For months, trade unionists from Germany and the Netherlands helped Philippine lorry drivers, who had been exploited in Germany, to enforce their rights. The working conditions encountered by the trade unionists at their first meeting with Philippine drivers in November 2018 exceeded the expected and now very common miserable conditions in the industry: drivers had not seen any accommodation outside their lorry during their entire term of employment in Europe. They had been living in their vehicles for months, always in pairs. In the meantime, back pay for the men has been successfully enforced.
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