Well, the thing is that we live in a free market economy and our wages are dictated purely by the Law of Supply and Demand. There is no point is saying “We should be paid this” or “We should be paid that”.
Wages will go sharply upwards when we come out of recession, when there are far fewer of us than are needed to service the economy. About another year to eighteen months, I reckon.
Harry Monk:
Well, the thing is that we live in a free market economy and our wages are dictated purely by the Law of Supply and Demand. There is no point is saying “We should be paid this” or “We should be paid that”.Wages will go sharply upwards when we come out of recession, when there are far fewer of us than are needed to service the economy. About another year to eighteen months, I reckon.
I say upto 5yrs, as others have said, I think the drivers CPC is gonna be the killer of many a truck driver.
I say upto 5yrs, as others have said, I think the drivers CPC is gonna be the killer of many a truck driver.
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lets hope so
dustylfc:
all fair comments but it would be nice to have a fair wage structure am sure if we were on 10 ph sum drivers would still say they earn more but for me it would be a fair rate for a happy and flexible driver
Well funny enough all the drivers at Tesco ,Middlewich where on about that (or more). Then Stobarts got the contract (i’m guessing they’re on £7 odd ph) and the general concensous of opinion from other drivers on all the different forums was that the Tescos drivers were lazy, should get in the real world etc,etc, etc…Now, do you really expect many drivers to stand up and ask (never mind fight in any sense of the word) for more money? All i ever read was other drivers saying they should be grateful for what they get !!! And it looks like everyones got what they want 
I say upto 5yrs, as others have said, I think the drivers CPC is gonna be the killer of many a truck driver.
overdrive:
lets hope so
here here !!
Mike-C:
Well funny enough all the drivers at Tesco ,Middlewich where on about that (or more). Then Stobarts got the contract (i’m guessing they’re on £7 odd ph) and the general concensous of opinion from other drivers on all the different forums was that the Tescos drivers were lazy, should get in the real world etc,etc, etc…Now, do you really expect many drivers to stand up and ask (never mind fight in any sense of the word) for more money?
Yes, I personally intensely dislike lorry drivers, despite being one myself 
Pay £10 per hour and ultimately that is reflected in the price of goods in shops.You can’t expect your wages to go up and all the prices in the shops to remain the same.You will always be faced with the same price differential,someone has to be on the bottom rung of the ladder ,that’s how the world works.You would be much better off with no one working more than 40 hours a week, the way I see it is with 2 Drivers working 60 hours a week , thats 120 hours,divide that by 3 and you get 40 hours,the work of 3 men.The greed of those doing 60 hours is keeping the third man out of work.
overdrive:
I say upto 5yrs, as others have said, I think the drivers CPC is gonna be the killer of many a truck driver.
lets hope so
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didnt they say that about the 45hr week crack on
graham schroeder:
get more eastern europeans over here they do a excellent job and cheap too
cpc i am told will be no problem they will do the modules in their own country
happy days
a EMPLOYER
graham schroeder:
put um in cheap premium stralis units pay um £70 aday for 13 to15hrs £20 night out allowance dont pay parking lay bys will do um oh give um a accident free bonus of £25 a week just renewed contract due to my competitive rates driver cpc arent they eec drivers■■?
its posts like this disgust me weather its a joke or not cos at many firms its a reality. 
schroder is a wind up merchant. It would be ideal for everyone to be able to do a 40 hour week but that aint the game we’re in. I’m lucky I get paid 42hrs a week at about £12p/h, if I had to leave my place it would mean taking a pay cut or having to work more hours. It’s alright saying the guys doing 60hours are keeping the third man out of work but if they are on 40hours basic and 20 overtime just to make a living wage how can they do it?
cant offer you a job then jd
sorry about the wind up
but what i wrote on this blog seems to be every job advertised why r we letting this happen why cant drivers stick together like the miners the french trucker
jd as a moderator and rikki why cant you organise a march on downing st im sure drivers small hauliers would all make their presence felt
ie full term contracts not short term hourly rates instead of basic or fixed wages topped up with bonuses
secured parking the list goes on proper rates etc
instead of insults all band together these forums could be used to make life a better place and put pressure on are govermentfor all drivers
uk or eec cheers graham
graham schroeder:
why cant drivers stick together like the miners the french trucker
Because it has always been the way of the british trucker - most do this type of job because they like to do what generally amounts to a lonely job - this becomes more obvious when you sit in a transport cafe with hardly anyone speaking to each other.
To change the social attitudes of thousands would be a very long uphill struggle.
graham schroeder:
jd as a moderator and rikki why cant you organise a march on downing st im sure drivers small hauliers would all make their presence felt ie full term contracts not short term hourly rates instead of basic or fixed wages topped up with bonuses
secured parking the list goes on proper rates etc instead of insults all band together these forums could be used to make life a better place and put pressure on are govermentfor all drivers uk or eec cheers graham
Simply put - there is no backbone for that kind of action in this country. We could learn a lot from the French, as recently as last week they threatened to block Total plants - the result, Total backed down to a big extent, if the Fench use the authorities then every French worker backs the strikers, over here they send a local bobby to see what’s going on and everyone buggers off home.
Would I be correct in saying that in France the police back the truckers but in the UK they are used as Govt porns to do the opposite (whether the UK police agree or not) 
ROG:
Would I be correct in saying that in France the police back the truckers but in the UK they are used as Govt porns to do the opposite (whether the UK police agree or not)
I presume you mean “pawns”.
diggertony:
money money money…if yer were paid £200 a day some would still want more…transport is the way it is if yers dont like it leave it… as for that fella running bent i would say theres not a driver on here thats not running bent ever■■?
ROG:
Would I be correct in saying that in France the police back the truckers but in the UK they are used as Govt porns to do the opposite (whether the UK police agree or not)
In my opinion that is spot on, we (the workers) have never been told the whole truth by ANY government anyway, the police and army on a few occasions are merely used as tools against us, that is why most of us are probably anti establishment.
graham schroeder:
cant offer you a job then jd
no thanks. 
What’s all ■■? That about…