Driving tired: bus & coach stories
A one-day school trip to Paris That day I had to drive a group of happy kids to Paris. The bus was due to leave at 6 AM from the school in Diksmuide. That means that I had to leave the garage at 5:15 AM, leave home at 4:30 AM and get up at 3:30 AM. When we arrived in...
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2015: 627 passengers & professional drivers died in bus, coach and truck crashes 14% cyclist and 42% pedestrian fatalities came as a result of accidents involving truck, bus and coach! Is this not enough?
The ETF, the European Cyclists’ Federation, the European Transport Safety Council and the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims continue their joint initiative to plea for more safety on European roads! This comes in the context of a very controversial revision...
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ETF President Frank Moreels opens ETF Bus & coach action week with a strong message!
ETF action week on bus and coach stated today with the ETF President, Frank Moreels, launching a strong message to the EU Institutions: changes the EU driving and rest time rules are simply unacceptable! “Current driving and rest time rules are 12 years old. And they...
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Driving tired: bus & coach stories
A one-day school trip to Paris That day I had to drive a group of happy kids to Paris. The bus was due to leave at 6 AM from the school in Diksmuide. That means that I had to leave the garage at 5:15 AM, leave home at 4:30 AM and get up at 3:30 AM. When we arrived in...
read more
2015: 627 passengers & professional drivers died in bus, coach and truck crashes 14% cyclist and 42% pedestrian fatalities came as a result of accidents involving truck, bus and coach! Is this not enough?
The ETF, the European Cyclists’ Federation, the European Transport Safety Council and the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims continue their joint initiative to plea for more safety on European roads! This comes in the context of a very controversial revision...
read more
Driving tired: bus & coach stories
A one-day school trip to Paris That day I had to drive a group of happy kids to Paris. The bus was due to leave at 6 AM from the school in Diksmuide. That means that I had to leave the garage at 5:15 AM, leave home at 4:30 AM and get up at 3:30 AM. When we arrived in...
read more
2015: 627 passengers & professional drivers died in bus, coach and truck crashes 14% cyclist and 42% pedestrian fatalities came as a result of accidents involving truck, bus and coach! Is this not enough?
The ETF, the European Cyclists’ Federation, the European Transport Safety Council and the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims continue their joint initiative to plea for more safety on European roads! This comes in the context of a very controversial revision...
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ETF delegation celebrates win of vote in EMPL Committee of the European Parliament. Good news for our drivers! There is room for "social" in this Europe! The ETF will post in the days to come this news on drivers' forums!
We are all geared up for the vote in TRAN now! Georges Bach Wim Van de Camp Violeta Bulc
ETF attends with a large delegation the European Parliament Employment Committee vote on the #MobilityPackage.
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
In a couple of hours MEPs at the European Parliament will vote on rules about driving+rest time for bus+coach drivers.
The industry wants greater "flexibility". That means less rest and more tired drivers. Fatigue kills drivers, passengers and other road users. Let's hope the MEPs vote for safety!
Read the stories: bit.ly/2HYsben
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Btb-abvv transport & logistiek Steven Steyaert John Reynaert in action, leafleting bus and coach terminals in Antwerp & Charleroi!
Come and sign their billboard!
BTB calls for proper rest for bus and coach drivers! That's a must for road safety, for future safety of bus and coach passengers!
ETF action week for Bus& coach
Flemming Smidt Flemming Overgaard Alain Sutour Violeta Bulc Wim Van de Camp Adrian Jones Brigitta Paas Michiel Boer Ralph Werner Karl Delfs ACVCSC-Transcom Roberto Parrillo Maurizio Diamante Tomasz Michalak SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din TransporturiVandaag zetten we onze acties tegen de Europese voorstellen voor langere rijtijden en minder lange rusttijden in de bus & car sector verder, deze keer in Antwerpen en Charleroi. #WeAreBTB #FairTransport ETF Road Transport Section
Driver fatigue kills!
This afternoon the European Parliament's EMPL Committee will vote on new rules about driving and rest time for bus and coach drivers. These stories show how hard drivers already work.
Tired drivers are a hazard to themselves, their passengers and other road users. So we call on MEPs to vote against an increase in working time - for the sake of drivers and the sake of safety! #FairTransport #RespectDrivers
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Agnes Jongerius
24.4.: Meeting at EP in Brussels with MEP´s, thx Georges Bach Its all bout rest times for bus & coach drivers ETF Road Transport Section European Transport Safety Council & European Cyclists' Federation
FEVR board member Koen van Wonterghem: "Most bus crashes are unilateral crashes! The driver’s condition is key to avoid #RoadVictims. A laxer driving & rest time regime 4 bus & coach = a political decision based on pure market interest." #FairTransport #FatigueKills 4 #RoadSafety
ETF action week on safety in bus&coach sector / The message of FILT CGIL, FIT CISL & Uiltrasporti Nazionale is very clear: NO changes to driving and rest times rules & NO weekly rest spent in the lorry!
