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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Objectives and state of play
Riga, 26-27 September 2011
European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion objectives
Transport Trade Unions Preparing Change
• To contribute to a more
sustainable transport sector
• To attract more women workers
to the trade unions and the sector
• To attract more young workers to
the trade unions and the sector
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion state of play
To contribute to a more
sustainable transport sector
• External expert drafted discussion
document on transport & climate change
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The size of the problem
The jobs we need
The details, sector by sector
Protecting existing jobs
Conventional solutions
What do we do next?
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion state of play
To contribute to a more
sustainable transport sector
• Debated in ETF sections
• Development of an ETF position paper
• Transunion Climate Change conference
(3 November 2011, Brussels)
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion state of play
• Collection of all existing relevant training
materials on women workers
• Development of a training package for trade
unions to encourage women wokers
o to work in the transport sector
o to participate in trade union leadership
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion state of play
• Training modules:
• Women in leadership & confidence
building / empowerment
• Women in collective bargaining & worklife balance
• Equal pay, fair pay, pension rights,
decent work & minimum wage
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion state of play
• Testing of modules in two seminars
o 10-11 May in Budapest
o 7-8 July in Zagreb
• Further discussion in
Transunion Women Workers Conference
(5-6 October 2011)
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion state of play
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Drafting of a picture of the current situation of young
workers via the online survey
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Identification of the key issues and challenges of young
workers
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Brainstorm on possible actions to attract more young
workers to the sector and the trade unions
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European Sectoral Social Dialogue recommendations from
the young workers’ point of view
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Development an ETF Young Transport Workers network
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Setting targets for trade unions and the ETF
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Transunion state of play
• Social Dialogue Conference
January 2012
• Presents the outcome of the three
Transunion pillars
• Confronted with the employers’ views
• Outcome will feed into the discussion in
ETF Congress 2013
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European Transport Workers’ Federation
Thank you
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