Road transport

The ETF Road section brings together trade-union officers and representatives of the national road transport trade-unions, of trade-unions affiliated to ETF. The section comes three times a year together. The section defines the ETF positions regarding EU transport policy, including relevant legislation, exerts pressure on the EU institutions and is actor in the European Sectoral Social Dialogue.

The ETF section coordinates trade-union actions at the European level, in particular during the ITF International Action week and organizes European trade-union training

The ETF road section has established internal rules (see related documents) and elected a steering committee.

Composition of the steering committee:

Chair of the ETF Section	Leif RASMUSSEN	3F	Denmark
Vice-Chair	Juan-Luis GARCÍA REVUELTA	FCT-CC.OO	Spain
Vice-Chair	Roberto PARRILLO	CSC Transcom	Belgium
Chair/Vice-Chair of the Social Dialogue	Milorad SUGIC	FGTE CFDT	France
Member	Frank HOLM	Norwegian Transport Workers' Union	Norway
Member	Per-David WENNBERG	Swedish Transport Workers' Union	Sweden
Member	Peep PETERSON	ETTA	Estonia
Member	Martin MAYER	TGWU	Great-Britain
Women Representative	Tanja RULOFF	Ver.di	Germany

News online

10 Oct 2008
ETF Statement: European Parliament votes in favour of the inclusion of self-employed drivers
Yesterday, the European Parliament voted in favour of the inclusion of self-employed drivers within the scope of Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. This comes only...

06 Mar 2008
Unionists and human rights’ supporters expressed solidarity with Iranian workers
Unionists and human rights’ supporters joined forces today to call for the release of imprisoned Iranian bus workers’ union leader Mansour Osanloo and Kurdish unionist Mahmoud Salehi, both detained in Tehran on charges that relate to their struggle...

Press releases

11 Apr 2008
IRU and ETF agree to work together on 12-day derogation in Coach Tourism
The ETF and the IRU will provide joint input to the EU Institutions during their ongoing political process to solve the 12 day issue. The IRU and the ETF as committed social partners favouring social dialogue recognise the importance of finding...

27 Mar 2008
ETF against EP amendment meant to cut rest time for coach drivers
The European Parliament’s (EP) vote on common rules for road transport operators has triggered fierce criticism from the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF). The EP Transport and Tourism Committee passed yesterday an amendment meant to cut...