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport #FatigueKills
ETF action week for bus&coach: ETF President Frank Moreels opens the action week with the strong message: unacceptable to change the driving and rest time rules! It’s in everyone’s interest to have well rested drivers, before we see a soar in accident levels on our roads! Read the full article on the ETF Road Section Blog www.etfroadsectionblog.eu/index.php/2018/04/23/etf-president-frank-moreels-opens-etf-bus-coach-ac...
Violeta Bulc Georges Bach Alain Sutour Roberto Parrillo Adrian Jones Maurizio Diamante Flemming Overgaard Alain Sutour Tomasz Michalak SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi Frank Moreels John Reynaert Steven Steyaert Brigitta Paas
ETF President Frank Moreels opens ETF Bus & coach action week with a strong message!
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ETF President Frank Moreels opens ETF Bus & coach action week with a strong message!Bus and coach drivers do much more than drive, but they need enough rest to do their job safely.
Check out our new report on working conditions and safety in the road transport sector by Professor Peter Turnbull:
DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION? Bus and Coach Drivers in the EU: bit.ly/2Hr3MNC
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport #FatigueKills
ETF action week on safety in bus and coach sector: Belgium 23 April / Btb-abvv transport & logistiek starts the action in Brussels' main bus terminals! Passengers and drivers are informed of the intention of EU Institutions to decide on longer driving periods and shorter rest times for drivers. Big risk for safety of cyclists, passengers, pedestrians and drivers alike! European Cyclists' Federation FEVR European Transport Safety Council Violeta Bulc Georges Bach Alain Sutour Hans Christian GraversenFlemming Smidt Flemming Overgaard Roberto Parrillo Maurizio Diamante SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din TransporturiAdrian Jones Tomasz Michalak Ralph Werner ver.di Astrid König John Reynaert Karl DelfsVerontwaardiging over de voorstellen van Europa voor langere rijttijden en minder rust. Mensen ondertekenen onze visie. #WeAreBTB
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ETF Action week on bus and coach passenger transport starts on Monday 23 April! Aim: to inform passengers, road users and bus & coach drivers alike of the risks in making driving and rest time rules more flexible. Currently, this is the intention of the EU Institutions. And we say that's wrong. Longer driving periods and shorter breaks and rest times will affect safety of drivers, passengers, cyclists, pedestrians! Read more on our blog www.etfroadsectionblog.eu/index.php/2018/04/20/etf-gets-ready-for-a-full-week-of-action-on-safety... FEVR European Cyclists' Federation European Transport Safety Council Violeta Bulc Georges Bach Wim Van de Camp Opsomer Johan Roberto Parrillo John Reynaert Steven Steyaert Astrid König Maurizio Diamante CGIL Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro Alain Sutour Adrian Jones Flemming Smidt Flemming OvergaardHans Christian Graversen Brigitta Paas Michiel Boer Ralph Werner Karl Delfs Tomasz Michalak SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi
ETF gets ready for a full week of action on safety in bus & coach
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ETF gets ready for a full week of action on safety in bus & coach🚂😭 So why are French rail workers on strike? Of course it's about good contracts and decent work...but also so much more. This is about the future of rail as a public service, and we support French unions in their struggle 💯.
There's no evidence that liberalisation improves service or value for money. Workers and passengers elsewhere can tell you that!
Read more: www.etf-europe.org/etf-press-area.cfm/pressdetail/11765
#JeSoutiensLesCheminots
International Transport Workers' Federation
Sexual harassment, exploitation and death in the warehouse - XPO workers and union activists from Belgium, France, Spain, the UK and USA speaking in Paris about further evidence of worker abuse at the company. #WeAreITF #XPOexposed
The EU Council has approved new rules giving posted workers better pay. But once again road transport workers are excluded. What is the EU Council? It's YOUR national governments. Disappointing.
Of course we welcome the general progress, but leaving professional drivers behind is far from #FairTransport.
Read more: www.etf-europe.org/etf-press-area.cfm/pressdetail/11755/region/2/section/0/order/1
Have a look into a world of abuse of transport workers and companies avoiding equal competition, equal payment and #FairTranport.
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ETF will accept no compromise on the core driving and rest time rules!
Open letter sent to Members of the European Parliament today.
Driving and rest time rules are crucial for our drivers! They influence pay, time spent with the family, quality of rest, and last but not least driver, passenger and road safety.
#FairTransport #Roadsafety #FatigueKills
ETF Road Section holds its 1st annual meeting and takes decisions regarding the #MobilityPackage and Section future actions! Read more on our blog www.etfroadsectionblog.eu/index.php/2018/04/09/etf-road-transport-section-decides-on-way-to-go-ah...
