President von der Leyen must back support of social partners with action!
Following the SOTEU 2023, the European Transport Workers’ Federation calls on the EC President, Ursula von der Leyen, and the European Commission at large, to back statements of support for social partners and trade unions with bold and substantive actions, policy and legislation.
No fish products made with forced labour on the EU market
The social partners call for the EC Regulation prohibiting products manufactured by violating human and workers’ rights on the EU market to include fish products.
Deep-sea fishing ban threatens economic viability of EU longline fleet
Social Partners in the fisheries sector call on the European Commission to urgently fix the problems coming from the deep-sea fishing ban. Researchers estimate that applying the new EC Regulation can lead to up to a 27 million euros reduction in global turnover, with annual losses of up to 150,000 euros per year per vessel, which will cause irreversible and structural damage to the future of the EU longline fleet.
ETF and Europêche join efforts to improve the social dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy
The Pillars of the Sea 3 | EU Social Partners in the fisheries sector launch a joint project to improve the social dimension of the CFP
Towards a new European Crewing Regulation
It’s the right time for ETF and its affiliates to be actively involved in the ongoing negotiations on the future crewing regulation.
EU Social Partners in civil aviation say NO to abusive behaviour against aviation workers
In a joint statement, the European Social partners in Civil Aviation agreed to join efforts to tackle one of the large spread issues which highly impacted the sector during the COVID pandemic and the summer 2022 season: the disruptive passengers.
Social partner project on employability in rail confirms workers must take centre stage in digital transition
The ETF and CER EU social partner report: Employability in the Rail Sector in Light of Digitalisation and Automation explores how to maintain employability in the face of the digital transition, with the human factor taking centre stage.
