Honestscott76:
Unless drivers ‘unite’ we are just going to continue to be treated as ‘unprofessional’ and ‘unskilled’ labour, wages will continue to fall and soon, very soon, we will all be on ‘minimum’ wage. Let’s face it we are only a £1 an hour short of it now in some parts of the U.K. Stand up and be counted!
I agree entirely, but reality check…It will never happen.
Just read some of the comments on this forum for a start to see what I mean.
You get drivers who think that a 13 hour day is not enough.
Drivers who regularly park in unsuitable and often dangerous places (narrow lay bys/pulled in mirrors) as a matter of course, and just take for granted that they will.
Drivers who moan because they have to take breaks, but would rather ‘crack on’
instead.
Drivers who readily allow their bosses to push them to the limit, when their brain is telling them they have done enough.
Drivers who put up with ■■■■ like cameras in their cabs and even try and justify it
by spouting crap like… ‘well if you have nothing to hide it’s ok’’ 
And many more examples.
And so the list goes on, that and the fact that if you did threaten strike say (not to mention drivers having mortgages) the boss would just say ‘‘Strike if you want, I’ll give the Agency a bell’’
All workers rights have been handed back and gone mate end of, it is every man for himself. Individuals who do not just take it up the arse are treated differently, those who do are not
speaking from experience.
I do admire Barrie for trying something, but the system needs complete solidarity to work.
Sadly any form of attempted solidarity if it was a reality anyway, would be like ■■■■■■■ against the wind…A sad fact.