Brussels Region, 25 April / Belgian ETF affiliate ACV TRANSCOM will leaflet passengers and drivers in bus and coach terminals to draw attention to safety issues relating to rendering EU driving and rest time rules more flexible for the sector.
ETF, 21 - 22 February / 50 trade union reps from 16 European countries - East, West, South, North - attended the 1st annual ETF Road Transport Section meeting. A public campaign on driver fatigue, quality of rest conditions and road safety; urging national authorities to step up enforcement of road transport rules; helping drivers know their rights when working abroad - these are our future priorities.
As for the Mobility Package, the Section welcomed the progress made by the EU decision makers in the right direction BUT of course we'll always stand firm on our position and keep our red lines. The fate of the sector is now in the hands of the European Parliament. Will they deliver?
Today, the European Parliament said NO to #FairTransport and voted to liberalise the EU bus & coach market
În această săptămână în Parlamentul European se va decide asupra liberalizării serviciilor de transport cu autobuze și autocare pe întreg teritoriul UE. În Germania s-au liberalizat aceste servicii în 2013, iar după doar doi ani numărul de încălcări ale limitelor de timp de lucru s-a triplat... Astfel că ETF Road Transport Section și sindicatele trag un important semnal de alarmă și solicită membrilor din Parlamentul European să respingă propunerile care pot duce la o concurență sălbatică, reducerea costurilor, investiții mai puține în transportul public, locuri de muncă de o calitate mai scăzută și șoferi împinși spre limita suprasolicitării!
📢Dear MEPs: when someone proposes to legalise #slavery, you don't negotiate the weight of the chains.
Defend #fairtransport, ensure #safety of passengers and decent working conditions for #drivers.
👎Ditch this proposal!
Read more bit.ly/2N2jXo3
📢Spread the word!
Italian trade unions inform their members on the liberalisation of bus and coach services in Europe.
Vote in the European Parliament tomorrow, at noon!
We ask MEPs for a REJECT vote!
Job and service quality under threat!
Brando Benifei Mercedes Bresso Isabella De Monte Massimiliano Salini David Sassoli Patrizia ToiaAutobus e pullman
🔹 Domani a Strasburgo è prevista la votazione della revisione del Regolamento 1073/2009 sulla liberalizzazione del servizio di autobus e pullman
Uniti con l'ETF chiediamo ai nostri Parlamentari di respingere questa proposta!
⛔ alla liberalizzazione!
#FairTransport
Nicola Caputo Alberto Cirio Isabella De Monte
Enrico Gasbarra Salvo Pogliese Massimiliano Salini
David Sassoli ETF Road Transport Section
Btb-abvv transport & logistiek informs their members about the European Parliament vote on liberalisation of bus and coach services. Vote in plenary, in Strasbourg, tomorrow! Big big problem for jobs and quality of service!!!
Marie Arena Pascal Arimont Hugues Bayet Ivo Belet Philippe Lamberts Claude Rolin Bart Staes Marc Tarabella Guy Verhofstadt Kathleen Van BremptIntussen gaat de ze strijd ook verder #WeAreBTB #FairTransport Cristina Etf ETF Road Transport Section
📣 The ETF staff joined unions across Belgium to support their strike for fair pay and decent work!
✊ Airports, train stations, ports and warehouses are closed or crawling today, as unions demand a better work-life balance and a fair share of the country’s wealth for ALL workers.
📸 Check out these photos of the ETF and our affiliates in action! #FairTransport
#GreveNationale #13Feb
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😡 The EU elections are just around the corner and what does the European Parliament decide to do? It decides to give a green light to the liberalisation of the bus and coach sector!
🚍 This is a drastic decision that will allow private bus and coach operators to violate workers’ fundamental rights, like proper resting time.
⚠️ It will also put less profitable services at risk, damaging vulnerable communities.
❗️We call on the European Parliament to reject this proposal and defend #FairTransport.
