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Charlie Pridham writes:
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| That has always been the case, the change is that if he does longer
| journeys he/she has to work a five day week not six, which means
| employing more drivers as the standard working week in the industry is 6
| day, the rules also require a taco graph to be fitted to check driver
| hours on the longer routes, it is a clear case of the bus companies being
| bad employers and shifting the blame onto Europe in the hope that public
| pressure will get the rules changed. We already enjoy an expensive
| service that fails to meet demand in country areas despite public
| subsidy, one would have at least hoped it was a safe one.

And treated its workers decently.

But The Powers That Be in the UK believe in Victorian values - in this
context, see under Tolpuddle Martyrs.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.