1. Quality of Life for All

2. Public Transport – Towards a Sustainable Mobility

3. Ecological Sustainability Economical Sustainability Social Sustainability What can we contribute? Politics change Sector changes To Do at ETF level To Do at Trade Union Level

4. 1. Ecological Sustainability  Climate Change is man-made. We have ~10 years to avoid the worst effects.  Until 2099: Temperature will rise +3 to +8°C  Major source of increase in CO2 emissions: Transport +69%.

5. Public Transport is at the Core of Ecological Sustainability in cities: Increasing Public Transport could …  attract +5% bus passengers  +10% railway passengers  -0,9% car use  -0,4% greenhouse gas emissions.  Job growth in Public Transport (AUT: -1400 jobs/year) Not much?  Speed limits of 80/100 km/h: -12% greenhouse gas emissions!

6. What can we contribute? The major factors are not in our hands:  Regional Structure (housing, shopping centres, business)  Urbanisation and car use  pricing of city car space (parking, city toll) Politics is also in our hands:  We are not only responsible for our workplaces, but also for our sector: Engage in Politics

7. Economic Sustainability Financial situation of the public sector:  generally worsening due to tax competition Financial situation of the public transport sector:  fair for state-owned public transport companies (EU-15)  fair to bad for private public transport companies  profit margin <5% in British bus industry  Sweden since competition: -267 Mio SEK deficit  bad to very bad for state-owned pt companies (NAC) Restructuring in Public Transport sector:  < 6 large multinational companies,  some large integrated public companies remaining in Metropolises  Many, many very little operators in niches

8. What can we contribute? Tax competition is done by governments:  Lobbying for minimum company taxes  EU lobbying for an end to unanimity in tax issues Competition between operators is done by public authorities:  Lobbying against competition in Public Transport  Lobbying for quality and social standards in public tenders Our response to restructuring?  organise Multinationals  keep strongholds in public companies  … thereby setting standards to protect conditions in SME

9. Social Sustainability  Transport is unfair to users:  Unfair access: Those who can‘t afford a car, loose opportunities:

10. Social Sustainability  Unfair burden of consequences: Externalities mostly hurt the already marginalized: poor, disabled, elderly, children  Private car is over-privileged: Who has a car, has more chances to find a job, to buy cheaper goods, to entertainment, leisure, nature. „Poor transport can […] reinforce social exclusion“ (UK Government‘s Social Exclusion Unit)  Transport is unfair to users:  Unfair access: Those who can‘t afford a car, loose opportunities:

11. Social Sustainability 2) EU transport policy is unfair to public transport workers  PSO directive (by 2009):  compulsory tendering in regional bus services  direct award in railway and inhouse awards with strict conditions  state-owned companies also take on competition-like behaviour  Railway packages: -600.000 jobs in the last 12-15 years  Sector restructuring:  worse wages, worse working conditions, less jobs

12. Times, they are changin‘ Politics change  The conditions which form our workplaces, are moved far outside the companies:  EU politics  national liberalisation  Politics is done by lobbying  limited scope of social partnership  „networks and partners“  resources count  less democratic accountability (Bob Dylan) We have to change:  intensified ETF lobbying  intensified national lobbying  Social partnership needs a strategy and has to be accompanied by pressure  Team up in networks  Take part in ETF lobbying and pay ETF fees  develop pressure

13. Times, they are changin‘ Sector changes  More and more public tendering  In direct award: less and less subsidy available  Market structure concentrates  larger public transport networks  less & bigger Multinationals  more & more complex company relations  restructuring of public companies (Bob Dylan) We have to change :  lobby public authorities, linked with industrial action  maintain public „safe havens“  tender quality and social standards  European Works Councils  training + sharing experience on restructuring and outsourcing

14. To Do at ETF level  Research & Training:  How to implement quality and social standards into tendering  How to campaign for these standards  Strategy building:  How to achieve results in a worsening political environment  Coordinated Lobbying:  Example: Protection on transfer of ownership (cross-sectoral)  Networking:  Multinational corporations and their practices  Social Dialogue  develop strategies and prepare pressure

15. To Do at Trade Union Level  Research, Training, Recruiting:  set up campaigning structures  recruit rank & file members for European activity  Lobbying:  against further national liberalisation  against tenders without quality and social standards  lobby EU members (MEPs, Government  Council) in concert with ETF lobbying  Networking:  Team up European Works Councils of Multinationals  EU-Social Dialogue  prepare for pressure at EU level

16. A final remark  How did you come to this conference?  What for are you here?  This conference emitted approx. 100 people x 2500 km flight = 400 x 100 kg CO 2 = 40.000 kg CO2.  If we don‘t set up anything which saves more emissions than this, then we have damaged the world just by talking.