287 crosses: Graveyard must not grow

Date: 27 November 2009

The TWU's campaign for Safe Rates continues at Federal Parliament. The graveyard will travel around Australia over coming months.

The crosses are a sad symbol of those killed in truck crashes in the twelve months since the National Transport Commission criticised:

* LOW RATES OF PAY

* INCENTIVE-BASED PAYMENT METHODS (SUCH AS PER KILOMETRE OR PER TRIP)

* UNPAID WORKING TIME AND DEMURRAGE

* THE HYPER-COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE INDUSTRY AND

* THE LOW BARGAINING POWER FACED BY DRIVERS

ECONOMIC PRESSURE COSTS LIVES

To publicly support safe rates in your community, please call the TWU National Office on 02 9912 0788 or sign up here.

For further information

Contact:	Tony Sheldon
Union:	TWU
Contact Mobile:	0408 463 199
Email:	seth.tenkate@twu.com.au
WWW:	http://www.twu.com.au/

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