Rail Mobile Workers – Joint Conclusions (July 2019) On 4th July 2019, the President of the Rail Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (SSDC) Giorgio Tuti (ETF) and the Vice-President Matthias Rohrmann (CER) together with Sabine Trier, Deputy General Secretary of ETF and Libor Lochman, Executive Director of CER, signed the joint conclusions of the “Rail Mobile Workers” project. This project focused on the implementation and application of the ETF-CER agreement on working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable cross-border rail services (Council Directive 2005/47/EC). In order to follow-up on these project findings, CER and ETF have decided to give further attention to the topic of monitoring and enforcement in the next work programme 2020-2021 of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Railways. resource
Rail Mobile Workers – Final Report (October 2018) In October 2018, CER and ETF concluded their joint Rail Mobile Workers project. The objective was to assess the implementation and application of CER-ETF 2004 Agreement on certain aspects of working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable cross-border services in the railway sector. The project was financed by the European Commission. The final report is available in English, French and German. resource
Trade unions and employers debate challenges in urban public transport in Poland and the Baltics Workshop in Warsaw gathers participants from four countries and the European Commission for discussions about the future of public transport in the region and the role of collective bargaining. News 7 Feb 2019
Trade unions, employers and municipalities meet in Sofia and Prague to discuss challenges in urban public transport in Central and Eastern Europe News 9 Nov 2018
Rail Mobile Workers: Final project report ETF and CER, European social partners for railways, have been assessing the implementation of their 2004 Agreement on the working conditions of mobile workers in interoperable cross-border railway services. Publication 23 Oct 2018
Drivers don’t just drive Did you know? Besides driving, you bus or coach driver has to perform so many other tasks. This takes time, on the expense of rest hours. This info-graphic shows how much a driver has to do before and after driving passengers to their destination. resource
Violence Against Women Our campaign to eradicate gender-based violence in the transport sector. Campaign 23 Sep 2018
Bus and coach Working as a bus or coach driver is not easy. Long working hours are the norm in this profession. Tasks include loading and unloading luggage, picking up and dropping off passengers, cleaning the bus or coach and preparing it for the next journey, and of course driving the passengers safely. The ETF fights for better conditions for bus and coach drivers. Campaign 23 Sep 2018
Social Conditions in urban public transport companies in Europe (July 2016) Study on the UPT sector and working conditions in European countries. Report is available in various formats: Full report in DE, EN and FR Summary in DE, EN, FR, IT, ES, PL, RO, HU, BG Detailed country reports in EN resource
Urban Bus Drivers’ Work Place (February 2015) Joint statement with IndustriALL to promote a European standard. resource