Pandemic of exploitation in European trucking: VNB-ITUF-IUF report on European road transport
International Transport Workers' Federation, London ; European Committee of Food, Catering and Allied Workers' Unions within the IUF, Brussels
ITF - London
2020
9 p.
epidemic disease ; road transport ; unsafe working conditions ; outsourcing ; low wages
Transport
English
Ill.
"Road transport companies are exploiting Covid-19 to further exploit truck drivers, cut transport prices, pay, conditions and health and safety across Europe, an investigation from FNV-VNB, ITF and IUF has revealed.
The investigation has revealed that transport companies are exploiting the lack of checks and controls by enforcement authorities during the pandemic.
Interviews with drivers have uncovered the exploitative practices commonplace in the industry and additional abuses that drivers have faced as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, ..."
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