Here is a little news on the economy in Europe. This is a little more specific to truck drivers in Greece.
Reported by the Wall Street Journal, it’s good news for Greece. Their truck drivers are ending the strike against their Government. The truck drivers are angry with Greece’s idea of issuing more licenses for trucks which would flood the market with competition and thus giving less business to each truck driver. The strike was ended when the Truck Driver’s union, the Federation of Overland Commercial Transporters, voted to end the strike.
Federation President Giorgos Tzortzatos was quoted as saying: “We have made our decision with a sense of responsibility and taking into account the problems the strike action has caused,” The government of Greece responded with the response: “The transport market will open, this reform is necessary for the economy and the citizens and for that reason the legislation will go forward,” Greece has had a huge fuel shortage during tourist season because of this strike. Starting July 25th, this mired the countries image even more than it had with its bad state of economy. The Greek economy has affected everyone in their economy including Truck Drivers.
We here in the United States don’t have the worries that they do. Yes, we are struggling with our own financial woes, but we still have more food on the table than most countries. We have companies here that train drivers who have never driven before and immediately hire them upon graduation with high safety records. We also have truck-driving companies here that compete for the freight and win upon best quality and price. No economic system is perfect, but we here in the United States have more financial opportunity than our neighbors in other countries who are struggling in this first decade of the 21st Century.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704702304575403312114219860.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