Roberto Parrillo Maurizio Diamante Adrian Jones Flemming Smidt Flemming Overgaard Hans Christian Graversen John Reynaert Tomasz Michalak SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi Alain Sutour Michiel Boer Brigitta Paas Karl Delfs
ETF Road Transport Section decides on way to go ahead about the #MobilityPackage
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ETF Road Transport Section decides on way to go ahead about the #MobilityPackageETF is there where most needed! This week, in Turkey to show support to transport workers and their unions, facing oppression and imprisonment. Frank Moreels, ETF President says: "ETF is present here today in Ankara at this press conference to support our affiliate Tümtis and to support our union colleagues who are in prison today. We wanted to visit these collegues in prison to support them in this very difficult situation and to encourage them to keep faith. We wanted to inform them in person that we are working for them and pleading towards the Turkish government and ministry of justice to get them released from prison. It is really sad that we did not obtain permission from the ministry of Justice to visit them."ETF-Voorzitter Frank Moreels samen met Kenan Oztürk (Turkse vakbond Tümtis) op de persconferentie om de vijf veroordeelde Turkse syndicalisten te steunen en hun vrijlating te eisen.Lees de volledige verklaring op onze website : www.btb-abvv.be/nieuws/554-verklaring-frank-moreels-op-persconferentie-tuemtis #WeAreBTB
ETF was there! Thank you @LeuvenU and @ACVCSC-TRANSCOM for this great event!Hier, l'Institut de recherche pour le travail et la société de la KU Leuven (HIVA), la CSC-Transcom et le Centre européen pour les travailleurs (EZA) ont organisé un séminaire sur les aspects sociaux et économiques du secteur du transport routier en Europe. Des différents orateurs intéressants ont parlé du dumping social et le paquet mobilité européen. Kris Peeters, ministre du Travail , Philippe De Backer, Secrétaire D'Etat à la lutte contre la fraude sociale et Claude Rolin, député Européen étaient présents. Et il y avait un débat entre les organisations patronales et Roberto Parrillo de la CSC-transcom. C’était une journée informative et enrichissante pour nos militants.
Heute habe ich mich mit Frau Elena Fradeş von der SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi getroffen. Eine starke Frau, die trotz körperlicher Gewalt und ständiger Bedrohungen, LKW-Fahrer organisiert hat und ihre Rechte durchgesetzt hat. Gemeinsam haben wir illegale Anstellungsmodelle veranschaulicht und uns über Gegenmaßnahmen im Rahmen des #EUMobilitätspakets unterhalten.
Ich wünsche Frau Elena Fradeş weiterhin viel Kraft und Erfolg bei ihrer wichtigen Arbeit!
#FaireMobilität #FairMobility #StopSocialdumping #Mobilitätspaket
Romanian trade union affiliated to the ETF does the tour of the European Parliament to campaign members of the EP on a substantial improvement of working & living conditions for Romanian truckers working abroad: www.etfroadsectionblog.eu/index.php/2018/03/25/romanian-truckers-trade-union-slt-tours-the-europe...
SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi Calin Orlando Cocis Violeta Bulc Wim Van de Camp Georges Bach Roberto Parrillo John Reynaert Frank Moreels Flemming Smidt Flemming Overgaard Hans Teunissen Hans Christian Graversen Michiel Boer Maurizio Diamante Alain Sutour Tomasz Michalak Valérie Latron Michael Wahl Faire Mobilität Michael Detjen Daniela Zlatkova
Romanian truckers’ trade union SLT tours the European Parliament on the #Mobility Package
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Romanian truckers’ trade union SLT tours the European Parliament on the #Mobility PackageVoice of the truckers in the European Parliament: Nina Frandes, President of SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi together with the ETF met today with a group of Romanian social democrats, members of the European Parliament. "This is only the start, and a very constructive one too. We'll be back to Brussels, to meet our MEPs individually and campaign for better rights for Romanian drivers working abroad. Our professional drivers need support, they need better jobs and conditions, and together we'll get that!", says Nina. Tomorrow, more meetings with MEPs leading the EU revision of road transport rules! More details on the outcome of this visit coming soon, on the ETF Road Section Blog. Violeta Bulc Wim Van de Camp Georges Bach Roberto Parrillo John Reynaert Frank Moreels Adrian Jones Alain Sutour Valérie Latron Tomasz Michalak Calin Orlando Cocis Maurizio Diamante Flemming Smidt Flemming Overgaard Hans Christian Graversen Karl Delfs Michiel Boer Edwin Atema
Global logistics firm XPO is misbehaving. Ryan and Jose, XPO workers in the US, have been fired for legally-protected union activitism. European XPO workers stand in solidarity, demanding that Ryan and Jose get their jobs back NOW. #FairTransport
Read more: www.etf-europe.org/etf-news-online.cfm/newsdetail/11746/region/2/section/0/order/1
XPO Exposed International Transport Workers' Federation CGT Confédération Générale du Travail Force Ouvrière CFDT CFDT Transports & Environnement ACVCSC-Transcom Fit Cisl Teamsters
Today the European Commission launched its proposal for a European Labour Authority to ensure the EU's 16 million workers who work in another member state are fairly treated. We've been demanding this for a long time, and transport workers will be under its remit. So that's nice.
But the actual proposal is pretty disappointing: lots of coordination and information, not much power to help workers get their rights. What will be the impact? European workers need a labour authority with the power and mandate to fight social dumping, not another paper tiger.
Read more in our press release: www.etf-europe.org/etf-press-area.cfm/pressdetail/11745
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