ETF WORKING TIME CAMPAIGN - UPDATE
Please see below an overview of the actions
and activities organised by the section members as part of the ETF
campaign on working time for drivers:
LORRY CONVOY
London, Friday
23 April - This morning the first lorry part of
the ETF convoy has departed from London . UNITE and ITF launched
the action. The lorry will join other 14 lorries and coaches on
Sunday in the Netherlands . The convoy will cross the Netherlands ,
Germany , Luxembourg , France and will arrive in Brussels on
Wednesday, 28 April.
Please see brief news on the today’s London
action on http://www.itfglobal.org/etf/index.cfm
and http://www.flickr.com/photos/itf/sets/72157623914969206/detail/
The convoy / The convoy will
include 10 lorries and one FNV bus. Additional vehicles will
accompany the convoy (ACV & BTB from Belgium ). The following
unions will participate in the convoy: ACV Transcom (Belgium), BTB
(Belgium), CFDT (France), CFTC (France), FO (France), FNV (the
Netherlands), OGBL (Luxembourg) UNITE (UK), Ver.di
(Germany), VIDA (Austria). The convoy will start on Monday 26 April
and will finish its journey on Wednesday 28 April. It will stop in:
The Hague (the Netherlands ), Düsseldorf ( Germany ), Schengen (
Luxembourg ), Paris ( France ) and Brussels ( Belgium ). Other
trade unions and section members from the respective countries will
welcome the convoy at its arrival in the above mentioned cities,
with large numbers of trade union activists.
In Brussels, Wednesday 28
April / The lorry convoy will circle the European
Institutions between 10:00 and 11:00. About 200 trade union
activists will gather together at Schumann (in front of the
European Commission building) and will march towards the Parc du
Cinquantenaire (2 km). ITF and ETF General Secretaries will be
present. An ETF delegation will be present in the European
Parliament, at the vote (11:00). The ETF asked already for a
meeting with the DG MOVE Commissioner and Director General,
Wednesday afternoon.
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OTHER COUNTRIES
ACTIONS
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Bulgaria / FFTUB gave the start for the new
wave of the ETF campaign on working time for drivers, at the
beginning of February. FTTUB run a one-week campaign public
targeting, organising meetings on road safety in schools,
distributing leaflets in public places, meeting government
representatives. FTW Podkrepa had meetings with Bulgarian MEPs,
including MEPs from the EPP group and organised meetings with their
members to inform them about the problems related to the revision
of the working time for drivers. |
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Switzerland / on 16 March
2010, just before the debate in the European Parliament on
the working time for drivers, the Swiss trade unions organised a
demonstration in Bern in front of the Swiss Parliament and the EU
Mission to Bern. |
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Germany / During the periodFebruary –
April Ver.di had several meetings, both in Belgium -
Brussels and in Germany , with MEPs from the conservative and
liberal political groups. To our surprise, the German EPP (EP
conservative group) delegation is now receptive to the trade union
arguments. |
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France / Mach – April / CGT
has actively lobbied MEPs from most of the political groups. The
French MEPs will vote in support for the inclusion of the
self-employed drivers within the working time rules.
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Austria / April / VIDA,
together with two NOG-s and the Chamber of Labour lobbied the
Austrian MEPs and the government; at the end of last week, a joint
press release was issued by VIDA and the Chamber of Commerce
(employers’ organisation), stressing on the importance of same
rules for all drivers. The Austrian Ministry of Transport issued a
press release in favour of the inclusion of self-employed drivers
in the working time rules. The Austrian Ministry of Labour sent
this position to the Spanish Presidency.
Please see for details:
http://www.slideshare.net/gewerkschaftvida/lkwfahrer-kennen-sie-den-unterschied
http://www.vida.at/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=S03/Page/Index&n=S03_0.a&cid=1269529765642
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Vienna-Austria/Gewerkschaft-vida/73461917166?ref=mf
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Italy/ TheETF Executive Committee members from
Italy have formally approached the Italian MEPs from all political
groups with the demand to include the self-employed drivers within
the scope of the working time directive. Italian MEPs from the EPP
(conservative group of the European Parliament) have tabled
amendments for the inclusion of SED within the working time
rules. |
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Greece / TheETF Executive Committee members
from Greece have formally approached the Greek MEPs from all
political groups with the demand to include the self-employed
drivers within the scope of the working time directive. Greek MEPs
from the EPP (conservative group of the European Parliament) have
also tabled amendments for the inclusion of SED within the working
time rules! |
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Spain / on 3 March 2010
CC.OO met the Spanish Presidency. The ETF was represented by the
Road Transport Section President Roberto Parrillo. The unions and
the employers organisations from Spain forwarded to MEPs and the
Presidency a joint letter on the inclusion of self-employed drivers
in the scope of the directive. |
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ORGANISED BY
THE AUSTRIAN CHAMBER OF LABOUR / BRUSSELS , 26 April
On 26 April 2010 at 19:00 the Austrian Chamber
of Labour will organise in Brussels a round table discussion on
working time for road transport. Eduardo will represent the ETF.
MEP Edith Bauer (rapporteur) will be there, along with an IRU
representative, and with Stephen Hughes (MEP socialist group,
shadow rapporteur on this dossier).
You can follow developments on the campaign by
clicking on:
http://www.itfglobal.org/etf/index.cfm
http://www.itfglobal.org/etf/rd-campaign-wtd.cfm
http://www.itfglobal.org/etf/nat-activities.cfm
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