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...
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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...
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...
read more
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✊🚛 Today, national strike of our Italian affiliates FILT CGIL, FIT CISL and Uiltrasporti against changes to driving and rest time rules!
Keep up the fight to maintain the current rules. #RespectDrivers #FatigueKills #MobilityPackage#Autotrasporto #Sciopero
Si continua presidi varchi portuali
NO alla modifica dei tempi di guida e di riposo!
SI alla sicurezza stradale!
ETF Road Transport Section
❗️PRESS RELEASE ➡️ bit.ly/2M5aFqP
🚚 Another big day in the European Parliament! ETF Road Transport Section and allies are near a solution on cabotage and fair pay for international drivers. The mobilisation of our member unions across Europe had a real impact in pushing MEPs towards the most worker-friendly decisions the Transport Committee has made in a long time! ✊
Sadly, there's still no fair deal on driving and rest, and the proposals on posting face an uncertain fate. Drivers and their unions expect a big step forward if the #MobilityPackage comes back to Parliament. Safety and #FairTransport must come first on Europe's roads!
An ETF delegation watched the TRAN Committee vote on the #MobilityPackage.
Posting and driving & rest time reports were rejected. The compromise amendment of MEP Ismail Ertug was adopted! More to follow soon.
European Transport Workers' Federation
🚛🇪🇺 The EU’s Mobility Package is totally changing the rules that govern road transport. It could mean longer hours and less rest for truch, bus and coach drivers. That’s dangerous for all...#MobilityPackage action week, Romania / ATU-USLM distributed leaflets over two days to passengers using public transport – metro, tram, bus – in Bucharest. The leaflet was displayed on monitors in all metro stations.
Thanks to this massive mobilisation and outreach, around 700 000 people saw our message:
📣 NO to longer driving time and less rest!
📣YES to a fair #MobilityPackage
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
#MobilityPackage action week, the Netherlands / FNV Transport & Logistiek took action against the dangerous proposals to reform the EU road transprt sector.
Workers and activists gathered at the Hazeldonk border crossing on the A16 and handed leaflets to passing drivers.
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
#MobilityPackage action week, today in Norway / Yrkestrafikkforbundet - YTF distributed nearly 500 leaflets to passengers at the main bus hub in Oslo and to truck drivers informing about the dangers that fatigued drivers represents. That's why we are against the proposed changes to driving & rest time! Yes to a fair #MobilityPackage!
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
Karl Delfs from our Austrian affiliate @Gewerkschaft vida has a clear message for MEPs voting on the #MobilityPackage tomorrow:
- Don't vote for rules that will mean truck drivers have to work three weeks before they have a proper rest.
- Don't vote for a reduction in rest time.
That is best protection against deaths on Europe’s roads. #RespectDrivers
#MobilityPackage action week / activists of Kommunal braved the snow to inform thousands of passengers and drivers all over Sweden about the upcoming vote in the European Parliament Transport Committee tomorrow. More than 25 bus stations and various company depots were visited, in cities including Malmö, Stockholm, Uppsala, Umeå, Kalmar, Karlstad, Örebro, Kristianstad, Helsingborg, Nyköping, Östersund.
Together, we reject any reforms that mean longer driving times for professional drivers. ▶️ Read more on the ETF website: bit.ly/2LYOHWi
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
✊🚛 #MobilityPackage action week / Day 3: Our Italian affiliates FILT CGIL, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti stop hundreds of drivers at the Ventimiglia border crossing between 🇮🇹 & 🇫🇷 to tell them about the vote of the European Parliament Transport committee vote tomorrow and what it means for road users. More here: bit.ly/2LYOHWi
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
ETF action week on #MobilityPackage:
A big "thank you!" to the Romanian trade unions, who have been informing thousands of passengers, bus and truck drivers on the crucial the European Parliament will cast in only 2 days, on January 10. MEPs will choose between giving EU citizens safe roads and good working conditions, or making our jobs and driving hell!
ETF #MobilityPackage action week continues: Tomorrow, FNV will take action at the 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 border to protest against new EU plans for the transport sector!
Drivers across Europe demand a fair #MobilityPackage before the vote in the Transport Committee of European Parliament on Thursday, 10 January 2019. #RespectDrivers
ETF action week on #MobilityPackage / more successful actions today & tomorrow / total reach: 700,000 EU citizens, passengers and professional drivers!
- Belgium / distribution of leaflets to drivers and passengers in the Northern Station
- Italy / distribution of leaflets in more than 10 cities all over Italy
- Norway / distribution of leaflets in bus stations all over Oslo
- Poland / leaflets will be handed out to drivers at container terminals in Gdynia and Szczecin. Leaflets will also be distributed in supermarkets and displayed in buses running on municipal and long-distance routes
- Romania / leaflets will be distributed over the two days to passengers using the public transport – metro, tram, bus – in Bucharest; the leaflet will be displayed on monitors in all stations of the Bucharest metro system; border actions – distribution of leaflets to road users, bus and truck drivers – will be organised at Vama Bors (Northern part of Romania)
- Sweden / leafleting of passengers, bus and coach drivers in 8 locations in Stockholm and Northern Sweden
ETF #MobilityPackage action, today in Brussels / Btb-abvv transport & logistiek distributed leaflets to bus drivers in Gare du Nord and discussed with them about their working and living conditions. It's important to listen to drivers. Their jobs, their workplaces!
