Suffolk ReeferBoy:
To [zb] what the [zb] has the war got do do with employing sub standard eastern bloc " drivers" yes I am in a position to say that because I see it every time I do a job out of a east anglian cold store a simple fact
If they can t speak or read english go home and come back when they can simple as that, come back when you understand that driving in the third lane of the motorway is not allowed as wittnessed by me and several other drivers as a H International driver steamed down the M11 , as he was pulling same liveried trailer as myself when I gave him the merchant banker sign the numpty thought I was waving and waved back, and no he wasnt a British driver because I have seen this clown before .
A sign with a truck on with a cross through even to a child would indicate no trucks but when I passed the small service station near Bar Hill N/B, the one which got wreaked by a truck sometime ago, to see a pole shunting around in the Little Chef car park trying to get out me I got on the blower to the office and reported him hard luck buddy I think he may have been taken off the road and put to work in the Freeze store last I heard
The above two incidents are true reports and when the jokers are pulling same trailers as me, in publics eyes I am the same as some half wit who has no understanding of simple basic laws.
So PC gang condem me to a life of poverty and hell for speaking the truth and when your job is on the line due to some unskilled eastern blocer you may think again.
ALSO does anyone know how hard or easy it is to get a truck licence in one of the fine eastern bloc countries
I suspect given the standard of drivers I have seen that if you gave me enough time and enough bananas I could get a barrel of monkeys on acid a polish truck licence
There is a whole lot I have disagreed with in the past SRB, But if you had have put it as well as you have in this post then, I have made a huge mistake, because everything you have said in this post I agree with you, Everything!
Top post, makes sense, isnât racist, and in truth is what is really happening to our Transport industry.
TC , thanks for saying that , it does mean alot and no I am not taking the pee
I do feel strongly about this issue and as you are aware I am not a happy bunny , I am seeing British drivers loosing money due to inexpienced eastern blocers being recruited into jobs where they shouldnt be, else where I have already said but will say again I have seen agency staff dumped on, part time drivers dumped on and next it will probley be me or one of my mates, all because the money men are so short sighted
Me, I aint going to lay down and roll over , stuff that.
brit pete:
robinhood-1984 these comments are ill spoken and not required to
state your view, yes we should state and raise out points for all to hear but no mate many many people all over this planet gave in the conflict
you spoke about, and think before you write as many more came here
to live when the wrong people took over their countries not just POLAND.
If the workers are payed the right wage,and fit all the points required
with good communication skills, and are commpetent in there job then
we can not complain, if this is not true then yes we should say why they
do not deserve to take a job, I will join in any action to stop the abuse
of cheap labour when we have right on our sides, as it is only a modern
form of SLAVE LABOUR; which is practised in all our EU PARTNERS
FROM THE OLD EU:
My comments are entirely required to state my view and that is simply because a considerable amount of people think that I and all other British people musnât say a word against Polish cheap workers because their grandfathers fought for us during the war, which isnât exactly how it happened is it. It seems to be very convienient to forget why Britain and indeed France actually decleared war on Germany in the first place, which had nothing to do with fighting evil â â â â âs, it was to defend Poland as per the treaty that existed between our three countries. How is this ill spoken if its the truth?
robinhood-1984 if you read the post it is state a point which is the same as yours and suffolkreeferboy, but wait a minute its not just one
countrys workers comeing here it is also people from ,spain. cezch,
germany. italy.etc etc, that is why i wrote as i have done. an also stated my own thoughts and opinions i condone the use of slave labour and
have all ways stated that any one being employed must be competent
in his job with communication skills that are right for the job and be
payed a wage which is normal and not extortionately under low just
because the bosses wish to make a bigger PROFIT
truckyboy:
.you mentioned the ghurkasâŚthey have been treated terribly yes they would and have given their life for this country and receive a lot less than their counterpartsâŚ
A lot of this has been improved over the last few yearsâŚ
truckyboy:
although i did read somewhere that they cannot receive the same pension because its a lot cheaper in their own country and they do live very well on the meagre pension
It was about 2 years ago that the pension thing was sorted after one Gurkha took the British Army to court. I can see both sides of this one.
truckyboy:
but i believe that they should be offered a british passportâŚa british pensionâŚand all the rest that goes with serving in the british armyâŚ
âŚand now they can stay in UK and have a ILR (Indefinate Leave to Remain) visa. I agree with that one and also, if theyâre going to live and work in UK, then theyâll probably be needing the same pension!!
With regard to some of the other posts on this page, I think it could be a case of âItâs not what you say but how you say it.â
brit pete:
robinhood-1984 if you read the post it is state a point which is the same as yours and suffolkreeferboy, but wait a minute its not just one
countrys workers comeing here it is also people from ,spain. cezch,
germany. italy.etc etc, that is why i wrote as i have done. an also stated my own thoughts and opinions i condone the use of slave labour and
have all ways stated that any one being employed must be competent
in his job with communication skills that are right for the job and be
payed a wage which is normal and not extortionately under low just
because the bosses wish to make a bigger PROFIT
The reason I spoke about Britain, Poland and World War Two was because people often say that with regards to Poland, they have every right to take any job here they plase because they fought for us in the war. If anyone wants to say the same about Czechs or anyone else, Iâd say the same if it were true. Also considering the fact that at the present time, Polish workers make up something like 70% of all Eastern Bloc EU workers in Great Britain, I think its not unreasonable to single them out for arguments sake.
but when I passed the small service station near Bar Hill N/B, the one which got wreaked by a truck sometime ago, to see a pole shunting around in the Little Chef car park trying to get out
me I got on the blower to the office and reported him
hard luck buddy I think he may have been taken off the road and put to work in the Freeze store last I heard
