French Drivers Chief Visits UK
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raA NEW deal for the ever-increasing number of British road haulage workers who drive on the Continent was proposed in London this week by M. Francois de Saulieu, secretary-general of Les Routiers, the French transport workers' union. He came to this country as representative of the International Union of Transport Drivers which would like to standardize transport drivers' rights and privileges in Europe and to extend them to all nations.
He had a 90-minute meeting with Mr. Harry Nicholas, acting general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. Since the TGWU belong to the International Transport Workers' Federation—of which Mr. Frank Cousins is still president—the reception he received was somewhat less than warm, writes our Industrial Correspondent.
At a Press conference on Wednesday he said that the driver of a heavy goods vehicle, whatever his nationality, must be given aid and practical support in whatever country he might suffer an accident and require immediate help. Drivers should be able to find in every European country rest houses and eating places such as already existed in Belgium, Holland, Spain, Switzerland and France. A second object of his visit to Britain was to find a number of small catering establishments capable of and prepared to receive French transport drivers.