working conditions

It's time for Europe to get serious about enhancing seafarers' living and working conditions and protecting its maritime jobs and maritime skills base! The time has come for the European Commission and the industry to take social dumping and unfair competition out of the EU/EEA.

ETF and ECA call the EU Transport Commissioner to propose a revision of the EU Air Service Regulation by May 2023. Europe’s pilots and cabin crew have been waiting for the EC to issue such a proposal for over eight years.

On 31 January and 1 February, industriAll Europe and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) hosted the first set of workshops within the joint EU-funded project on Building a Just Transition towards a Smart and Sustainable Mobility. The goal was to understand better the trends, impacts and challenges of the twin transition and propose strategies to guarantee a fair and just transition for all workers.

Last week, ETF launched a worker-centred discussion around the future of transport with EU Transport Commissioner, Adina Vălean, and the European Parliament’s TRAN Committee coordinators - Marin-Jean Marinescu (EPP), Petar Vitanov (S&D), Ciarán Cuffe (Greens/EFA) and Elena Kountoura (The Left).

The aviation industry needs an ambitious decarbonisation plan with people at its centre. ETF lays out key principles in its sustainable aviation vision.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been saying that a lack of available staff would be an issue in the aviation sector, and finally, it has arrived. "The industry is very much reaping what it has sown", believes ETF Civil Aviation President Oliver Richardson.

ETF study on “Social Conditions in Bus and Coach Transport in Europe” explores what it needs to become more attractive and recall and retain skilled drivers.

We call on the Svitzer UK to take responsibility and engage in meaningful negotiations with Unite the Union and its inland waterways transport workers to find the best solutions for decent wages and working hours and end the current trade dispute over Pay Claim.

The UK government relaxation of driving time rules is a step in the wrong direction and will only make the driver shortage worse, threaten road safety and undermine working conditions in road haulage