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TRUCK ACCIDENTS * Australia - Low pay linked to
Sydney,NSW,Australia -The Armidale Express, by JAMES BELL -25 Sept 2009: -- The Transport Workers Union recently held a summit in Sydney and want to give politicians a chance to study the outcome of the event... Safety expert Professor Michael Quinlan said, had found a direct correlation between low rates of pay and fatalities in truck-related road accidents... The union has approached all levels of government to ensure drivers are paid for all hours worked... Truck-related fatalities totalled 281 last year - an increase of 24 per cent on 2007... While the national road toll has been declining, there has been a steady increase in deaths in the trucking industry... According to the union, the current system of pay being tied to kilometres travelled is a serious problem... Many owner/drivers borrow against homes to pay for vehicles and are under pressure to travel further to cover costs... Local owner/driver Franck Black, said conditions were tougher than ever due to waiting times at retail and supermarket delivery centres... Mr Black said it was not uncommon for drivers to wait at a distribution centre from four to six hours without notice and rest was not possible because ‘we don’t know when we will be called in’... (Photo: Truck driver Frank Black, Armidale Mayor Peter Ducat with the report and Transport Workers Union representative Mick Forbes)Labels: trucks accidents costs
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