In a nationwide driver action set for November 1, Unite has called for sector bargaining to bring order to chaos in the lorry driver industry. The country’s leading union for HGV drivers has…Read more…
Supply chain solidarity
Unite policy conference delegates held a lively debate yesterday (October 18) on the best way to react to the industrial realities of free ports, just-in-time logistical networks and the supply chain…Read more…
Gov’t ‘sponsoring exploitation of drivers’
Unite, which represents tens of thousands of lorry drivers, has warned that the government’s announcement that it intends to relax the cabotage rules will result in misery and exploitation. Under the…Read more…
‘When workers stick together’
Unite has secured an agreement to gain formal recognition and end the two-tier workforce on the Heinz distribution contract in Wigan, resulting in many drivers seeing their earnings increase by over…Read more…
Safety fears over extended lorry driver hours
The government has failed to conduct an impact assessment on the road safety implications of extending HGV driving hours, despite pushing through yet another extension to the daily limit for drivers….Read more…
‘Knee-jerk response’ to lorry driver crisis
Unite the union, which represents tens of thousands of lorry drivers, has greeted the news that the government will further extend the relaxation of lorry driver hours with anger and dismay. The…Read more…
‘Broken and exploitative system’
Government plans to relax immigration rules for lorry drivers and poultry processors are ‘propping up a broken and exploitative system’, Unite warned earlier this week. The union said depriving other…Read more…
Pay lorry drivers more
A strong majority of the public backs pay rises for lorry drivers as UK consumers face continued gaps on supermarket shelves amid a growing lorry driver shortage. A new survey by pollsters Survation…Read more…
Lorry drivers’ hours extension ‘reckless’
Unite has warned that the government’s plans to continue to relax the maximum driving timing for lorry drivers, is dangerous, reckless and potentially illegal. Unite has learned that the government…Read more…
Thamesmead drivers vote to strike
The threat of severe disruption to deliveries to more than 1,500 convenience stores in London and the south east has moved a step closer after 40 drivers, employed by Booker Retail Partners at its…Read more…
‘Ill health making driver shortages even worse’
A nationwide lorry driver shortage continues unabated, with news stories every day highlighting the consequences of an estimated 100,000 HGV driver shortfall. From increasing reports of gaps on…Read more…
‘Piling more pressure’ on ‘exhausted drivers’
The main industry body for road haulage stands with Unite in its opposition to recent measures announced by the government that will extend lorry drivers’ hours. From Monday (June 12), the maximum…Read more…