Pay in any job is a negotiation, whether on an individual or collective basis. That’s not collective as in Union but as in workers in a job won’t work for less than £££. Over time though this dynamic can change due to demand or even perception, a job is perceived as well paid can then become overcrowded so driving rates down.
Lorry driving 50 years ago was a job most either couldn’t or wouldn’t do. Draughty, slow, noisy and hard to drive not to mention dodgy digs or a board across the seats. Punctures meant a wheel change, yourself. Minor breakdowns, get the spanners out. Result was drivers wanted reasonable money to do it.
Today however truck driving is like driving a long car. Guys who would have been street sweepers, labourers or worked in other low skilled jobs that have disappeared now drive trucks. Easy life, anyone can drive, right? Obviously this is not conducive to a high wage occupation.
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