit gives our transport unions concrete tools to address the challenges caused by automation and digitalisation for European transport workers.

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Resources 26 Mar 2020

Social partners’ letter to EC in response to CBER prolongation – 26 March 2020

Resources 25 Mar 2020

ETF contribution to CBER public consultation – 2018

Resources 18 Mar 2020

COVID-19: Social Partners’ Joint Statement on Contingency Measures in Ports

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FEPORT

IDC

Resources 13 Mar 2020

COVID-19: Transport workers must be protected | ETF letter to EC | 13032020

Resources 12 Mar 2020

ETF reaction to the Opatija Declaration on the future outlook of waterborne transport

EU Transport Ministers signed on 11 March 2020 the Opatija Declaration on the future outlook of EU Waterborne Transport. ETF welcomes the importance given to employment, and workers’ skills and

Resources 09 Jan 2020

Dockers’ Clause – ITF, ETF press release

Resources 04 Mar 2019

Fair Transport Europe Action week Calendar (March 2019)

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) is running the Fair Transport campaign against social dumping. From 22 to 27 of March, Europe’s transport workers and their unions will take action

Resources 18 Sep 2018

Tug Declaration (March 2015)

ETF and ITF affiliates declare their renewed intention to engage in closer cooperation in order to tackle jointly the manifold challenges and changes affecting the sector.

Resources 14 Aug 2018

TRENDS – Global changes shaping the future of our industry (April 2017)

The EU co-funded ETF project TRENDS – anticipating the impact of changes in transport on employment, working conditions, professions and skills took place in the period November 2015 to April 2017