EU Social Partners shape a better path for a sustainable future
The European social partners for sea fisheries – Europêche and ETF – made use of the European Maritime Day in Brest, France to make progress in their project fully focused…
Protesting to defend their work and way of life
Over the last week fishermen across Europe have staged vocal protests against policies they believe put the future of the industry and their way of life in jeopardy. This applies…
Eliminating products of forced labour from EU markets
The social partners for the EU’s marine fisheries, ETF and Europeche, have strongly welcomed a regulation presented by the European Commission to prohibit products manufactured in violation of human and…
Action to improve the CFP’s social dimension
The new joint project of the European social partners for sea fisheries (Europêche and ETF) has kicked off in Amsterdam. Following a selection process, Europêche and ETF will work with…
Addressing the CFP’s social gaps
Last week’s plenary of the European Social Dialogue Committee for sea fisheries was attended by commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius, during which social partners ETF and Europeche…
SOS for Mediterranean fishing communities
During the meeting of the Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries this week, the Social Partners – ETF, Europêche and Copa-Cogeca – adopted a joint resolution on the situation of…
Minimum conditions for social certification
Fishing industry bodies are looking to rule out social-washing as they emphasise the importance of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention C188 as the standard for human and labour rights…
New fishing industry medical guidelines
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and Europêche have published new Guidelines on the medical examinations of fishing crews, paving the way for the harmonisation of standards for health and…
ETF and Europêche have raised the problems of repatriating crew with DG Mare
Repatriating fishermen still presents challenges
For a number of fleets still operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, repatriation of fisheries crew and change of crew are still key problems. This is due to the measures adopted…