Thread: 7,000 truckies to go on strike?

Originally Posted by bob10

Surely not during this covid crisis?

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best time to hold people to ransom

Toll are trying to move these truck drivers to a shop assistant award, rather than a drivers' award.
There was a case (in WA??) where a young fellow was hit by a car, whilst taking groceries from the rear of the small truck. The young fellow sustained serious, permanent, life changing injuries.
In court it was argued that he was on the first rung of a truck driving career. The counter argument was that he was a shop assistant, ergo the payment should be significantly less than what was claimed.
Toll is a transport company and should be paying transport rates, not boosting their shareholders' returns by underpaying low paid workers.
Wages and conditions are being eroded constantly. I know a nation wide company that is casualising its workforce. They are paying overtime rates after 38½ hrs, so employees are being worked 12+ hrs a shift, but only allowed three shifts in a pay period.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Toll are trying to move these truck drivers to a shop assistant award, rather than a drivers' award.
There was a case (in WA??) where a young fellow was hit by a car, whilst taking groceries from the rear of the small truck. The young fellow sustained serious, permanent, life changing injuries.
In court it was argued that he was on the first rung of a truck driving career. The counter argument was that he was a shop assistant, ergo the payment should be significantly less than what was claimed.
Toll is a transport company and should be paying transport rates, not boosting their shareholders' returns by underpaying low paid workers.
Wages and conditions are being eroded constantly. I know a nation wide company that is casualising its workforce. They are paying overtime rates after 38½ hrs, so employees are being worked 12+ hrs a shift, but only allowed three shifts in a pay period.

C'mon Ian ,
Where else is the new boss of Toll going to get the $$ to buy some more Cartier watches.😀😀
Bulletman

Originally Posted by V8Ian

not boosting their shareholders' returns

you know they have a legal obligation to do so right?

Originally Posted by Eevo

you know they have a legal obligation to do so right?

At what cost?
Three is also a legal duty of care.
Jonesfam

Originally Posted by jonesfam

At what cost?
Three is also a legal duty of care.
Jonesfam

at the cost of the CEO's bonus. and the CEO will look after his bonus more than the duty of care of people at the bottom. i dont understand why people are shocked over this. its how the system works.

Originally Posted by Bulletman

C'mon Ian ,
Where else is the new boss of Toll going to get the $$ to buy some more Cartier watches.😀😀
Bulletman

We do a heap of work for a reasonably large trucking company,they have around 350 on the road,many B doubles.

The Boss,Barry,has a different vehicle for each day.Its a joke with the boys,i wonder what vehicle will be in his car park today?

Not long ago he bought a FFRR,it was so good he ordered one for his wife.

He also has a couple of very nice Holden GTS's,in his collection.
He told me how much they use in fuel a year,but the amount has dissapeared from my grey matter,but he did say every week or so he puts well over $1Mill into the fuel account.

You only have to look at this page fir it to tell you all you need to know about Toll - Michael Byrne to step down - Thomas Knudsen appointed as Managing Director of Toll Group | Toll Group

There’s a bit on the previous GM - Michael ‘Monty’ Burns. He didn’t earn that nickname for being a nice bloke I can tell you. Although he’s moved on he was very much the person behind the current culture at Toll.

Won’t say any more about that though lest I land myself in trouble.