Press Release – Road Transport Forum It was disappointing, but not surprising, to see the Government ignore submissions and continue with its emergency immigration powers, says Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett. “This Government is anti-immigration and Covid-19 …
It was disappointing, but not surprising, to see the Government ignore submissions and continue with its emergency immigration powers, says Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett.
“This Government is anti-immigration and Covid-19 has provided the perfect setting for its agenda,” Leggett says. “There is a misguided view that the Government can shut us off from the rest of the world and that there are enough New Zealanders willing and able to do all the work that needs to be done.”
Press Release – Road Transport Forum Today, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood joined the Road Transport Forum to launch a traineeship dedicated to the road transport industry – Te ara ki …
Today, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood joined the Road Transport Forum to launch a traineeship dedicated to the road transport industry – Te ara ki tua Road to success.
“On the back of research that we conducted last year, trucking operators clearly identified a shortage of drivers being a problem for their businesses,” Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett says.
Press Release – Road Transport Forum
Today, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood joined the Road Transport Forum to launch a traineeship dedicated to the road transport industry – Te ara ki tua Road to success.
“On the back of research that we conducted last year, trucking operators clearly identified a shortage of drivers being a problem for their businesses,” Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett says.
“We believe in industry solving its own problems where possible, so we decided the time was right for a dedicated truck driver traineeship, run by the RTF for the industry we represent.
Today, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel
Sepuloni and Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister Michael Wood joined the Road Transport Forum to
launch a traineeship dedicated to the road transport
industry - Te ara ki tua Road to success. On the back
of research that we conducted last year, trucking operators
clearly identified a shortage of drivers being a problem for
their businesses, Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief
executive Nick Leggett says. We believe in industry
solving its own problems where possible, so we decided the
time was right for a dedicated truck driver traineeship, run
by the RTF for the industry we represent.
Press Release – Road Transport Forum
To ensure continuity in the supply chain, the road freight industry needs to know when truck drivers will receive the COVID-19 vaccine, says Road Transport Forum chief executive Nick Leggett.
Leggett wrote to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins in January, to enquire about COVID-19 vaccination prioritisation that Government will be using to determine workers in essential industries.
“The trucking industry is keen to understand when its frontline workers (mainly drivers) might be in line for a vaccination and whether they will be given priority over the general population, given their importance in keeping the supply chain running,” Leggett says.