The Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Vassilis Spanakis, today inaugurated the Motorcycle Exhibition at the METROPOLITAN Expo.
During his speech at the 1st Conference “Sustainable Ride, Sustainable and Safe Mobility: Data and Perspectives” in the context of the Exhibition, he pointed out that “a sustainable urban transport system is a decisive factor in reducing pollution and greenhouse emissions, improving security, the drastic reduction of noise pollution, the saving of energy and its efficient use, the modernization of the planning of the urban environment for the benefit of the individual citizen and society in general”.
Among other things, Mr. Spanakis also emphasized that “sustainable urban mobility emerges as a unique tool for improving the quality of our movements and from this context we could never integrate or deal with the cycle of transport that takes place in isolation either during the exercise of the work or when accessing the work.
That is why the qualitative upgrading of working conditions and the protection of the health and safety of workers are top government priorities”. “In the field of labor relations, in particular” added the Deputy Minister, “sustainability and safe mobility, mentioned in the title of the Conference, are a fundamental factor of our strategy. As I have repeatedly stated in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, in my area of responsibility, our ultimate goal is to establish a new culture in health and safety in the workplace, the ways and the institutional framework to protect workers in companies and especially in those where the request is fast but at the same time safe movement”.
It is recalled that in this context last summer two Ministerial Decisions were issued for the protection of motorcycle delivery workers, which provided for a) the mandatory suspension of work during the hot season and b) the minimum clothing equipment.