This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Improve facility's, pay, conditions for truck drivers in the United Kingdom
Trucks keep this country going everything less babies and utility's are delivered by trucks yet the pay is minimum the hours are ridiculous. Then there is the facility's on the road and the way drivers are dealt with something has to change there is no youth coming into this job for a reason
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The evidence is there in plan sight lay-bys being taken away services charging extortionate amounts to park drivers working 6 days a week to make ends meet places u deliver treat u like something they trod on. The realisation should be that truck driver always have and will be the back bone of the nation and keeps the econ going. The trucking work force is ageing and the youth of this country don't want a job like this in this state that it's in
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The pay and conditions of truck drivers is the responsibility of individual companies.
However there is a petition on facilities for truck drivers that you may like to sign https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/117511
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