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Time to fight for our industry
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IN 10 YEARS'TI LI there will no longer be a British road haulage industry, unless a 180' turn in attitude is taken now.
There are still some who maintain that there will always be British hauliers in business, but this is to ignore what has happened to other industries in the past.
The British Motor Corporation thought that because it was the fourth-largest car manufacturer in the world, its survival was assured. Where is it now? In the sixties. British ships operated worldwide and were acknowledged to be among the best.So confident were British seamen of their future that they were prepared to strike in support of their claims. But by the end of the seventies. the British shipping industry had virtually disappeared.
People may want to buy British but they succumb to our foreign competitors because they are cheaper— even if the quality is not of Rolls-Royce standard.
In contrast, the pig-farming industry was at its nadir a few years ago, but re-organised itself and fought back with the result that it is now seen as a profitable industry with a future.
What we need is the will to fight and counter by all possible means the difficulties and disadvantages imposed upon us. So far this will has not been demonstrated by our trade organisations and unions. Robin Vaughan Thetford, Norfolk