The major priority is the continued effort together with the other European Trade Federations in establishing a robust and modern European Works’ Council Directive especially in the digital era. A firm stance has been adopted in ensuring that workers’ involvement on company level moves away from the mere formality towards a meaningful information and consultation tool.
Given the potential power to influence corporate decisions in Europe’s largest transport and logistics companies, especially in the area of automation and digitalisation as information on the short, medium and long term is crucial in order to minimise the effects on employment and working conditions.
An additional effort must be made in the area of establishing more EWC’s in multinational transport and logistics companies and the ETF will develop guidelines and tools to facilitate the establishment of EWC’s in transport.