RHA to step up pressure on the French
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• Winning its members compensation from the French government will be a major priority for a leaner, meaner Road Haulage Association (RHA), following a radical shake-up of the organisation.
New director-general Steven Norris is said to be going through the 52-year-old association like a whirlwind to get it in shape for when Parliament reconvenes at the end of October.
One employee says that he and others are not sure whether they will keep their jobs.
But the news for members is better. Norris promises to use his Westminster connections, and an appeal to the European
Commission, to wage a war with the French over their stalling on blockade compensation. "We won't, out of principle, let the matter drop," he says.
Norris also promises to approach EC Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock.
"We feel that where intimidation is used against truckers and where their free movement is impeded, we have a prima facie case in European law," he says. From his new headquarters opposite the Department of Transport Norris also plans to lobby for the introduction of UK vignettes for foreign operators.
Early next year the RHA will launch a new logo for its 10,000 members to display on their vehicles and paperwork.
F. The RHA is advertising for a sales and marketing director; it's offering a .C50,000-a-year reward for "significantly increasing membership recruitment and retention".