Young recruits desperately needed to beat global truck driver shortage
International road transport association the IRU has reiterated warnings that the global truck driver shortage has ...
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Engendering a culture of respect, funding training programmes and promoting from within may be ways for haulage firms to solve the driver shortage crisis threatening to engulf the UK logistics industry.
Yesterday, in his speech to the British Chambers of Commerce, prime minister David Cameron urged company bosses in the UK to raise workers’ salary levels.
“We’ve got the strongest growth for seven years. We are seeing falling oil prices, meaning businesses up and down the country have lower prices on their ...
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steve
April 16, 2015 at 6:17 pmIn Canada the better companies those paying $24.00 per hour plus overtime after 44 hours have truck drivers lined up to drive for them. One union employer had over 300 apply for 5 temp position May to November at wage of about $1,500 per week gross or $1,075 after taxes and off Sundays. other companies paying under $20.00 per hour for Dz or Az have empty trucks. The shortage is all about pay and treatment. One grocery store chain banned truck drivers like myself who wanted to be paid for the hours worked. We took the chain to court. 5193578686
Karl
May 30, 2015 at 6:46 amI do agency driving part time and unfortunately as a HGV driver you are seen as ‘working class’ and are perceived as some kind of socio-economic failure, like this is the best you can do with your life, people look down on you and don’t appreciate what you go through to get their goods to them, not to mention the restrictions everywhere, other motorists who have no consideration, and militant cyclists who think they own the entire road, then you have the haulage company calling you finding out where you are and why you aren’t back yet, then there’s teh maintenance of the trucks, I’ve gotten into some wrecks with defects all over it, but you’re still expected to drive it, I could not do this job full time, I’d have a nervous breakdown.