Schiphol Airport workers are on strike, demanding that management changes their subcontracting practices and protects labour standards. The ITF and ETF stand with the Schiphol airport workers and join their call to Schiphol Airport management. It’s high time for decent working conditions to become a prerequisite for subcontracting.

Expressing their disagreement with the recent actions of the Port Authority, dockers in the Port of Rotterdam took part in a protest yesterday. The dockers’ union FNV Havens alleges that the Authority has violated the agreement that guarantees additional jobs for dockers in the port.