Bartrum Director urges transport sectary not to extend visas

Jimjam81:
I think he’s right to why should our industry be subbed out to cheap foreign labour when we have every right to make a decent living. Just because we have to work 60 hours a week it is just the nature of the job doesn’t mean that we can be paid £10 an hour cos it adds up to a lot at the end of the week.
At my place we don’t have a single foreign driver, we have had a £3 an hour rise recently and we are on a 4 on 4 off pattern which is still weird to get used to.
We shouldn’t be asking for gold plated service stations just a decent wage that we all deserve. I also think they should take another look at the new hgv test because we are going to end up with a lot of idiots on the road who are going to give the rest of us a bad name

Sadly we have had lots of idiots for many years and I doubt if that situation will alter.