News March 22, 2021 Road industry’s bad players scared straight by Mobility Package End of 2020, seven Member States – Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Romania – challenged the Mobility Package in court. 15 court cases were opened against the Council and the European Parliament who in July last year adopted the Package with a large majority. Such action just goes to show how important this Package is, in restoring social and economic fair play in the road transport sector which for decades had been ripped apart by social fraud, human slavery and unfair competition between operators.
Union Action March 22, 2021 Solidarity with Italy’s Amazon logistics workers striking for fair working conditions Today, Italian unions are making history. For the first time, Amazon’s ENTIRE logistics chain is on strike in Italy for 24 hours. Amazon is outright refusing to negotiate a supply chain collective bargaining agreement that would also cover their subcontractors.
Statement March 19, 2021 ETF stands by Finnish railway workers and their fight to protect their working conditions The ETF lends all of its support to Finnish railway union RAU and the Finnish locomotive drivers striking in Helsinki right now to protest against government-owned railway company VR and its attempts to weaken collective agreements and working conditions.
Statement March 19, 2021 ETF’s 5 million transport workers say ‘Protect the new European Mobility Package for fair road transport!’ The ETF is calling for broad support for the Mobility Package and strongly advise the 7 European countries attacking it to reconsider and withdraw from legal action.
Publication March 18, 2021 Shaping digital transformation in public transport: ETF and UITP’s joint recommendations for a just transition ETF and UITP, social partners in urban public transport, adopt joint recommendations on digital transformation and social dialogue in urban public transport in Europe.
News March 17, 2021 Romanian Ministry of Transport must engage in social dialogue with Bucharest metro workers and withdraw redundancy plans ETF urges the Romanian government to engage with USLM, guarantee the security of USLM President, respect metro employees’ right to social dialogue and withdraw redundancy plans.
Press Release March 16, 2021 Workers demand FedEx negotiate just transition, instead of slashing its workforce FedEx shows no signs of stopping plans to slash up to 6,300 jobs in Europe and instead boasts about its multi-billion-dollar pledge to becoming climate-friendly.
News March 15, 2021 Riders facing poverty pay and dangerous work form global network to highlight Deliveroo’s exploitative business model to investors #Rights4Riders: A global network of Deliveroo riders is warning potential investors of growing legal, regulatory, and reputational risks, urging them not to back the company until it improves rider safety, conditions and pay.
News March 11, 2021 “Fair transport remains an objective, rather than a reality” – ETF brings together key stakeholders in discussion on sustainability To kick off Sustainable Transport Days, the ETF brought together key players in EU transport and beyond to reflect on the future of these industries.
Press Release March 8, 2021 ETF-ECSA: EU shipping needs to attract and retain more women On International Women’s Day, ECSA and ETF continue to advocate the enhanced participation of women in European shipping. As part of the WESS project, they are launching a survey that will help them determine the current state of women’s employment in the sector and assess women seafarers’ needs, a first step of an EU-funded project to increase women’s participation in the shipping industry.
Statement March 8, 2021 IWD 2021: Employers and governments must do more to protect women at work! “In the transport sector, violence and harassment are still often seen as part of the job. And that is unacceptable”. On International Women’s Day, the ETF joins the international trade union movement to call on governments to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention no. 190, which will come into force in June this year.
News March 5, 2021 In latest display of anti-worker behaviour, Norwegian neglects social obligations in France Norwegian Air workers in France are demanding respect for their labour rights after the company announced it has gone bankrupt and wants to let them go without any compensation.