European transport workers are standing up to demand quality jobs for transport workers, and a safe, reliable service. Coordinated actions by unions across Europe will show the strength of our movement against exploitation and unfair competition. That’s the Fair Transport Europe campaign.
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Fair Transport Europe is a campaign of the European Transport Workers’ Federation, which represents over 5 million transport workers across the continent.
June 14, 2019 - 05:27
THIS IS THE VICTORY OF THE YEAR! After eight years of legal struggle it is Belgian labour law which needs to be applied to the six aircrew members of Ryanair. The Court judged that they have jurisdiction over those legal cases and that Belgium labour law applies, if it is more favourable to the workers […]
Read more...May 21, 2019 - 15:32
Forced overtime, withholding of wages, discrimination based on nationality and a lack of access to essential provisions like food and water. These are just a few of the abuses reported by crew members on board of Blumenthal vessels. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have been contacted by current and former Blumenthal crew members who […]
Read more...April 2, 2019 - 13:08
Last week was full of excitement! First our action week, reaching 100+ events across Europe, and then our huge demonstration in Brussels! A river of thousands of transport workers marched through the streets against social dumping and for decent work in a social Europe. This video summarises the best moments of our Fair Transport campaign and shows […]
Read more...March 26, 2019 - 17:35
On Monday morning the Yrkestrafikkforbundet (YTF) truck arrived at the impressive Hamburg port, Europe’s third largest, and the YTF delegation was received by unionists from Ver.di , Germany’s second largest trade union representing more than two million members.. When ships arrive, they are visited by ITF inspectors, who make sure that salaries and working conditions are in […]
Read more...March 26, 2019 - 16:51
Our Youth Journey is slowly coming to an end! Our young workers are on their way to Brussels for the massive Fair Transport demonstration tomorrow! The youth crew from Nautilus International spent the night in Rotterdam and then met some rail staff before boarding the train for the final leg of their journey. Meanwhile, the group arriving from […]
Read more...🇨🇦 A Canadian town replaced buses with subsidised UBER services. 🚗
👎 THE RESULT? It cost more, while increasing pollution and congestion. So the council decided to limit access to this new "public" transport system. Um... 🤷♀️🤷♂️
Always thank your bus driver. That's #FairTransport!
The Innisfil experiment: the town that replaced public transit with Uber
theguardian.com
Ridership is high and there’s plenty of work for drivers, but success has come at a cost to this Ontario town✈️ 😱 Easyjet strike at London Stansted Airport!
Check-in staff for Easyjet are paid 20% less than other people doing the same job at the same airport. Low cost shouldn't mean low standards!
Easyjet check-in staff to go on strike for two weeks this month
euronews.com
Some Easyjet check-in staff at Stansted Airport are set to go on strike for two weeks later this month.😑 Another day, another abuse scandal in the river cruise industry.🚤
The sector is booming and bringing in huge profits...but this employer in Germany 🇩🇪 thought they could get away with paying their foreign workers less than the minimum wage. Unions raised the alarm and now the authorities are closing in.
The solution is pretty simple: PAY. YOUR. STAFF.
Diese Probleme haben Mitarbeiter auf Flusskreuzfahrtschiffen - STIMME.de
stimme.de
Die Razzia bei einem Heilbronner Reiseveranstalter für Flusskreuzfahrten macht auf Missstände aufmerksam. Verdi kritisiert Arbeitsbedingungen der Crew und setzt auf einen Tarifvertrag mit Arbeitgebervertretern. Erste Gespräche soll es in den kommenden Tagen geben.📣 "Some may think that unions are a thing of the past, but as reports pile up on how young workers are going to need to work themselves into exhaustion 😴 just to put food on the table, joining a union ✊ remains the best way for millennials to reap the kind of economic security their parents and grandparents had."
👶👧🧒👦 What do you think? Should young people step up and join trade unions? What do the unions need to do to attract them?
ETF Youth ITF Youth
Why Younger Generations Are Embracing Labor Unions
rewire.org
Young adults have a unique opportunity to contribute to labor unions and, in turn, contribute to change in many different sectors.
"What do the unions need to do to attract them?"......... like the IWGB Couriers And Logistics Branch they need to grow a pair.
😢 "I was driving and he punched me in the face. I started bleeding. When you're a driver, there are times when you're alone, where you're not protected, where you're afraid. It's not normal."
This woman bus driver in France was attacked by a passenger...just another case of violence facing a woman transport worker. Noone should EVER be attacked while doing their job!
ladepeche.fr
Pour une histoire d'arrêt manqué avenue de Grande-Bretagne à Toulouse, une conductrice de car a violemment été frappée au visage, alors que le véhicule était en marche. L'auteur présumé des faits a été arrêté.
