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Transport unions from across Europe are meeting in Barcelona this week for the ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation) congress.

Campaigners from several ITF unions made sure the views of workers were heard by public transport employers at an international meeting in Montreal, Canada.

Commenting on the adoption of the royal decree to ‘reform’ port labour that has just been adopted by the Spanish parliament (with 174 votes in favour, 165 against and eight abstentions), International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) president and dockers’ section chair, Paddy Crumlin, stated:

What: Automation has the potential to make trucking greener and safer, but also to cost jobs. This report: * spells out scenarios for how the transition could happen * contains numbers on potential job losses * makes recommendations to governments how to prepare

The ITF has welcomed an opinion by an adviser of the European court of justice (ECJ) that Uber is a transport company that requires a licence because it “exerts control over all the relevant aspects of an urban transport service … including its drivers”.

The ITF today launched a new campaign to give transport unions the tools to take on the secretive Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), which has been negotiated by the European Union and 22 other countries.

ITF unions have sent letters of support after the authorities in Bermuda brought politically motivated charges against union and community protest leaders who have led a campaign against a deal to rebuild the island’s main airport.

A new campaign to be launched tomorrow by the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) reveals the threat to jobs and workers’ rights posed by the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA).

Nato has thanked the ITF for its cooperation in Operation Ocean Shield, the now concluded naval initiative in the Indian Ocean that helped dramatically reduce the threat posed to seafarers by pirates.

The ITF focus on multinational port operator Hutchison has intensified this week as Indonesian workers staged a rally against the global company.