Social affairs
Social affairs in the rail sector cover a broad variety of issues, encompassing working conditions, diversity and gender equality issues, health and safety at work, education and training of staff, as well as relations with employees’ representatives and social dialogue. The Human Resources Directors Group is in charge of the social dimension of CER’s activities and supervises the work of two Working Groups: on HR Policies and Social Dialogue. As a recognised European social partner for the railway sector, CER takes part in the activities of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Railways.
Related CER Publications
CER General Assembly unanimously adopts Women in Rail agreement
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) unanimously adopted the Women in Rail agreement during its 68th General Assembly on 20 September 2021,...
Women in Rail – Provisional EU Social Partner Agreement reached
On 30 June, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), representing railway sector employers, and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF),...
Women in Rail – EU level negotiations between social partners - 3 out of 7 negotiation rounds have taken place
On 7 June, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), representing railway sector employers, and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF),...
Women in Rail – EU-level negotiations between social partners resume
Today, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), representing railway sector employers, and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF),...
Attracting workers to railways – a sector for green and meaningful jobs
On 27 April, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and Portuguese Railways (CP), in cooperation with the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the...
CER launches the Future is Rail campaign
Today the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) launches its Future is Rail campaign, showing rail as a smarter, cleaner and more connected means of...
Railways address Europe’s Transport Ministers ahead of Year of Rail debate
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) have addressed a letter to all EU Ministers of Transport to outline the priority needs of rail. The initiative...
Celebrating women working in the railway sector
The 8th of March is the day women are praised, their achievements are celebrated and their rights are spoken of in order to help forge a gender equal world. Fighting inequality is...
Declaration by the European social partners in the railway sector ETF and CER on the Covid-19 pandemic
On 3 December, at a plenary session of the Sectoral Social Dialogue (SSD) Committee for Rail, CER and social partners ETF agreed on a joint declaration about the situation of...
STAFFER, an Erasmus+ project for skills development in rail, officially launched
Rail is a major driver in the strategic European objective of smart, green and sustainable growth. Responsible for less than 2% of final transport energy use, rail will serve as...
Related Pages
External Links
Women in Transport - EU Platform for Change
CER is proud to be a member of the Women in Transport - EU Platform for change. Launched on 27 November 2017, the Platform aims to strengthen women's employment...
Representativeness study on the Railways and Urban public transport
Author: Eurofound Date of publication: 3 April 2017 The study is available here.
Eurofound agency
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) is a tripartite European Union Agency, whose role is to provide knowledge in the area of...
EU-OSHA Agency campaign
CER was proud to be an Official Campaign Partner of the 2016-17 and 2018-19 'Healthy Workplaces' campaigns, run by the the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA...
European Transport Workers' Federation
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) is a new pan-European trade union organisation which embraces transport trade unions from the European Union, the European...
