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The Mobility Package is a major reform of EU rules governing the road transport sector. The Commission made its proposals last year, and today MEPs in the European Parliament Employment Committee

The Council of the EU, which represents the member states in EU decision-making, has approved an agreed text for a new posted workers directive. Thus it should soon be EU law that posted workers must

Transport unions across Europe listened carefully as Marianne Thyssen, EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, presented plans for a European Labour Authority (ELA). We hoped this new body

The EU Institutions are urged to give full priority to road safety when revising the EU driving and rest time rules. Any laxer regime for bus and coach will weaken safety of drivers, road users and

On 28 February the European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement on the general posting of workers directive. While many celebrate, workers in the road sector are once again left

Mid-December 2017, just before the winter break, the European Parliament published some of its draft reports on driving and rest time, cabotage, access to occupation and posting of workers. These

The European Barge Union (EBU), the European Skippers Organisation (ESO) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) express their satisfaction on the adoption of the Directive on recognition

On 16 October the EMPL Committee of the European Parliament rejected all attempts to exclude road transport from the scope of the revised posting of workers and its application directive. This shows

Today the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), gathering over 270,000 workers across the whole aviation industry, presented its 10 key priorities for the revision of the “Basic Regulation”

Today the European Parliament gave its final OK to the Regulation on  Framework for the provision of port services and financial transparency of ports. In his speech delivered in Plenary on 12