Strasbourg, 29 May: 500 drivers & union activists called for the European Parliament to reject more flexibility of driving and rest time
At the express call of trade unions from Western European Member States, the ETF organised a demonstration in Strasbourg, in front of the European Parliament, on 29 May. 500 drivers and union activists urged the European Parliament to reject any change in the core...
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Ready to go! ETF Strasbourg demonstration, 29 May!
Hundreds of professional drivers and union activists are on their way to Strasbourg, France, to make their voice heard on the EU Mobility Package. More than 3 000 000 EU citizens work in bus, coach and lorry transport, and the EU has launched a reform of their wage...
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ETF never stops! Bus & coach actions today in Sweden, Italy and Austria!
Yesterday, the ETF Road Section scored a big success on the first Mobility Package vote in the European Parliament. The EMPL Committee adopted with large majority reports on posting, driving and rest time and cabotage that go pretty much in line with the ETF position:...
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Strasbourg, 29 May: 500 drivers & union activists called for the European Parliament to reject more flexibility of driving and rest time
At the express call of trade unions from Western European Member States, the ETF organised a demonstration in Strasbourg, in front of the European Parliament, on 29 May. 500 drivers and union activists urged the European Parliament to reject any change in the core...
read more
Ready to go! ETF Strasbourg demonstration, 29 May!
Hundreds of professional drivers and union activists are on their way to Strasbourg, France, to make their voice heard on the EU Mobility Package. More than 3 000 000 EU citizens work in bus, coach and lorry transport, and the EU has launched a reform of their wage...
read more
Strasbourg, 29 May: 500 drivers & union activists called for the European Parliament to reject more flexibility of driving and rest time
At the express call of trade unions from Western European Member States, the ETF organised a demonstration in Strasbourg, in front of the European Parliament, on 29 May. 500 drivers and union activists urged the European Parliament to reject any change in the core...
read more
Ready to go! ETF Strasbourg demonstration, 29 May!
Hundreds of professional drivers and union activists are on their way to Strasbourg, France, to make their voice heard on the EU Mobility Package. More than 3 000 000 EU citizens work in bus, coach and lorry transport, and the EU has launched a reform of their wage...
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We are happy to tell you that the Employment and Social Affairs Committee in the European Parliament voted today for more democracy at work. 🔥🔥
“For the first time the ETUC proposal to strengthen democracy at work in all EU member states, including in boardrooms, was accepted as a way forward." said Peter Scherer- Deputy General Secretary ETUC
So, here is the thing Companies that move their seat from one EU country to another must
✅give full information and consultation rights to their workers
✅give workers representation on the company board
✅have real economic activity in the country they are moving to - to avoid the multiplication of letterbox companies
👀Check out our press release: www.etuc.org/en/pressrelease/meps-back-etuc-more-balanced-eu-company-law
😡The scandal in European road transport is spreading.
TV channel ZDF in Germany 🇩🇪️ is reporting on the exploitation of Filipino drivers. They're hired through Poland and paid much less than the German minimum wage. Utterly unacceptable. We need clearer EU rules to stop this now. Let's start with a good #MobilityPackage that builds #FairTransport in Europe!
WATCH ➡️➡️ bit.ly/2Tei2iQ
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Second workshop of the EU-funded ver.di European Transport Workers' Federation EVA Academy project "Social conditions in logistics in Europe" in Flensburg, Germany / Together with colleagues from 3F - Danmarks Stærkeste Fagforening, ACV, Btb-abvv transport & logistiek & ver.di we compare and discuss provisions in collective bargaining agreements applicable to the road transport sector in Denmark, Germany and Belgium. The project is supported by wmp consult.
German case of exploitation of Philippine drivers now hits the press! Europe needs strong social rules for all drivers working on its territory.
Westpol zur Ausbeutung philippinischer Lkw-Fahrer in Ense
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• Lkw -Fahrer in NRW verdienen zwei Euro die Stunde • Fahrer verbringen Wochenenden im Lkw • Gewerkschaft spricht von Menschenhandel✊📢YOUR TRANSPORT, YOUR VOICE📢✊
Workers like James are speaking up for #FairTransport. And you? Share your story!
