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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.

To learn more about our Section strategy, click on the related documents below.

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

News online

03 Mar 2010
Bulgarian transport trade union FTTUB runs a week-long campaign in protest to the 86-hour working week for lorry drivers
TitleTitleTitleDuring the period 24 February – 03 March, the Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria (FTTUB-CITUB) ran a massive public campaign against long working hours for professional drivers. In focus, the EU plans to abolish working...

02 Feb 2010
ETF Road Transport Section decides to continue the campaign on working time for drivers
At its section meeting, Paris, 26 - 27 January 2010, the ETF Road Transport Section – once again – denounced the European Commission proposal (October 2008) for the revision of the Working Time Directive for mobile personnel in road transport...

Press releases

06 Oct 2009
Say No to an 84-86 Hour Work Week for Professional Drivers!
ETF Demonstration Against the Exclusion of Self-Employed Drivers from the Revised Sectoral Working Time Directive The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) will hold an action in Brussels on 7th of October 2009 to protest against EU plans...

01 Oct 2009
The ETF alerts: The European Parliament takes a step back from promoting safety on European roads
On 29 September 2009, the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted down – by only one vote difference – a report opposing the exclusion of self-employed drivers within the scope of the working time directive for road...

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