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THERE SHOULD be no incre in lorry weights until t European Economic Commiur enacts a policy of social lei lation with the lorry driver mind, says the Transport General Workers Union's n transport commercial group.
In a response to the Armit Report, it has complained t the Report says plenty about ries, people, and the envir ment, but nothing about working environment or ter and conditions of the drivers.
Group secretary Jack Ashy complained that the Unic submission on employees' c ditions and how they could improved were ignored, added: "It is obvious that lc weights are more import than the guys who drive vehicles, and the term 'envir ment' is taken to cover wha happening outside the vehi. and not the 'environment' of driver in the cab."
The group said it deplores fact that committees of ingt into the industry concentr either on "dogmatic propose to improve economic operat or to impose further restricth on the industry and its worker