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PROTEST * The Netherlands - Truck convoy leaves The Hague in Europe
The Hague,The Netherlands -Expatica -24 April 2010: -- Eleven heavy trucks pulled out of The Hague Monday in a slow convoy to Brussels to protest rules that allow self-employed drivers to work more hours than their salaried counterparts... The trucks, from different European Union countries, will first drive through Germany, Luxembourg and France before reaching Belgium, Jan de Jong, spokesman for Dutch labour federation FNV, told AFP... The vehicles were painted in the colours of their countries of origin: Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg and The Netherlands... A European directive that entered into force in March 2005 limits the number of hours a salaried driver is allowed to work per week to 48, but exempts self-employed drivers... A European Parliament committee discussing whether to extend the application to independent workers is set to vote on a set of proposals on Wednesday... EU figures from 2008 showed that 31 percent of European truck drivers were independent operators... (Video from YouTube, by alpendampfer1 —16 May 2009 — Trucking in Europe - short impressions of the trip from Italy to Spain ! - This is my first video attempt ! Enjoy and thanks for watching and voting !)
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