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May 30, 2012

DANGEROUS JOBS * Australia

* Victoria - Coles truckies 'under pressure to speed' 

Glen Iris,VIC,Australia -The Australian -May 30, 2012: -- More than half of Coles truck drivers believe they're under pressure to drive too fast... National secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), Tony Sheldon, today released the findings of a national survey of 715 drivers. It found 55 per cent of drivers surveyed in the retailer's supply chain admitted to feeling pressure to drive too fast... The trucking industry average is 26 per cent... The report also found that 82 per cent of drivers surveyed in the Coles supply chain had considered leaving as a result of client pressures... TWU NSW secretary, Wayne Forno, said an average Coles driver spent almost 400 hours each year in unpaid waiting times... A protest of truck drivers will coincide with the TWU National Council in Sydney today...

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