News July 5, 2021 Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices disregards social dimension The new code of conduct for responsible business and marketing practices disregards social dialogue and collective bargaining
Press Release July 1, 2021 Women in Rail – Provisional EU Social Partner Agreement reached Social partners ETF and CER reached a provisional agreement in the final round of negotiations at EU level for a binding agreement aimed at promoting employment of women in the sector.
News July 1, 2021 Offshore wind farms: the voice of the fishers must be heard! ETF and Europêche adopted a joint resolution on the impact of offshore wind farms on fisheries.
News July 1, 2021 Romania: Stop union-busting in Bucharest metro! Join us in telling Metrorex and the Romanian government they must respect basic labour rights: collective bargaining and social dialogue! Say no to union busting in Bucharest metro! Sign our LabourStart campaign!
Union Action June 30, 2021 USO sues Lauda Europe for unfair dismissal of trade union rep USO trade union representative fired for reporting precarious salary conditions of Lauda Europe cabin crew and refusing to reveal the informants’ identity – the union is now suing the airline for unfair dismissal.
News June 28, 2021 European Commission’s action plan to boost EU inland waterway transport could also boost workers’ rights ETF welcomes the European Commission’s action plan to boost transport on the EU’s inland waterways.
News June 25, 2021 The world’s first bloc-to-bloc Air Transport Agreement enshrines a labour clause Together with our aviation affiliates, we worked hard to ensure aviation workers’ rights and conditions are safeguarded. AE CATA contains a labour clause to this end, and now we will closely monitor its implementation as well as its effectiveness.
News June 25, 2021 Milestone ILO Convention 190 comes into force ILO Violence and Harassment Convention 190 – the first international treaty to address violence and harassment – comes into force. ETF continues to call on countries to ratify, but unions are already taking action and can use ETF’s Workplace Guidance to put the topic on the agenda.
Statement June 25, 2021 Day of the Seafarer: Give them a fair future! On this year’s Day of the Seafarer, we call for a fair future – seafarers have a message on what they think it should look like!
Statement June 23, 2021 European Parliament approves dangerous air traffic management reform TRAN Committee position in support of controversial Single European Sky 2+ and Performance Review Body reforms of the air traffic management sector favours liberalisation, ignoring workers’ concerns, and showing little consideration for the social and human consequences the major reform will have.
Union Action June 15, 2021 “We’re optimists!” – 3F Transport leads the fight against nemlig’s abuse of workers The ETF caught up with Jan Villadsen, chairman of 3F Transport and ETF Vice-President to get his take on nemlig.com, what’s happening to nemlig drivers and warehouse workers and the way forward.
Statement June 15, 2021 ETF study on driver fatigue hits the mark ETF study “Driver Fatigue in European Road Transport” hits the mark in more ways than one and provides constructive insight and recommendations to improve drivers’ working conditions and eliminate driver fatigue.