I attended outside of Parliament yesterday a TWU protest about the 287 truck deaths. The TWU’s campaign is for Safe Rates. The graveyard will travel around Australia over coming months. The 287 crosses are a sad symbol of those killed in truck crashes in the twelve months since the National Transport Commission criticised:
LOW RATES OF PAY
INCENTIVE-BASED PAYMENT METHODS (SUCH AS PER KILOMETRE OR PER TRIP)
UNPAID WORKING TIME AND DEMURRAGE
THE HYPER-COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE INDUSTRY AND
THE LOW BARGAINING POWER FACED BY DRIVERS
ECONOMIC PRESSURE COSTS LIVES
See here for the 287 crosses
http://www.twu.com.au/national_news/287_CROSSES_THIS_GRAVEYARD_MUST_NOT_GROW.shtml
The TWU will never forgo its responsibility to the public and its members to fight for a safer transport industry.
Yet union OHS rights are under threat (see earlier posts).
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