BROWN DIDN'T DO ENOUGH
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Now that the detail has been dissected and the extent of the Chancellor's generosity is known, we at the HFA feel that virtually nothing has been done to address the catastrophe happening incur industry.
It seems that the government sycophants at the FTA and RHA are quite pleased with the statement and their appetite for further action has been satiated. Not so within our organisation—we intend to fight on for as long as it takes until we can make the industry profitable again and worth considering by our youth as a genuine career alternative.
The effectiveness of the last protests will be impossible to replicate, when all the measures that have been put into place by the police, oil companies and government will have to be overcome, so other action has to be considered.
If the larger companies, which are hurting as much and more as the smaller ones, have the courage and strength of purpose to join with the grass roots of our industry and force tax cuts on this government, can they cast aside their apathy, doubts and fears to do something constructive to help themselves and others?
We have contemplated what further action to take, and the only viable means of protest which would be totally acceptable to all hauliers, the police and even the public, would be the withdrawal of our labour and plant from the logistics chain.
The HFA is conducting a survey on its web site on the viability of such a protest. It is patently obvious that if everyone joined in, tax cuts would be implemented within days. Do you have the will to take such a decision and, more importantly, to stick to it?
Don't bother to support such a protest if you are not totally committed to its objectives. Visit our web site on http/hfatransaction.8k.com and complete the form to register your details.
Together we will make a difference.
Michael Dodds, HFA committee, Newcastle upon Tyne.