- Is there social dumping in your workplace❓
- What are unions doing about it❓
- Why must workers in Europe stand together❓
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😍👀 We have a new website! 👀😍
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What do you think? Take a look and explore our new online home. It’s got an easier navigation, a proper search function and a lot more colour: a big improvement that will help support our struggle for #transport #workers and #TradeUnions across #Europe.
More about Philippine drivers working this time in and from Germany. They are smuggled into Germany via the same channel: Polish company recruiting them for a Danish haulier. The German trade unions got in touch with 16 of them last Saturday. They had been sleeping in lorries for 18 months and were paid a fraction of the German minimum wage. Let's put this into the big picture: more and more hauliers engage in big-scale fraud to keep labour cheap. And they lobby intensively with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU governments to make this exploitation legal. So much so, that the EU governments will meet on 3 December to decide on rest in the lorry and on drivers' rights to minimum wages of countries they work in. Let's see which way they go!
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Bis zu 18 Monate im Lkw: So werden Fahrer in Europa ausgebeutet
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Einige Habseligkeiten in der Plastiktüte, Kochen und Essen am Straßenrand, Schlafen in der Fahrerkabine – und das Tag für Tag, bis zu anderthalb Jahre lang. So mussten Dutzende philippinische Lkw...UNITE the UNION in action! Meeting UK MEPs today and passing our trade union message around for a Mobility Package that guarantees road safety and fair working conditions for all professional drivers across Europe. Thank you Adrian Jones
Today the ETF went to the European Parliament to tell MEPs that it's time to get a #MobilityPackage that improves pay, working conditions and health and safety for our drivers. A delegation of 10 union reps from Belgium, Denmark and France handed out letters with a simple message to the MEPs just before they went into the Transport Committee meeting: "we want a social Europe, we want a social Mobility Package". Thank you CGT Alain Sutour Thank you AVC TRANSCOM Roberto Parrillo Opsomer Johan Thank you UBT-BTB John Reynaert Steven Steyaert Thank you 3F Flemming Overgaard Hans Christian Graversen Thank you Karima Delli Chair of the European Parliament TRAN Committee. Actions will continue and grow in the weeks to come
The ETF Road Transport Section signs the Vienna Declaration for a fair EU Mobility Package today in Vienna.
Europe needs safe and well-rested drivers. Drivers need trust in social Europe. We call for EU politicians to make the right choices on the #MobilityPackage
The ETF press release and the Vienna declaration are available on our website: bit.ly/2PzcZKI
ETF Road Transport Section meets in Vienna. Six months before the European elections they are determined to get a clear commitment from EU politicians to improve working and living conditions of millions of bus, coach and truck drivers moving freight and passengers across Europe. As the Mobility Package - a major revision of EU legislation in road transport - is in the hands of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the governments of the EU countries, we want a Package that works in the benefit of our workers! #FairTransport #RespectDrivers Trond Jensrud Adrian Jones Brigitta Paas Michel Csc Transcom Gretzer Alain Sutour John Reynaert Tomasz Michalak Astrid König Roberto Parrillo Flemming Overgaard SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi
Wow. ☹️😠 The shocking conditions and poor wages facing Filipino 🇵🇭 drivers in Denmark 🇩🇰 have been revealed. Yet another example of worker abuse in the transport sector.
This is proof that social dumping undermines European jobs and hurts workers, no matter where they’re from! Share this video from 3F - Danmarks Stærkeste Fagforening if you believe that Europe needs #FairTransport now!
ITF Congress 2018 / XPO EXPOSED! more than 100 delegates from all over the world gather together to reaffirm their full commitment to end social dumping practices in XPO. Fighting against bad employers takes union action & solidarity. Roberto Parrillo Frank MoreelsUnite the union Flemming Overgaard Maurizio Diamante SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi Tadeusz Kucharski Tomasz Michalak
Join the campaign and sign the LabourStart petition to demand the release of the jailed construction workers: www.labourstart.org/go/istanbul.
Defending decent work and occupational safety for workers is not a crime.Turkey: Release jailed construction workers - Ensure occupational safety at Istanbul Airport. Please join us in supporting this important new campaign - please like this post and share it! www.labourstart.org/go/istanbul
European trade unions are working together to stop social dumping and wage exploitation. We presented the #FairTransport campaign to European delegates at the Congress of the International Transport Workers' Federation. Massive declarations of support from unions across Europe, and lots of actions coming up. Let's fight for dignity at work!
