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How to increase working conditions & decrease social dumping in the transport sector

Name of institution: Belgian Transport Employees Union (BTB = one of the divisions of a big trade union, ABVV)
Type of the organization:
  • Others (Put the additional information into the entry field below the project fiche)
Country:
  • Belgium
Thematic scope of the project:
  • Access to employment and social inclusion
  • Workers and new skills
  • Businesses undergoing change
Problems to be solved (justification of the need of the transnational cooperation):

-    The measurement of the quality of work in Flanders shows that transport is in the top 4 of the sectors with the most problematic working conditions and unhealthy workload. In Europe, there are also many researches & mappings showing evidence for this statement. See: http://osha.europa.eu/en

-    Social dumping: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/definitions/SOCIALDUMPING.htm
There is also a big social policy competition between countries and employers are seeking to apply the weakest social policies. The transport sector is particularly facing the haulage problem. How can countries work together and which countries have already set up strategies to combat social dumping? 

Objectives to be achieved: This is mainly a research project. This does not mean that we want to set up scientific research. This means we want to look for models, pathways on how to combat social dumping,… and check whether these pathways towards solutions are suitable within the social-economic context of Flanders.   We want to elaborate on models which have proven to be effective or models which have proven not to be that successful to learn from them.
Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): -    Intensive research phase to unravel the different components of models to combat aspects of social dumping-    Peer reviews in partner countries-    Possibly a peer review in Flanders-    Contribution to the realization of an elaborated research report (including the building stones of an effective strategy to combat social dumping in Flanders).
Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC: -    Reports of the peer reviews-    Elaborated research report with building stones for a Flemish and EU-strategy to combat aspects of social dumping. Building stones can be strategies to convince employers of the disadvantage of social dumping in the long run, strategies to make progress in collective agreements, to raise awareness about impact & consequences of f.i. flagging out of companies for the labour market in a region.
Target group:
  • Employed
  • Self employed
  • Older persons (over 50 years old)
Stage of the implementation: Project Idea (projects in preparation phase without grant awarded)
Budget of the project in EUR: 450000
Budget of transnational activities in EUR: 35000
Duration of the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/09/2012 - 31/12/2013
Duration of transnational activities within the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/09/2012 - 31/12/2013
Contact person: Katty De Loof
e-mail: katty@findingopportunities.be
WWW: http://www.btb.be
Project fiche: application/mswordfp_Belgian transport employees union_be.doc
Located in: Fishing Pool