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Lithuanian transport companies are under increasing pressure to ensure the right conditions for drivers. Overseas truck stops, the adoption of the mobile package, and isolated driver complaints increasingly force carriers to change their attitudes toward drivers’ working conditions.
Uzbek S. Aripkhodjaev has now returned to his home in Tashkent, which is why he says he has avoided the shackles of the coronavirus, but is outraged by the conditions under which his compatriots have to live and work in the Lithuanian company. “We thought it was Europe, but it is not,” he says.
Live in eight rooms
Uzbek filmed how Uzbeks working in a transport company live in a shelter in Kaunas. His filmed scene shows a room of about 15 square meters, where the bunk beds are occupied by eight people.
The other room is even smaller and also houses eight drivers. Four more people can stay in an even smaller room. A bathroom for all drivers.
This may explain why the virus spread so quickly among Uzbeks who work for the company.
After an outbreak at Hegelmann Transporte, in which 18 drivers were infected with the coronavirus, the government on Thursday tightened conditions for those coming from third countries, not only to isolate themselves but also to conduct a COVID test. This will affect companies that bring drivers from third countries, such as Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
Man 15 minutes He said he had worked practically non-stop and rest for the past nine months. “I lived all this time in the cabin of my tractor. During this period, while working for the Hegelmann Group, I suffered several serious violations by the company, ”he says.
Sidik
According to Uzbek, most of the drivers working at the Kaunas company are from Ukraine and Uzbekistan. “Employers do not allow drivers to rest in hotels or other accommodation when traveling in Europe. Drivers are forced to live inside the cabin all the time, which is a violation of EU working conditions,” he said. .
VIDEO: The Uzbek at Hagelmann, who experienced the COVID outbreak, showed what living conditions look like
Forced to live in cabins?
Cooking and resting are only done inside the cabins. “Drivers do not have the opportunity to wash or wash their clothes while driving in Europe,” he says.
The drivers, he said, have documents that show that they rest in hotels when driving through Western Europe, but in fact, according to the interlocutor, they sleep in taxis. “The documents are shown to the police when they stop in Europe,” Uzbek said. He is outraged that the company is misleading not only the drivers but also the officials, for whom he is responsible.
“I ask you to constantly check all drivers who work for the Hegelmann Group when they go to Europe,” Uzbek says in a letter he sent to the Lithuanian authorities.
According to the driver, such exploitation should be stopped and the carriers should be forced to take care of the carriers.
Uzbek sent letters to Hegelmann Transport to the Ministry of the Interior, the police, the Labor Inspectorate and the Uzbek Consulate. He was advised to contact the Labor Disputes Commission. The driver also intends to go to court because he says the company has not paid him the full salary.
He complains that he was evicted from the shelter and fired with his own forged signature, and that he himself decided to do so.
Attack things
Agnė Ambrazevičienė, marketing manager at Hegelmann, said that an Uzbek citizen is misleading.
“We cannot comment further on the situation as the relevant authorities have been contacted to spread misleading and incorrect information about the company,” the spokeswoman said.
The mobility package adopted by the European Parliament will oblige employers to take more care of drivers and accommodate them in hotels or other accommodation. Lithuanian transport companies say this is an uneven competitive fight in which Western transport companies are interested.
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