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Truckers' Hours Of Service * Australia
* Tired truckies to get a fair break
(Video from YouTUbe, An Australian Sugarcane Truck - 130 meters)
Sydney,NSW,Australia -The Daily Telegraph, by Patrick Lion -November 22, 2011: -- Fatigued truckies will be able to dob in unsafe work conditions to a new industry watchdog that will also have extraordinary powers to improve their pay and conditions... In a bid to lower the road toll, the federal government will set up a transport spin-off of Fair Work Australia to improve pay and conditions of truck drivers who are forced to speed and carry heavy loads to earn more money... Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, will reveal the new Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal today, which will have the power to order companies to alter arrangements involving financial incentives that encourage risky behaviour... For example, a truck company offered a contract by a big supermarket below the rate needed to do the job safely could approach the tribunal... The move comes amid widespread concerns over the pressures on truck drivers to speed to meet deadlines, carry illegal loads and work without pay to fulfil deliveries...
* Australia - Truckers forced to push limits, break laws
Sydney,NSW,Australia -Land Line (USA), by David Tanner -21 Nov 2011: -- A survey in Australia shows that truckers are detained up to 500 hours at the docks each year without pay and are routinely forced to break speed and fatigue laws to meet deadlines. The federal government is responding with a series of reforms that include shipper accountability and trucker compensation... The survey, conducted by the Transportation Workers Union of Australia, showed 48 percent of Australian drivers are forced to spend a full work day each week in unpaid detention time at the docks... Tony Sheldon, Transportation Workers Union national secretary, is calling on the federal transport minister, Anthony Albanese, to make reforms that discourage risk-taking... Nearly 40 percent of the truckers surveyed said they felt pressure to drive longer hours to meet client demands, and 27 percent of drivers said they are forced to speed to meet deadlines...
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