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* AUSSIE TRUCKERS PROTEST
* ACT - Truck drivers take to Canberra roads in protest over pay rates
-- A convoy of more than 200 trucks has travelled through Canberra to protest against new minimum pay rates mandated by the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal (RSRT)... The Federal Government is pushing to axe the RSRT when Parliament resumes on Monday, following the independent body's attempt to introduce new pay rates for truck drivers... Some crossbenchers have urged the Government to give it priority over its bid to get the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) Bill through the Upper House... Employees who drive for big fleets like Lindsay Fox and Toll are already covered under an award rate system, and the Transport Workers' Union says contractors need the new rate to compete and stay safe on the roads...
... But so-called owner truck drivers argue the obligation to charge clients to cover the increased pay rates will force thousands of them out of business... Truck driver Gordon Mackinlay said the new rates would send small operators broke within months... The group made its way through the outskirts of the ACT and arrived at Parliament House on Sunday morning... Government plans to abolish tribunal...
Canberra, ACT, Australia - ABC Net News - 17 April 2016
Labels: debates, minimum freight rates, rules and regulations, truckers' complain, truckers' protests, trucking industry news Australia
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