Post by acnedriver on May 10, 2023 5:03:27 GMT
Drivers for one of Europe’s biggest delivery firms, which works for Amazon, Ikea and DHL, claim they are being left with no option but to sleep in their trucks for months and are earning well below the minimum wage in most of the countries they visit, according to an Observer investigation.
In a series of interviews conducted in Belgium in March, drivers at the Lithuanian haulier Girteka, which says it employs 19,000 people across Europe, said they had spent weeks at a time sleeping in cramped cabs, often sharing a bunk with a co-driver.
They claimed the company did not adequately cover the cost of access to toilets and showers at rest stops, or to parking spots unless they were carrying a particularly valuable load. Drivers also said they had experienced fines for high use of diesel, including when fuel had been stolen or when they had been running the engine to heat their cabs during cold nights on the road.
www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/07/low-pay-fuel-fines-cramped-cabs-drivers-at-haulier-used-by-major-retailers-speak-out
In a series of interviews conducted in Belgium in March, drivers at the Lithuanian haulier Girteka, which says it employs 19,000 people across Europe, said they had spent weeks at a time sleeping in cramped cabs, often sharing a bunk with a co-driver.
They claimed the company did not adequately cover the cost of access to toilets and showers at rest stops, or to parking spots unless they were carrying a particularly valuable load. Drivers also said they had experienced fines for high use of diesel, including when fuel had been stolen or when they had been running the engine to heat their cabs during cold nights on the road.
www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/07/low-pay-fuel-fines-cramped-cabs-drivers-at-haulier-used-by-major-retailers-speak-out