The Transport Workers Union continues the fight to hold the major transport clients accountable and bring relief for transport workers and their families.
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Drivers urge police to investigate client delivery systems
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Truck drivers are urging police to investigate client delivery systems
in the wake of 14 drivers testing positive to amphetamines or cannabis
or a combination at Marulan last week.
TRUCK DEATH STATISTICS POINT TO ROAD TOLL RISES
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With yet another report confirming that economic factors has a direct
impact on the massive death toll in the road transport industry, drivers
are calling for the urgent implementation of Safe Rates across
Australia.
TWU Safe Rates Campaign Explained
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Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon, was interviewed about Safe
Rates. The interviewer was Richard Mares, and it first went to air on
Sunday, 18 December, 2009.
Safe Rates A Step Closer
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The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has today welcomed the announcement
by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industrial Relations,
Julia Gillard, saying the government will work with the Australian Road
Transport Industrial Organisation (ARTIO) and the TWU to formulate
legislation for safe rates for truck drivers.
Safe Rates Campaign Hits Martin Place, Sydney
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The Transport Workers Union today placed 287 crosses in Martin
Place near to mark the 287 deaths from truck crashes that occurred on
Australian Roads in the last 12 months.