News October 10, 2025 ETF Logistics Action Days: Istanbul Workshop Demands Action to Fix Broken Sector The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) concluded its EU co-funded “Delivering Fair Transport for All” logistics project with a powerful workshop in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of its Logistics Action Days campaign. The event brought together 80 trade unionists, workers’ representatives, and academic experts from across 10 countries to address the mounting pressures facing the logistics sector.
News October 7, 2025 BUS SAFETY FIRST: Key takeaways from the ETF bus collision safety event in Rome The message from the event was loud and clear: bus and coach drivers deserve the same level of safety as truck drivers when it comes to vehicle construction.
News October 7, 2025 “We work in the shadows”: Trade unions call for EU action to end exploitation in subcontracting chains and labour intermediaries The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European sectoral federations EFBWW, EFFAT and ETF, are calling for an EU Directive on subcontracting and labour intermediation to end these abuses and restore accountability in European labour markets, to be proposed as part of the EU Commission’s Quality Jobs Roadmap.
Statement October 3, 2025 EWC Directive: MEPs must adopt its revision After welcoming the democratic consensus reached during the trilogue negotiations on the revision of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive in May 2025, the ETF now urges MEPs to support the revised text in the plenary vote scheduled for Thursday, 9 October. The political agreement represents a significant step forward in strengthening workers’ rights in multinational companies across Europe. It enhances legal clarity for all stakeholders and simplifies the existing text by clarifying key definitions. We cannot turn back at this final stretch.
News October 3, 2025 Proposed EU Crewing and E-tools: quick fixes at the expense of workers On 30 September 2025, ETF joined the 11th Meeting of the European Commission’s Expert Group on Social Issues in Inland Navigation. Inland navigation may be smaller in size compared to other transport modes, but it carries great potential for the modal shift and for building a climate-friendly transport system. None of this, however, will be possible without the people who keep the sector running.
News October 2, 2025 New EU study warns: precarious aircrew contracts pose safety risks A pilot’s or cabin crew member’s employment contract should not be a safety risk – but too often, it still is. A new EU study warns that precarious working conditions in the sector are eroding both staff well-being and airline safety culture. Ten years after Ghent University’s groundbreaking 2015 research revealed the rise of “atypical” pilot contracts..
Press Release October 1, 2025 ETF’s Logistics Action Days 2025 launch across Europe Transport workers’ unions across Europe are launching a week of coordinated actions from 2-9 October to shine a spotlight on exploitation in the logistics sector and demand stronger regulation of subcontracting and labour intermediation. We will see trade unions in Spain, Sweden, France, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Turkey and other countries mobilising to meet workers, raise awareness, and push for legislative change at both national and European levels.
News September 30, 2025 ETF stands in solidarity with ver.di and Lufthansa employees Lufthansa has announced job cuts and the outsourcing of ground operations, putting upwards of 4,000 jobs on the line. The ETF stands in solidarity with ver.di and the employees at Lufthansa as they face job losses and an uncertain future. Lufthansa’s move to cut jobs and outsource operations underscores the need for a comprehensive European aviation strategy that safeguards affordable and sustainable connectivity, fair competition, and quality jobs.
page Summer Delays and Cancellations: Aviation Workers’ Perspective Summer is here – and so is a sharp increase in air traffic. Yet again, we see a rise in flight delays and cancellations due to the structural limitations of the European aviation system. Air traffic management (ATM), in particular, is put in the spotlight, deprived of resources to ensure fluid and punctual operations without compromising on the necessary levels of safety. Meanwhile, airlines and institutions have started their usual blame game.
Publication EU Land Transport Labour Market: A Critical Examination of Trends and Policy Implications Two years ago, the ETF launched a project to look in more detail at the roots of the above trends. Three reports – on road, rail and urban public transport were developed within the frame of the project to cast light on how liberalisation and market-opening policies led to undesirable effects that put at stake the very goals and objectives set by the same policymakers.
Statement The big EU deregulation: ETF Joins over 360 organisations in a Joint Statement on the Omnibus Package The publication by the European Commission of its Omnibus proposal revising key corporate sustainability laws sends a clear political signal: President Ursula von der Leyen is deprioritising human rights, workers’ rights and environmental protections for the sake of dangerous deregulation. ETF joined over 360 organisations in a joint statement calling out on the consequences of this package.
News Giorgio Tuti Elected New ETF President Belgian trade union leader Frank Moreels stepped down from his function of ETF President, in view of his upcoming role as President of the ITF. A Swiss national, Giorgio Tuti has been a high-profile unionist in the trade union movement since 1988. He served as President of the Swiss Transport Workers’ Union (SEV) for 14 years, from 2009 to 2023 and has been Vice-Chair of the Swiss Trade Union Confederation since 2009. Tuti has been chairing the ETF Railways Section since 2017.