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[Longcol 594]

Good news - some HGV delivery drivers jobs are being filled.

 

Bad news - by bin lorry drivers.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/23/christmas-bin-collections-in-uk-at-risk-as-lorry-drivers-quit

[Dardandec 32]

9 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Good news - some HGV delivery drivers jobs are being filled.

 

Bad news - by bin lorry drivers.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/23/christmas-bin-collections-in-uk-at-risk-as-lorry-drivers-quit

Supply and demand, it makes the world tick. I've just had a 2k pay rise at work without even asking for it. If I'd asked for that two years ago they probably would have laughed me out the office.

[El Cid 212]

14 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Good news - some HGV delivery drivers jobs are being filled.

 

Bad news - by bin lorry drivers.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/23/christmas-bin-collections-in-uk-at-risk-as-lorry-drivers-quit

It might be 'supply and demand' but local authority workers are being offered a 1.75% pay rise, strike action has been mentioned.

I wonder how that will work out, a 2k pay rise each?

 

[Longcol 594]

10 minutes ago, Dardandec said:

Supply and demand, it makes the world tick. I've just had a 2k pay rise at work without even asking for it. If I'd asked for that two years ago they probably would have laughed me out the office.

Where are the qualified HGV drivers coming from to fill the gaps in bin lorry drivers?

[Dardandec 32]

3 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Where are the qualified HGV drivers coming from to fill the gaps in bin lorry drivers?

The EU like before, same for other skill sets, just get them from the European union. Oh, Mmm, hang on.

[Mr Bloke 1,445]

47 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Good news - some HGV delivery drivers jobs are being filled.

 

Bad news - by bin lorry drivers.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/23/christmas-bin-collections-in-uk-at-risk-as-lorry-drivers-quit

Hmmm...

So, they're no longer collecting rubbish...

... they're now delivering rubbish?

[tinfoilhat 11]

7 hours ago, West 77 said:

Wrong thread.  You should start a lorry driver thread. 

 

 

It's most certainly connected with the law of supply and demand.  Lowly paid bus drivers are swapping their jobs to become HGV drivers because the pay at the moment is much higher.

Are you demanding water companies stop pumping sewage into our rivers and sea?

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/brexit-raw-sewerage-water-treatment-b1915765.html

[El Cid 212]

7 hours ago, West 77 said:

It's most certainly connected with the law of supply and demand.  Lowly paid bus drivers are swapping their jobs to become HGV drivers because the pay at the moment is much higher.

I drive a VW Crafter with a D1, some of our drivers are ex bus/HGV drivers, so I am hoping we get an uplift too.

[El Cid 212]

29 minutes ago, West 77 said:

It's a temporary situation.  The article does mention covid and the pandemic which has caused big problems around the World.

If you had a HGV licence there would be more opportunities for you to earn more money.  

Although HGV drivers are older, I prefer a good life/work ballance and want less work as I get closer to retirement.

The really good pay is away from home, I have a family life to maintain.

[tinfoilhat 11]

7 hours ago, West 77 said:

It's a temporary situation.  The article does mention covid and the pandemic which has caused big problems around the World.

 

 

 

Are there any EU countries who are struggling to get chemicals to clean sewage and/or dumping more raw sewage into their rivers than over a century ago?

 

Oh and now we won't be recognising EU mineral water, only ours - laced with ****. And covid can last 22 days in sewage so spare a thought for our fishermen who have had such an easy time post brexit.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-of-withdrawal-of-recognition-for-natural-mineral-water

[L00b 441]

15 hours ago, tinfoilhat said:

Are there any EU countries who are struggling to get chemicals to clean sewage and/or dumping more raw sewage into their rivers than over a century ago?

 

Oh and now we won't be recognising EU mineral water, only ours - laced with ****. And covid can last 22 days in sewage so spare a thought for our fishermen who have had such an easy time post brexit.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-of-withdrawal-of-recognition-for-natural-mineral-water

Between getting thrown under the Brexit bus by Johnson and seeing their catch poisoned by those raw sewage releases, they certainly need it, bless them.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10128401/Why-hundreds-crabs-washing-dead.html
 

Quite unlike French fishermen, whose backs Macron has. Remember the UK recently reneging on the negotiated fishing access rights? To the surprise of no-one, here comes the flipside:
 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/10/25/france-preparing-implement-go-slow-strategy-british-lorries/

 

Would be very problematic for UK exporters, I’m afraid.

Edited October 26, 2021 by L00b

[retep 68]

20 hours ago, tinfoilhat said:

Are there any EU countries who are struggling to get chemicals to clean sewage and/or dumping more raw sewage into their rivers than over a century ago?

 

Oh and now we won't be recognising EU mineral water, only ours - laced with ****. And covid can last 22 days in sewage so spare a thought for our fishermen who have had such an easy time post brexit.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-of-withdrawal-of-recognition-for-natural-mineral-water

"Swimming in sewage: How can we fix Europe’s smelly rivers?"

https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/09/04/swimming-in-sewage-how-can-we-fix-europe-s-smelly-rivers