European Commission

Yesterday, 28 February 2017, during a seminar organised by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) in the framework of the European Shipping Week, Thierry Coquil, Director for Maritime

A joint ETUFs project funded by the European Commission has delivered a compendium of best practices from all over Europe on how to integrate young people into trade unions. The experiences were

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the largest European workers’ representative in civil aviation, welcomes the European Parliament (EP) resolution on an Aviation Strategy for Europe

ETF welcomes this much awaited positive step in a long battle to have the law complied with, to restore dignity of professional drivers and to substantially improve their working and living conditions

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is warning the European Commission that the EU is in the ‘last-chance saloon’ to tackle popular resentment towards the EU. Next Monday – January 23 – the

Drones are used for task such as aerial filming and photography, safety inspections of pipelines or buildings or for agriculture. However, this new technology brings risks like collision, human errors, terrorist attacks, cybersecurity and third party risks. We call for a robust regulatory framework including categorisation of drones, pilot licenses for drones, training, registration, hardware requirements and airspace separation.

The European Social Partners in the maritime transport sector – European shipowners (ECSA)* and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)** are requesting the European Commission to amend the

455 European and Canadian civil society groups, including the ETF, have urged legislators in an open letter to vote against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). “The ratification

New York Times investigative reporter Ian Urbina has lifted the lid on modern day slavery at sea in his two year, award-winning research ‘ The Outlaw Ocean’. On Thursday 3 November he presented the

This week the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) launched a set of concrete proposals for the revision of EU cabotage rules (Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009) and the rules on access to