European Transport Workers’ Federation

Objectives and state of play

Riga, 26-27 September 2011

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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

Transunion objectives

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European Transport Workers’ FederationTransunion state of play

• External expert drafted discussion document on transport & climate change

o The size of the problemo The jobs we needo The details, sector by sectoro Protecting existing jobso Conventional solutionso What do we do next?

To contribute to a more sustainable transport sector

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European Transport Workers’ FederationTransunion state of play

• Debated in ETF sections

• Development of an ETF position paper

• Transunion Climate Change conference (3 November 2011, Brussels)

To contribute to a more sustainable transport sector

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• 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

Transunion state of play

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• Training modules:

• Women in leadership & confidence building / empowerment

• Women in collective bargaining & work-life balance

• Equal pay, fair pay, pension rights, decent work & minimum wage

Transunion state of play

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• 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)

Transunion state of play

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• Drafting of a picture of the current situation of young workers via the online survey

• Identification of the key issues and challenges of young workers

• Brainstorm on possible actions to attract more young workers to the sector and the trade unions

• European Sectoral Social Dialogue recommendations from the young workers’ point of view

• Development an ETF Young Transport Workers network

• Setting targets for trade unions and the ETF

Transunion state of play

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• 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

Transunion state of play

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