News / FTA: Brexit won't help shortage of logistics workers and truck drivers

07/10/2019

Brexit could exacerbate the worsening shortage of workers in the UK’s logistics industry if the government do not adjust the working criteria for non-UK citizens.

Delegates to the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Ready for a No-deal Brexit event in London on Friday heard that, unless the UK government addressed potential problems, employers would face mounting difficulty in hiring staff after Brexit.

Sally Gilson, head of skills at the FTA, said although the government had said it would protect the rights of EU ...

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Stephen Webster
October 30, 2019 at 7:30 pm
The truck driver shortage is caused by low pay and the lack of parking with electric plus for lorries and good bathrooms and a TV room. In Ontario Canada bus drivers start at over $30.00 CD per hour on payroll with low cost housing for the first year. We had 2 truck drivers and a heavy bus mechanic come from the U K last year. They tell the cost of living on the road in UK is much more than in Ontario. People got tired of low wages in the u k from other countries. They then voted to separate.

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