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25-08-2021, 10:47 AM | #6751 | |||
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25-08-2021, 11:01 AM | #6752 | |||
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If we take the last 500 days (just under 18 months), the UK would have to have got 200 drivers through their training and test per day, which is impossible. This was projected to happen as part of brexit. A couple of days ago, you tried to pretend it was all covid in that stupid KFC thread, and wouldn't accept when I pointed out it was because of brexit. Another thing you completely miss, is that if the largest companies in the uk market are having these issues, what do you think is happening further down the food chain?
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25-08-2021, 11:42 AM | #6753 | |||
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Listening to the HGV drivers this am on phone in's there are loads of factors
Tesco outsourcing their drivers, and no longer having their own drivers, how many more supermarket do this? DVLA delays (experienced this ourselves Mr C waiting 3 months for his licence to be renewed ) and no one answering a phone HGV drivers have to be 25 to get insurance even though they can get their licence at 18 Zero hour contracts - see Tesco who used to paid their drivers well and we on contracts but then outsourced Delays at supermarkets unloading leading to loads being picked up late Covid - people do not want to travel Brexit 2,500 fee to apply for licence Young people do not want to be lorry drivers they all want Uni or to be famous lol
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25-08-2021, 12:45 PM | #6754 | |||
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25-08-2021, 01:07 PM | #6755 | ||
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25-08-2021, 01:30 PM | #6756 | |||
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Tesco operate in the EU where no country is having these issues.
Delays at supermarkets are being caused by.... Zero hour contracts - it's really lovely to see people finally realise the absolute destruction being wrought upon society by capitalism. I take it Arista is now a Corbynista? Ł11.30/hr stacking shelves in Aldi. Ł11.80/hr for HGV drivers, who are only allowed to drive for 10 hrs per day, but will have to clock up 13-15/hr per days regularly to allow for load times. It's not much to do with being famous, it's to do with capitalism. Again, no one is saying it's not a complicated issue with many factors, but I am definitely saying if we had remained we wouldn't have been having these issues that only we are having because we told EU drivers we don't want them anymore, or made their lives so difficult that it wasn't worth it. As I already pointed out, all of these points only involve the biggest supermarkets/eateries, so what do people think is happening even lower down the food chain? We're not even discussing farmers with all of their food rotting because the folks aren't there to pick it and transport it, or the fishermen that were lied to.
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25-08-2021, 01:38 PM | #6757 | |||
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self-oscillating
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spain have an acute hgv driver shortage too apparently
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25-08-2021, 01:47 PM | #6758 | |||
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I'm sure we'd all like hot HGV drivers
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25-08-2021, 01:49 PM | #6759 | |||
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he International Road Transport Union’s 2021 driver shortage survey has indicated that road transport companies expect a 10% rise in driver shortages this year.
In a statement published yesterday, the IRU explained that the coronavirus pandemic saw the shortage of truck drivers in Europe fall significantly in 2020 – from 24% to just 7%. However, the survey also found that European companies are expecting a 17% shortfall in drivers this year. The 10% increase is on account of the extra demand created from economies across Europe recovering as vaccines allow lockdowns to be relaxed. “Driver shortage threatens the functioning of road transport, supply chains, trade, the economy, and ultimately employment and citizens’ welfare. This is not an issue that can wait, action needs to be taken now,” said IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto. According to the IRU, survey respondents cited a lack of trained drivers as the main cause in all regions (38% of the total respondents). Challenging working conditions, further exacerbated by the pandemic, and difficulties attracting women and young people to the profession were also mentioned. The percentage of truck drivers under 25 fell nearly everywhere in 2020 and is down to 5% in Europe. The average age of drivers is increasing globally too, a trend the IRU has referred to as a “demographic time bomb” that will only get worse without action. Last October, the IRU called on governments to make it easier for young adults to become lorry drivers. However, there are a number of barriers to entry that remain for those hoping to join the profession. In this article we published following that IRU statement, a number of UK-based lorry drivers said that low pay, high training and insurance costs, as well as a lack of future prospects, make the position of lorry driver less attractive. https://trans.info/en/iru-survey-eur...in-2021-226644
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25-08-2021, 01:50 PM | #6760 | |||
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We need robots, it's not a young person career
Arista?
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25-08-2021, 03:06 PM | #6761 | |||
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25-08-2021, 03:10 PM | #6762 | |||
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06-09-2021, 06:03 AM | #6763 | |||
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07-09-2021, 06:14 PM | #6764 | |||
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07-09-2021, 06:22 PM | #6765 | |||
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julie atkinson #ForeverEuropean #RejoinBlue heart #FBPA
@skatinggirl1 Flag of European UnionFlag of United KingdomHandshake#European #JohnsonOut yep |
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07-09-2021, 08:14 PM | #6766 | |||
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Did she write the article?
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07-09-2021, 09:00 PM | #6767 | |||
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07-09-2021, 09:10 PM | #6768 | |||
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The independent isn't even a leftie paper, but do you think they're the only ones reporting the story? Would you like to comment on the story or just about the independent?
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07-09-2021, 09:19 PM | #6769 | |||
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When you insult
You lose…..... |
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07-09-2021, 09:25 PM | #6770 | |||
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A simple no would have sufficed.
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07-09-2021, 09:48 PM | #6771 | |||
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07-09-2021, 09:54 PM | #6772 | |||
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Which reply do you think breaks a tibb rule?
Can you do me a favour and post the tibb rule, too? I know you've been doing that a lot recently, so that would save some time for @mods and @admin.
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10-09-2021, 06:59 AM | #6773 | |||
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[Michel Barnier backs 'Frexit':
EU's former chief Brexit negotiator is branded a 'hypocrite' after saying he wants France to quit European courts of justice and human rights Michel Barnier is considering running for the French presidency next year He said the role of the European Court of Justice in France should be limited He called for a referendum calling for a ban on non-EU immigration to France] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...CJ-France.html |
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10-09-2021, 08:44 AM | #6774 | |||
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10-09-2021, 08:54 AM | #6775 | |||
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Sod orf
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