TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK

* 100th Volvo Truck goes into service with Ed Weetman Haulage
Great Haywood,Stafford,UK -Easier Motoring -23 January 2008: -- Ed Weetman (Haulage and Storage) Ltd. based in Great Haywood, near Stafford has taken delivery of a top of the range Euro 5 Volvo FH-480 4x2 tractor - the 100th Volvo truck to go into service with the fleet...


* Busy times for Browns new DAF
Staffordshire,UK -Easier Motoring -16 January 2008: -- At around 65 collections a day, six days a week, a new DAF eight-wheeler with a Heil rear-end loading body is proving to be a highly productive vehicle for Staffordshire company H Brown & Son (Recycling) Limited... The truck is being used on an intensive trade waste collection service throughout Staffordshire and South Cheshire...



* Trans truck driver begins legal action against employers

London,UK -PinkNews.co.uk -23 January 2008: -- A transsexual who claims she was hounded out of her job as a trucker after she began her transition from her former male gender is seeking thousands of pounds in damages from her former employer... Vikki-Marie Gaynor, 37, from Wallasey in Wirral, is bringing a sexual discrimination claim against Exel Europe, part of delivery giant DHL, and recruitment agency Blue Arrow... An employment tribunal in Liverpool is hearing the case... The ex-soldier claims that initially members of staff at the depot in Kirkby, Merseyside were friendly... However, once she began coming to work dressed as a woman, other drivers started ignoring her, and began a campaign of harassment, including calling her a 'queer,' dumping her belongings and makeup in a toilet...