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was interested to read your 1story 'Hauliers face racism label' (CM 30 Jan-5 Feb).
My husband is a Scot working for a large haulage depot. He is the only Scot on days and he suspects racial discrimination.
The Traffic Manager's "pals" get all the cream jobs while my husband is kept loading and unloading trailers until there is a load that requires an early, early, start or a job needs a night away, then the load is given to my husband.
lie is in a delicate position: if he reports it and it is proved to be non-existent, he will suffer more, or possibly, lose his job.
Not all racial discrimination cases are against ethnic people and not everyone will report it for fear of reprisals.
The only answer in this case as we can see is for my husband to seek another job.
Am I the only wife to speak out about this because lets face it, men, you all go home and talk to your wives/partners, so let them write and reveal racist Traffic Managers and companies. All drivers are equal regardless of tongue or cok)ur.
Name and address withheld.
Call Kinnock!
In Commercial Motor 20-26 eh there are news stories on the Spanish and French failing to honour their UK blockage cash agreement.
I am naturally disgusted at this, as you are, and my suggestion is that you contact Neil Kinnock who is the Transport Commissioner for EC. lie appears to be conspicuous by his absence in such matters, and is only apparently capable of producing immense amounts of money for Spanish and French airlines which are almost bankrupt. Our VAT has probably resurrected them for a short time.
We have been taking Commercial Motor for many
years now and are always pleased to see the interesting matter in it.
JL Rornanes, Director, Lothian Chemical Co, Granton, Edinburgh.
Congestion blues
feel I must put pen to Ipaper to voice an opinion with regard to the way the emergency services deal with serious accidents on our motorways.
More than once in recent months I have been caught up in serious congestion following a road traffic accident. There is little or no warning on the radio and it results in hauliers being forced to park up with no recourse to food or toilet facilities, simply running out of driving hours.
In this day and age it must he possible to resolve thisproblem that is costing everybody and the country millions of pounds a year. AC Buckman,
Dover, Kent.
Fighting back
If the French Government, as is expected, foils UK hauliers' attempt to win compensation following last year's strike, English drivers should rise as one and blockade the Channel ports and stop any French trucks entering the country.
If international hauliers in this country plan to be in business in 20 years time it's time to act before it's too late. Or is it that I am the only one who had enough of French attitudes and is prepared to do something about it? Terry Pennington, Cherryuillinghant, Lincs.