Germany

Online retailer Amazon has long faced accusations that its warehouses are bad places to work. Now workers are striking to demand change. The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and UNI Europa

In the framework of an EU co-funded project jointly run by ETF and Syndex, workers’ representatives from ETF Maritime Transport and Dockers affiliates met in Hamburg on 14 and 15 June 2018 for a

ETF affiliate unions from Italy and Germany have met in Rome to start working together for all workers at Eurokai – the largest European-owned container terminal operator. German union ver.di and the

After 8 months, striking union workers in Istanbul are still waiting for German company to keep its promises

Today, 3 April 2017 more than 1,000 German maritime workers rallied in Hamburg to ask for fairer maritime jobs. The demonstration was called for by ETF/ITF affiliated union ver.di along with the

Today 31 March the Federal Council of Germany confirmed once and for all: it is forbidden for professional drivers to spend the weekly rest in the vehicle cab. Germany is the fourth EU Member State –

During the night of the 11th of September a tragic accident occurred on Main-Donau-Kanal in Erlangen, Germany. Two Hungarian crew members (aged 33 and 49) died while navigating the Swiss flagged

Today, 18 May 2016 a lashing seminar gathering German Dockers was held in Hamburg at the initiative of ETF German affiliate ver.di and with the support from ETF and ITF. During the seminar the ongoing

Unions representing dockworkers in the major seaports in the North range met today in Rotterdam and agreed on a common strategy to cope with the current and future challenges affecting the workers

On August 26 and 27 dockworkers’ unions in the ‘Hamburg-Le Havre Range’ (comprising all major seaports in Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom and Belgium) will meet in Rotterdam to discuss