European Transport Workers' Federation
The European Transport Workers'
Federation (ETF) is a pan-European trade union
organisation which embraces transport trade unions from the
European Union, the European Economic Area and Central and
Eastern European countries.
The ETF represents some three million
workers from 39 European countries. The ETF has
affiliated unions which organise workers in railways, road
transport, maritime transport, ports and docks, inland
navigation, civil aviation, fisheries and tourism services.
The activities of the ETF
The ETF operates as both the
European region of the International Transport Workers Federation
and as the transport federation of the European Trade Union
Confederation (ETUC).
Its principal activity is to represent and
defend the interests of transport workers throughout Europe. It
formulates and coordinates trade union transport and social policy,
organises concerted industrial activities, engages in education and
training and conducts innovative research on a variety of subjects
from workers' healthand safety to employment impact studies.
The ETF is the recognised Social Partner in
the European Social Dialogue and will represent the interests
of transport workers across Europe vis-à-vis the European
Commission and the Council of Ministers.
