The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has adopted at its 510th plenary session on Wednesday 16 September 2015 an own-initiative opinion entitled „Social dumping in the European civil
EU Transport Ministers partly reinstall the freedom of choice for the organization of rail public transport services but failed to give more social protection for public transport workers exposed to
The ETF President and political staff met with Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc who accepted ETF’s request for exchanging views on the current and future European transport policy. The meeting
Without a doubt, over the next 5 years road transport will be a hot topic for the EU Institutions. In 2013, hauliers and labour organisations – the IRU and the ETF – fended off plans of the European
Two ITF/ETF affiliated unions in Belgium and the Netherlands have launched a campaign against IKEA, which they accuse of social dumping. The Belgian Transport Union (BTB) and FNV Bondgenoten in the
Europe must stop social dumping and flags of convenience in aviation “Flags of convenience”, the scheme used in the maritime sector to seek laxer regulatory, taxation and labour regimes, is
Around 120 delegates have gathered on the 1st and the 2nd of July 2014 in Catania, Italy, to attend a two-day conference on the evolution of the aviation labour market since the introduction of low
Trade unionists and ITF inspectors will protest at Portsmouth, England, tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon against the employment practices of ferry operator Condor Ferries. Representatives of ITF