Union action in the time of COVID-19: ver.di calls for respect and solidarity with truck drivers! German transport ministry takes up the issues raised by ver.di on appalling conditions at motorway service stations! Union Action 2 Apr 2020
Temporary exemptions from driving and rest time rules granted by EU Member States due to the coronavirus crisis resource 23 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Member States adopt temporary relaxation of driving and rest time rules ETF would like to stress that this must be a temporary measure, strictly limited to the transport of goods of strict necessity! News 23 Mar 2020
Following a major raid at Amazon distribution centre in Austria, ETF and vida call for supply-chain liability in e-commerce A large-scale raid at the new Amazon parcel distribution centre in Großebersdorf, near Vienna in Austria took place mid-February. In total, 174 employees at 36 subcontractors (transport companies) were subject to inspection. Violations of labour legislation were found in 49 cases and a bogus company with 20 employees was detected. News 5 Mar 2020
ETF and IRU urge EU to address unprecedented driver shortage in road transport industry Yesterday marked the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the EU Social Dialogue Committee for Road Transport between social partners IRU and ETF. ETF and IRU reminded the EU officials that driver shortage is alarmingly increasing in the EU, with 20% of unfilled drivers’ positions in passenger and goods transport in 2019. Press Release 19 Feb 2020
Mobility Package: ETF Statement on the trilogue outcome The European Transport Workers’ Federation acknowledges that an agreement was reached on the Mobility Package between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament this morning, in trilogue. The agreement doesn’t include all elements the ETF has fought for but it does represent progress towards the declared goals and ambitions of the Package. Statement 12 Dec 2019
Filipino truck drivers received back payment of wages in Germany In recent years research conducted by the Dutch trade union research and enforcement foundation FNV-VNB in collaboration with the ITF, the ETF, local trade unions and NGOs, has identified several cases of abuse on non-EU truck drivers in Europe. Press Release 25 Sep 2019
The Mobility Package has a future! Bus, coach and truck drivers have hope! On 24 September, the TRAN Committee of the European Parliament gave green light to their newly appointed rapporteurs to start negotiations with the Council of Transport Ministers, on the Mobility Package. News 24 Sep 2019