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...
read more
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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
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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! ✊
#RespectDrivers
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
www.investigate-europe.eu/publications/sweatshops-on-wheels/?portfolioCats=41
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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.
Equal rights for equal work!
ETF and 3F Denmark meets Marita Ulvskog to discuss posting of professional drivers. Good talks, full of hope for the future of the #MobilityPackage, end of a successful week of meetings in the European Parliament. Hans Christian GraversenFlemming OvergaardJan VilladsenHar idag haft möte med europeiska transportfacket. Just nu arbetar vi vidare med de förslag som syftar till att stärka villkoren för arbetstagare inom vägtransportsektorn. Viktiga förslag om lastbilschaufförers kör- och vilotider, och arbetsvillkor för nationell och internationell transport. Jag kommer fortsättningsvis driva frågan om schyssta löner och villkor hårt under hösten.
Earlier this month, the Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit (FKS - financial control of illicit employment) carried out large scale controls throughout Germany with regard to breaches of the German minimum wage legislation, targeting haulage, transport and logistics companies in particular. More than half of the violations detected were in relation to the minimum wage law. The remaining proceedings concerned, amongst others, the withholding of social security contributions and abuse of benefits.
Mindestlohn: Jeder zehnte Fall auffällig
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Im September nahmen Einsatzkräfte der Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit der Zollverwaltung (FKS) insbesondere auch Speditions-, Transport-...Brussels, 29 September: MEPs Agnes Jongerius and Evelyn Regner offer the ETF the chance to promote once again equal pay for equal work for professional drivers, in the European Parliament. Full meeting room, good presentations and constructive debates.
Un an de colaborare sindicala la nivel european in folosul lucratorilor din transportul rutier prin intermediul Biroului de Cooperare Internationala de la Tirgu-Mures. SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi afiliat la CNSLR Fratia UJSL Mures beneficiind de suportul financiar si profesional al organizatiilor partenere ETF Road Transport Section 3F - Danmarks Stærkeste Fagforening Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet ACV Btb-abvv transport & logistiek militeaza pentru conditii de viata si de munca mai bune in acest sector. Respect pentru Roberto Parrillo Cristina Etf Jan Villadsen Tommy Jonsson Anu Hietala John Reynaert Flemming Smidt Hans Christian Graversen Dandarau Maria Nina Frandes Josef Maurer si tuturor celor implicati in acest proiect.
Targu Mures: Joint Trade Union Cooperation Office / Jan Villadsen ETF Management Committee member and initiator of the Office: we need concrete signs from Romanian and EU politicians that this is a Europe for people!
Excellent meeting in Targu Mures, at the Trade Union Joint Cooperation Office, with trade unions from Sweden and Denmark, and with the Nordic Transport Workers' Federation! ATU Romania and the SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi have done a brilliant job steering the Office through its 1st year of existence! This meeting precedes the Partners' first reunion to be taking place in January - February 2019. Thank you ACV Btb-abvv transport & logistiek Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet Jan Villadsen Ja til Fair Transport Tommy Jonsson Roberto Parrillo Calin Orlando Cocis Anu Hietala John Reynaert Nordic Transport Workers' Federation European Transport Workers' Federation Hans Christian Graversen
Yrkestrafikkforbundet - YTF Executive Committee came all the way from Norway to visit the ETF today and discuss the future of the #MobilityPackage and to know more about the #FairTransport campaign. Our Norwegian colleagues have been campaigning along with the ETF Road Transport Section for the improvement of drivers' conditions and safety in road transport. Thank you YTF and good to know you will be on board for future ETF action! Trond Jensrud European Transport Workers' Federation
Yesterday, we met EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and offered our solutions to the #MobilityPackage crisis: a European a road transport sector that is safe, fair and decent to workers. Let's hope the EU finds its way out of the deadlock for #FairTransport.
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#RespectDrivers #SafetyFirst
"I do not see a toilet or a kitchen in this Renault. And these are the most deficient things on long distances,” said driver Vytas.
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport
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“Every month, in the Western countries of the EU, at least four carriers from Lithuania get tickets for night rest of the drivers in the truck cabins,” ..."If I only sleep for five to six hours, how am I supposed to continue rested the next day?" says Paul Saul, professional coach driver.
#RespectDrivers #FairTransport #FatigueKills
Fernbusse: "Das Problem sind Tricksereien von Busunternehmen"
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Noch längere Arbeitszeiten für Fernbusfahrer? Das hat die EU diese Woche abgelehnt. Im Interview berichtet der Fahrer Peter Saul, dass es auch jetzt 16-Stunden-Tage gebe.ETF Dockers' Section is with us fighting for a fair #MobilityPackage! Thanks for the solidarity!As the European Parliament was voting down the reports on the #mobilitypackage, ver.di Maritime Wirtschaft's dockers at the Eurogate Hamburg container terminal continued their actions in support of the ETF Road Transport Section by informing drivers on the dangers of the proposals under discussion.
Because there's no space for social dumping in our ports! And because the ETF is built on the solidarity among all transport workers. #solidarity #respectdrivers
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