Fighting for a fair EU Mobility Package

Decent work for professional drivers. Safety for all road users.

Related to: Road Transport, Mobility Package

The Mobility Package is a massive revision of the EU legislation applicable to road transport. Three packages have been launched so far by the European Commission, but the most important reforms for road transport workers and the ETF are:

Revision of EU driving and rest time regulations
The application of new rules on the posting of workers to bus, coach and truck drivers
Changes to cabotage* rules for both freight and passenger transport
Regulations that aim to eradicate letter-box companies

Regrettably, the new proposals would give employers more flexibility in arranging drivers’ schedules. If this means longer hours and less rest, then it is a grave risk for road safety and drivers’ health and well being. The proposal also undermines the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same place, because it temporarily exempts drivers from the application of posting rules that insist international workers should be paid at local rates wherever they work.

Since the launch of the Package, on 31 May 2018, the ETF Road Transport Section has been engaged in a multi-faceted political campaign. Our mission is to fight for a fair EU Mobility Package for professional drivers and road users alike.

* Cabotage refers to services that both begin and end inside the same member state which is not a company’s home state. For example, a Polish-registered company picking up and delivering a parcel inside France is undertaking cabotage. EU rules set limits on cabotage.

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ETF position paper on the mobility package

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Mobility Package, Posting, Road Transport

Vienna Declaration for a fair Mobility Package (Oct 2018)

Signed in Vienna on 31 October, this declaratin fromthe ETF and affiliates around Europe sets out our vision for an EU Mobility Package that is fair a safe for drivers and all road users.

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Mobility Package News

Press Release

EU Mobility Package: Transport ministers’ deal brings some social progress but it’s not enough for drivers

Late last night ministers at the EU Council reached a deal on on road sector reforms. Our campaigning and demonstrations bore some fruit. But drivers are still excluded from fair pay and they will spend months away from home. MEPs must act to improve the Package.

European Council, European Parliament

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Road transport workers, trade unions and MEPs gather in Brussels to demand a better Mobility Package

Today, 3 December 2018, the ETF and its affiliates from all over Europe held a demonstration in front of the European Council, where transport ministers were meeting to discuss the Mobility Package.

European Council, European Parliament

Press Release

Mobility Package: Better no deal than a bad deal. Let’s STOP this now!

As EU member states rush to finish Mobility Package, European transport unions blast disastrous compromise.

European Council