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Ports and docks trade unions in all member states have suffered an accelerated process of liberalisation and privatisation. This is also the only ETF section with no institutionally recognised sectoral social dialogue. However,the ETF unions' successful fight against the Proposal for a Directive on Market Access to Port Services, also known as “Port Package I”, has helped build a truly motivated, mobilised and strong Ports and Docks Section. Since October 2004, when the Commission adopted a new proposal on access to port services similar to that democratically rejected by the European Parliament less than a year earlier, the Section has campaigned against the new proposal as unnecessary, unbalanced, provocative and arbitrary - as it was drafted without any proper consultation with the industry.
24 Jan 2012
Transport Trade Unions taking the lead for a sustainable sector
Almost 170 transport trade unionists from 30 different countries attended the Transunion Final Conference taking place on 19 and 20 January in the International Trade Union House in Brussels. The conference, organised in the framework of the...
04 Aug 2011
ETF denounces violation of the European social acquis in port of Koper
Since Friday 29 July, the port crane operators in Koper are on strike after the breakdown of the negotiations between management and union representatives over health and safety and job security. Following the pressure put on the workers by the...
23 Jun 2011
Celebrating World Public Services Day
Time to put the heart back into Europe
(Brussels 23 June 2011) On the occasion of World Public Services day, the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the European Trade Union...
04 Dec 2007
ETF reacts to proposals for a European Port Policy
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) takes note of the Commission’s policy reorientation towards European ports. Following the withdrawal of the second Directive proposal on market access to port services (Port package II), the...
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