READ MORE ➡️https://bit.ly/2N2jXo3
FAIR PASSER LE MESSAGE! INFORMER VOS MEMBRES DE SYNDICAT!
Jeudi 14 février, le Parlement européen votera pour libéraliser les services de bus et d'autocars en Europe. Libéralisation = concurrence sauvage, réduction des coûts, réduction des investissements dans les transports publics, faible qualité des emplois et des services!
L’ETF demande un vote de REJET! ETF est pour #FairTRansport dans le secteur des autobus et autocars!
Vous penseriez que trois mois avant les élections européennes, nos politiciens accordent plus d'importance à nos emplois, à notre sécurité et à notre bien-être. EST-CE LE CAS?
Suivez leur vote! bit.ly/2N2jXo3
Roberto Parrillo Michel Csc Transcom Gretzer Steven Steyaert Opsomer Johan Guy Van Hyfte Valérie Latron Franck Seyer
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Just 3 month before the EU elections, MEPs are about to give the green light to a destructive reform that could ruin quality jobs and leave vulnerable communities without vital services.SPREAD THE MESSAGE! INFORM YOUR TRADE UNION MEMBERS!
On Thursday 14 February the European Parliament will vote this week to liberalise bus and coach services in Europe. Liberalisation = wild competition, cost cutting, less investment in public transport, low quality of jobs and service!
ETF asks for a REJECTION vote! ETF is for #FairTRansport in bus and coach sector!
You'd think 3 months before the EU elections our politicians show more care about our jobs, safety, and well-being. DO THEY?
Stay with us and follow their vote! Adrian Jones Mick Johnson Taj Salam Tony Lewington Flemming Overgaard Flemming Smidt Hans Christian Graversen Christine Behle Karl Delfs Anton Kos Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria Fatima Aguado Laura Fonseca Velazquez Valérie Latron Franck Seyer Anu Hietala Harri Pasanen Juha Ollas Elisa Gigliarelli Maurizio Diamante Bera Tommasi Geir Kvam Brigitta Paas Mark van Tussenbroek Dag-Einar Sivertsen Tadeusz Kucharski Tomasz Michalak Astrid König Tommy Jonsson SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi
Evelyn Regner Karoline Graswander-Hainz Kathleen Van Brempt Hugues Bayet Ivo Belet Philippe Lamberts Udo Bullmann Michael Cramer Ismail Ertug Jens Rohde Tania González Peñas Karima Delli Renaud Muselier Franck Proust Dominique Riquet David Sassoli Georges Bach Bas Eickhout Marita Ulvskog Lucy Anderson London Labour MEP
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Just 3 month before the EU elections, MEPs are about to give the green light to a destructive reform that could ruin quality jobs and leave vulnerable communities without vital services.ETF bus and coach experts meet and voice deep concerns on EU proposals to liberalise bus and coach services in Europe.
Our message: there is nothing in this for the bus and coach drivers!
Back in November 2017, the European Commission proposed to open bus and coach lines in EU to competition. The European Parliament will more that probably vote in favour of it this week!
ETF Road Transport Section Section President Roberto Parrillo attends the GUE/NGL conference on social rights to talk about #FairTransport & drivers' working and living conditions in Europe. #TUNE2019 #TradeTune
How to strengthen workers´ rights - The Social Protocol
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GUE/NGL Trade Union conference in cooperation with TUNE (Trade Unionist Network Europe)ETF Road Transport Section is waiting for nominations for a Youth Representative!
Do you work in the road transport and you are below 35 years old and would like to engage in young workers' issues? Then contact your union by 15 February and ask to nominate you!
SPREAD THE WORD ON YOUR NETWORKS!
Swedish Transport Workers Union signs a collective bargaining agreement with a Swedish company, and a posting agreement with its Romanian subsidiary. All Romanian drivers will now work on Swedish salaries! Swedish union reps Tommy Jonsson and Jimmy Ovesson are now off to tackle other companies of the kind.
