General view of HGV lorries
DANGEROUS and potentially unlawful plans to impose a fresh extension of lorry drivers’ hours must be dropped, Unite says.
The union understands that the government is undertaking a “technical consultation” on continuing to allow drivers to work shifts of up to 11 hours rather than 10 and up to 99 hours a fortnight rather than 90.
Unite has voiced concern that the extended driving hours, brought in to tackle the shortage of lorry drivers, is having a cumulative effect on driver fatigue.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work