News January 24, 2023 ETF calls for the eradication of social dumping practices in IWT As Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) functions without having flag state legislation, it is challenging to indicate the national applicable labour law to those working in this de facto cross-border transport mode. ETF strongly urges the European Commission to ensure decent social security rights for all activities in IWT by eradicating social dumping practices in the sector.
Statement January 23, 2023 European trade unions condemn UK government’s anti-strike legislation ETF, EPSU and ETUCE, representing millions of public service, transport and education workers across Europe, strongly condemn the UK government’s plans to legislate on minimum service levels.
News January 18, 2023 EU Commission must improve the social dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy ETF expects significant improvements in the social dimension of the CFP from the upcoming publications by the Commission.
News January 18, 2023 Crisis management in ATM Social Dialogue The European Social Partners’ revised toolbox for successful social dialogue in the ATM sector is out. With this updated set of tools, ETF, ATCEUC and CANSO want to build together an effective social dialogue in air traffic management.
Statement January 16, 2023 UK government must repeal the Strikes Bill We fully support what our UK unions in what they say – this legislation serves only to criminalise and punish workers, undermine democracy at the workplace, and limit the effectiveness of all types of strike action.
News January 10, 2023 WESS Project in a nutshell As the EU Social Partners, ETF and ECSA have worked closely together for over two years under the joint WESS project for an attractive, smart and sustainable working environment in the shipping sector.
News December 20, 2022 Lithuania’s labour issues require European solutions The issues trade unions and transport workers face are not just Lithuanian but European and therefore require a European solution.
News December 15, 2022 No going back: Protecting rights and promoting social dialogue in aviation through times of crisis With the new EU-funded ‘No going back’ project, we want to encourage and support our affiliates to go through a transformational process to be better prepared to react to any future challenges.
News December 13, 2022 Building a Just Transition to smart and sustainable mobility The European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) and industriAll Europe have embarked on a joint project to examine the impact on workers of the profound changes that will result from the decarbonisation of transport and to find ways to achieve a just transition for workers.
Press Release December 9, 2022 ETF calls for fair distribution of airspace charges The ETF released today its vision for the Air Traffic Management (ATM) performance charging scheme given the proposal for Reference Period 4 (RP4) of the Single European Sky (SES) Performance Scheme starting is expected to arrive soon.
Statement December 9, 2022 ETF solidarity with ver.di Cabin Crew in Germany ETF stands in solidarity with the German Ryanair network, which bravely decided to establish a workers’ representation in one of the strongest anti-union companies in the world.
News December 8, 2022 The ETF CAS SC condemns unfair practices of air operators in the context of the Canary Islands The ETF CAS SC condemns the air operators’ behaviour in applying unfair increases that negatively affect every European citizen and calls on the Spanish Government to apply similar PSO obligations to the airfares to mainland Spain as currently exists between inter-island services in the Canary Islands.