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
Steven
Informeren en consulteren ETF Road Transport Section Btb-abvv transport & logistiek
ETF #MobilityPackage action week continues: Day 2 of leafleting in Italy.
The message is clear:
▶️YES to road safety!
▶️NO to changing driving and rest time!
▶️Fatigue kills!
European drivers are fighting for a fair #MobilityPackage.
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport#Autotrasporto
Seconda Gionata di Volantinaggio ai Varchi portuali
NO alla modifica dei tempi di guida e di riposo!
SI alla sicurezza stradale!
ETF Road Transport Section
European Transport Workers' Federation
etf-europe.org
Road blocks, port visits and leafleting actions make clear that MEPs must choose safety and justice in new rules on drivers’ schedules and wagesETF #MobilityPackage action, today, UK, London / UNITE the UNION in action! Distributing leaflets and discussing with bus drivers and passengers in Victoria Station. Union activists telling coach passengers sharing roads with fatigued drivers is a danger for each & every road user! Unite the union Adrian Jones
A big "thank you" to the Italian trade unions Fit Cisl FILT CGIL Genova e Liguria Uiltrasporti Nazionale who reached more than 1300 people today, in the port of Genova and surroundings, to explain the importance of the European Parliament vote on road safety and driver safety, and call for the MEPs to vote right for the EU citizens!🇪🇺 ️Mobility Package 🇮🇹 LA FATICA UCCIDE!
European drivers are fighting for FAIR conditions in road transport ✊
⛔️ NO a più ore di guida e meno giorni di riposo
✅ SI' alla sicurezza sulle strade
European Transport Workers' Federation ETF Road Transport Section FILT CGIL Genova e Liguria Filt Cgil Nazionale #mobilitypackage #fairtransporteurope
ETF action week starts in force, on Monday 7 January: Belgian trade unions BTB/UBT and ACV Transcom organise border actions and reach thousands of road users and bus and truck drivers with leaflets exposing the issues at stake relating to the upcoming European Parliament vote. Total traffic blocks, slow-down of traffic flow and parking area actions were organised in Meer, on the access roads to the E17 motorway connecting Antwerp and Rotterdam, in Rekkem on E17 motorway linking Belgium to France, and in parking areas in Zonhoven and in Maasmechelen.
VerkehrsRundschau reports about today's actions by the Belgium trade unions ACVCSC-Transcom & Btb-abvv transport & logistiek. The Transport Committee of the European Parliament will vote on new driving and rest time rules for bus, coach and truck drivers on 10 January. Longer hours of driving, with less rest, means more fatigue. #RespectDrivers #FairTransport
Belgische Gewerkschafter blockieren Autobahn
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Die Proteste richten sich gegen das Verbot für Lkw-Fahrer, die wöchentliche Ruhezeit im Fahrerhaus zu verbringen.Grande action à la frontière franco-belge à Rekem. ACVCSC-Transcom et Btb-abvv transport & logistiek ont distribué des centaines de brochures pour informer le grand public sur le vote du Parlement européen sur le #MobilityPackage , et ses risques. Quelques milliers de tracts ont été distribués. DANGER SUR LA ROUTE! Le vote du Parlement européen va décider sur le bien-être des conducteurs professionels et sur la sécurité sur les routes européennes.
Big border action at the Belgian - French border in Rekem. Btb-abvv transport & logistiek and ACVCSC-Transcom distributed hundreds of leaflets to inform the public about the European Parliament vote on the #MobilityPackage and its risks. A couple of thousands leaflets were distributed. DANGER ON THE ROAD! European Parliament vote is one to decide on driver wellbeing and on safety on European Roads.#samensterk voor de veiligheid van alle chauffeurs #WeAreBTB ETF Road Transport Section
"NO!" to revised EU rules for road transport, that put driver wellbeing and road safety at risk in Europe! Trade unions across Europe start actions ahead of Key European Parliament votes on #MobilityPackage.
Today, ETF starts action week on #MobilityPackage as the European Parliament is due to cast their decisive vote on drivers' driving hours, rest conditions and wages. Their vote will impact on driver wellbeing and the safety of passengers and all road users.
The EP may vote for drivers to drive and work longer with less rest periods in between; for drivers to be forced to spend longer periods of time sleeping in their vehicle cabins; for drivers to be paid their country-of origin wages no matter where they work in Europe. Consequently, trade unions organise a series of actions throughout January, to raise public awareness about these risks and their impact on European citizens. This week only, unions from 8 countries will participate in border blockings and massive public information actions!
ETF Road wishes our unions & all bus, coach and truck drivers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
As 2018 comes to an end, let’s take a moment to celebrate our achievements. They'll give us strength to fight and change the world for the better in 2019!
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