truckyboy wrote
I cant believe what im reading on this post....its funny how when everythings going great..no one says anything...when it goes ■■■■ up...they moan like little women...about the foreigners....but i suppose theyre the same people who went/go to Holland/Belgium/France/Germany etc...Oh well, thats ok then.... Moaning about foreignerswho work for certain companies, and stopping them from working...then why the [zb] didnt you want to work for the said companies in the first place....Its funny how people will work for companies when theyre desperate, that they wouldnt normally touch with a barge pole. Where are all theEnglishpeople to work on the farms, in the fields, in pouring rain and minus degree temperatures, that theforeigners now do. Who runs our transport systems...foreignersor descendants of immigrants, and in London, these so called immigrants were brought here specifically to work on our transport system, often cramped in one room, and shabby houses, jobs the english would not get out of bed for. I have worked for many companies, have travelled extensively, and met manyforeignerswho have shown me such courtesy,and manners, who work hard, and are a credit to this profession, far more than many of our english compatriots.At the end of the day they are no different to us, merely looking to better themselves. If you want to complain about these people, then may i suggest you look elsewhere to vent your anger, for it is not the fault of theforeigner` that we find ourselves in this mess…the government is partly to blame for not restricting the numbers, for not introducing road charges, for not making a level playing field, but above all…we only have ourselves to blame for not joining together, and fighting the real causes of the demise of our industry.
TRUCKYBOY
has made some very valid points here regarding about the whys and wherefores of migrant/immigrant workers in this country and whilst tending to agree with him I want to point out that it should not be a [/b]SIN to want to see all of the indigenous population in work before we allow in workers from abroad.
I fully understand the arguments made by truckyboy about the idle English and those on the dole should be made to take whatever job is available instead of free-loading off of the rest of us. There is no doubt that even if all of the idle muppets who spend years on the dole were made to work we would still need migrant workers however we cannot under the present circumstances carry on in the present vein.
We cannot for instance carry on seeing British firms go to the wall while foreign companies are sending trucks over here to do U.K traction work at a fraction of the cost.This is not the fault of those foreign firms who take up the opportunities available, the blame must lie with both the British Government for its lack of enforcement but also with those companies especially those trailer operators who seek out these cheaper often unsafe firms to do their work rather than seek proper rates for the jobs. I have many times been told that foreign firms are going to used because they are cheaper this situation plainly cannot continue.
This thread has brought a lot of comment on a touchy subject out into the open and it should be applauded for doing so because if the government was to have more open and frank discussions in this manner and stop being so politically correct then there would be a lot less animsity towards foreign workers in this country.
I have not had the time to read every post on this thread but there has been an enormous response in just over a week that obviously the feelings on the subject are running very high so maybe everybody who has joined in should Email VOSA and ask for the proper enforcement of cabotage rules in this country and especially in relation to trailer operators up and down the country.
This suggestion applies to all whether they be British or Foreign, then if badly operated foreign firms were drummed out of the U>K the situation wouldn`t be quite so bad for all.