A round of applause for our Swedish colleagues! And congratulations for the Romanian truckers who will no longer rough it on 300 euro per month and no benefits. Hope future cooperation with Romanian truckers' trade union SLT - Sindicatul Lucratorilor din Transporturi will solve the situation of many other Romanian drivers working in Sweden.
#FairTransport #RespectDrivers Adrian Jones John Reynaert Hans Christian Graversen Roberto Parrillo Maurizio Diamante Tomasz Michalak Tadeusz Kucharski Karl Delfs Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria Soferul Lucian Mit-itelu Jetzi Emilian Tudor
Ordning och reda i åkeribranschen
Transport levererar!
Idag har vi på ordning och reda tecknat ett utstationeringsavtal med ett rumänskt åkeri.
Vi hoppas att detta ger ringar på vattnet ända ner till EU💪
Vi kommer nu fortsätta kämpa med övriga utländska aktörer och vi kommer inte ge oss.
Hjälp oss gärna med spridning av filmen!
#etf #fairtransport
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Gemeinsam mit der Gewerkschaft vida und der ETF Road Transport Section war ich heute auf LKW Parkplätzen in Nickelsdorf. Die Arbeitsbedingungen von LKW-FahrerInnen sind katastrophal. Kochen am Parkplatz in der Pause bei -5 Grad ist bittere Realität. Ein Fahrer hat erzählt, dass er innerhalb von 5 Tagen (!) von der Türkei über Deutschland in die Niederlande und zurück fährt.
Wir brauchen genauere Kontrollen und europäische Regeln, die wirklich die Arbeitsbedingungen der LKW-FahrerInnen verbessern. Und dafür kämpfen wir! ✊🇪🇺
Day 2 of the workshop in Vienna / MEP Evelyn Regner joined us as a guest speaker: "The working conditions on Europe's roads are catastrophic. Driving times of 15 hours at a stretch, months without permanent accommodation, often with the truck as the only sleeping option and in the end only a miserable salary. Truck drivers are the modern nomads of Europe. Only if the same pay for the same work in the same place is paid, then this will help professional drivers. The priorities in Europe must change."
Honoured that during the workshop, Evelyn Regner announced that she will support our campaign #FairTransport Europe (www.fairtransporteurope.eu).
Read more: bit.ly/2FVpcEs
vida - ETF: Europäische Gewerkschaften erarbeiten Strategien für Logistikbranche
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vida-Delfs: „Kämpfen um Qualitätsarbeitsplätze und gegen Dumpinglöhne im Transportsektor - Workshop in Wien mit Europaparlamentarierin Evelyn Regner.Kämpfen um Qualitätsarbeitsplätze und gegen Dumpinglöhne im Transportsektor
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GewerkschaftsvertreterInnen aus Österreich, Tschechien, Polen, Deutschland, und Belgien trafen heute in Wien zu einem von der Europäischen Transportarbeiter Föderation (ETF), der Europäische Akade...Together with colleagues from Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland we are In Vienna for the third workshop of the ver.di, European Transport Workers' Federation and EVA Academy project "Social conditions in logistics in Europe". On the agenda: comparison of social provisions in collective bargaining agreements and how unions can use this knowledge to fight #SocialDumping in the road transport sector. The project is supported by wmp consult.
Together for #FairTransport! ✊Unite’s Road Transport national committee continuing to support #fairtransport to eradicate exploitation of European transport workers ETF Road Transport Section
An important action against social dumping in road transport.
24 trucks registered in Poland and Lithuania were seized and 67 drivers heard about their working and living conditions during a large-scale action of the social inspection in a transport company in Ypres (Belgium). The case was brought to light following an indication received by the Polish inspection services.
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Une vingtaine de camions saisis dans une entreprise de transport à Ypres
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24 camions immatriculés en Pologne et en Lituanie ont été saisis.✊🚛 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!