Don't know much at all about the IRU, but this is who they say they are:
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the world road transport organisation. We represent the entire industry – bus, coach, truck and taxi, and drive the sustainable mobility of people and goods across the planet.
Pete-MK(Elite Donator) posted this on Tuesday, 28th September 2021, 15:32
Quote: Si Wooldridge says... "Don't know much at all about the IRU, but this is who they say they are:" I've been driving trucks for 16 years, and I've never heard of them. I daresay their comments may be well founded, but I wouldn't call them an authority on anything.
Pete-MK(Elite Donator) posted this on Thursday, 30th September 2021, 08:14
Probably not, as the link you posted reads like alarmist tabloid bunkum, complete with over-arching headline, and while surveying 777 companies from the hundreds of thousands all over the world, the results aren't very relatable to what's going on here:
Quote: Surveying 800 (actually 777) road transport companies from over 20 countries (23), IRU found that driver shortage was most acute in Eurasia, where last year 20% of driver positions were not filled. China was the least affected country in 2020 with only 4% of jobs open.
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