#ITFCongress2018
'Truck drivers must be paid good, safe rates of pay - we must stop the deaths on our roads caused by workers being exploited.' The ITF road workers begin a global campaign for 'safe rates', led by Michael Kaine Transport Workers Union - TWU & Jeonghan Kim, KPTU Korea. #ITFcongress2018
ITF Road Section Conference happens right now in Singapore. Hundreds of trade union reps gather together to take stock of achievements and set goals for the next 5 years. TRANSPORT WORKERS BUILDING POWER to defend rights of bus and truck drivers across the world. #ITFCongress2018 Roberto Parrillo John Reynaert Frank Moreels Flemming Overgaard Adrian Jones Matt Draper Alain Sutour Maurizio Diamante Tomasz Michalak SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi Ralph Werner
Our President, Frank Moreels, is also the Vice-Chair of the Road Transport Section at the International Transport Workers' Federation. He addressed the 2500 delegates at the #ITFCongress2018 about European and global campaigns for #FairTransport on the road.
Great atmosphere here in Singapore as we come together to build union power!
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Together for #FairTransport! ✊
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Europe is off to Singapore! 100s of delegates from ETF affiliates will be among the 2500 attendees and staff at the ITF Congress 2018. We'll be a bit quiet on Facebook for the next couple of weeks but don't worry...we're building global union power for #FairTransport.
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Investigate Europe: Portuguese press publishes article about the life of truck drivers in the EU.
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Os condutores de camiões vivem num limbo legal. Contratados por empresas de fachada no Leste, fazem horários sobrecarregados e com salários mínimos. O governo português não faz parte do moviment...Investigate Europe: 8 October, Basta publishes article about high exposure of truck drivers to modern slavery working and living conditions. Alain Sutour Roberto Parrillo Valérie Latron John Reynaert Tomasz Michalak SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi Edwin Atema
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Le quotidien intenable des routiers, nouveaux forçats de l'industrie automobile européenne
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Renault, Volkswagen, Jaguar, Fiat… Derrière les carrosseries rutilantes qui sortent des usines des géants européens de l'automobile, se cache une (...)Car transporters treat their truck drivers like slaves. Car transporters lobby for making low wages and slavery working conditions legal so that drivers can stay cheap and unprotected. Dutch trade union FNV tells the story! #FairTransport #RespectDrivers
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Uitbuiting bij de Europese wegtransporten van de automotive industrie. Wij deden maandenlang onderzoek en brachten dit in beeld - Exploitation across Europe in road transport supply chain automotive industry.
3 months, 20 parking area visits, more than 100 truck drivers interviewed in 15 EU countries. Investigate Europe reveals the grim world of truck drivers in articles to be published in 15 Member States in the next couple of months. Low pay, no insurance, sleep in trucks, no access to showers and toilets. Working conditions in road transport have turned so bad, no one wants to do the job anymore. Trucking companies have to 'import' drivers from Ukraine and Belarus.
Thank you Investigate Europe! An eye opener for politicians ahead of 2019 EU elections. Something must be done for the truck drivers. And road transport legislation is under revision, in the hands of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the governments of the EU Member States. #MobilityPackage #FairTransport #RespectDrivers SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi Tomasz Michalak Tadeusz Kucharski Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria Flemming Overgaard Adrian Jones Karl Delfs Edwin Atema John Reynaert Roberto Parrillo Calin Orlando Cocis Hans Christian Graversen
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Low pay, long hours: Life for Europe's truck drivers Sept. 29th, 2018 Eating arrangements for drivers on a parking lot. Credit: Jeanne Frank/Collectif Item Summary Big haulage companies exploit driver...Transport workers are not second class workers. 🚚💪🏽🇪🇺
Today we distributed information leaflets for drivers at the German-Danish border. Many of them have been working for weeks without real rest, they sleep in their cabins and do not get the wage they deserve.
We have to change the exploitation on European roads and come up with fair and workable rules for the workers in the sector.
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