Road transport

2 March 2009 demonstration

The ETF Road Transport Section takes stock of a number of needs – those related to the driver’s profession, those pertaining to the road transport sector, and those relevant to the overall trade union movement.

The fundamental value cultivated by the ETF Road Transport Section is Solidarity between ETF affiliated road transport trade unions. This will strengthen the trade union movement in the sector, it will eliminate anti-union practices, and it will ultimately eradicate any disparities in terms of wages and working conditions between drivers in Europe.

The ETF Road Transport Section acts to preserve the dignity of the driver. A professional driver is a highly qualified individual who acts to defend the safety of both transport operations and European citizens alike.

People you should know from the ETF Secretariat:

Cristina Tilling, Political Secretary, c.tilling@etf-europe.org, +32.2.285.46.66

Inga Lena Heinisch, Political Assistant, i.heinisch@etf-europe.org, +32.2.285.46.63

Visit the page of the ETF Campaign on Working Time Directive!!

News online

06 May 2009
ETF and its affiliates welcome vote of the Parliament that rejects 84-86 hour working week for professional drivers!
Yesterday, 5 May, in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted to reject the European Commission proposal on a revised working time directive for road transport. The vote eliminates the risk for an 86 hour working week for professional drivers. The...

02 Apr 2009
ETF statement solidarity Polish drivers
On Tuesday, March 31, two Polish drivers working for Schavemaker Transport in Breda, the Netherlands, were violently pulled from their trucks and beaten with iron rods by the security staff hired by the company. The Polish section of Schavemaker...

Press releases

06 May 2009
ETF and its affiliates welcome vote of the Parliament that rejects 84-86 hour working week for professional drivers!as
Yesterday, 5 May, in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted to reject the European Commission proposal on a revised working time directive for road transport. The vote eliminates the risk for an 86 hour working week for professional drivers. The...

03 Mar 2009
The ETF and its Unions March the Streets of Brussels
The European Parliament takes the first step to reject the 84-86H work week for drivers! On the morning of 2 March 2009, more than 500 transport workers from 10 European countries marched on the streets of Brussels to demonstrate against the...