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@Charlie_L
URTU represent less than 3% of drivers. Many more are in UNITE but sadly the majority belong to no union at all.
Denigrating drivers as fat necked racists etc, is part of the problem. I can't understand why lorry drivers in this country have such low status compared to almost anywhere else in the world.
I started HGV driving when there was a real shortage of drivers. Pay was good and going up. I earned enough in 16 weeks a year to live and pay my way though college. Since then relative pay and conditions have got progressively worse. It is really hard to recruit drivers who care about what they do if you treat them like shit.