Union plans end of Hull clearing houses
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A NEW nine-point plan for hauliers in the Hull area has been put forward by the Transport and General Workers Union — and parts of it will go into operation on December 15.
The plan includes the closure of all clearing houses in the Hull area — including that set up by owner drivers in the district.
TGWU commercial services officer Peter Allen told CM that there is to be provision for owner drivers in a new "legitimate" clearing house to be set up by the union in conjunction with major hauliers in the area.
There is no suggestion that the owner drivers are not operating within the law.
Mr Allen said that moves have already been made to set up a company to take care of the clearing house.
Under the new plan all Hull-based vehicles will be given priority of work from Hull before any back-loading or use of vehicles from outside the district is considered.
And any driver or company contravening the rules of the new organisation may be disciplined or even removed from the list of authorised operators.
The union is also to strictly implement the 281 mile-a-day limit for vehicles operating without a tachograph and a five am to eight pm working day band. Drivers would work normal hours within that spread.
Unions in the area are also to fight the proposed disposal of any own account fleets where the operator considers that it would be cheaper to use a hire and reward operator.
Now the formerly moribund Road Transport Federation of Hull has been revived to act for the hauliers in the area and has already held meetings with 50 hauliers attending.
"We have the support of 90 per cent of the hauliers in our area — and the major hauliers stand to benefit out of this,". said Mr Allen.