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Fair Work Commission makes 'historic' fuel order for truck drivers
The union says this is a "historic" order that "puts obligations on the wealthy clients at the top of our supply chains". (Unsplash: Caleb Ruiter)
Companies like Coles, Woolworths and Amazon have been ordered to hold twice-monthly reviews of fuel prices with their outsourced truck drivers and transport companies, in a Fair Work Commission (FWC) order being described as "historic".
The order is the first of its kind under new laws brought into help transport operators dealing with the soaring price of fuel, with their union saying "thousands" have been working at a loss.
"Every corner of the economy will be touched by this," the Transport Workers' Union's national assistant secretary Emily McMillan says.
Big business ordered to pay up for truckies’ fuel bills, putting pressure on inflation
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Australia’s largest retailers, manufacturers and mining companies will be forced to pay truck drivers more to compensate for spiralling fuel costs after the Fair Work Commission issued a landmark order that could add further pressure to inflation.
Truckies and their bosses, represented by the Transport Workers’ Union and the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation, had been pleading for action after weeks of absorbing soaring diesel prices because their contracts had been signed before war broke out in the Middle East.
The commission ruled that, from Tuesday, companies at the top of the supply chain will have to conduct fortnightly fuel price reviews and factor rising fuel prices into contracts they’ve already signed to transport their goods.
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