Many UK petrol stations run dry amid panic buying

Re:Many UK petrol stations run dry amid panic buying by mrtksn on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:39PM (#28663934)

That was the situation when UK was in the EU. It was actually one of the main arguments against EU, even a fair point because a Polish drivers paid Polish wages were driving in the UK. This is something that other countries like Netherlands also want fixed so that people are paid where they work.

The problem is, Can UK pay the EU companies enough so that they can stop servicing their current EU customers and send their trucks and drivers to the UK for 3 months? What if they can't get their customers back when the 3 months time is over? What if they lose their customers to the competition that did not took the British offer?

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Re:Many UK petrol stations run dry amid panic buying by bserge on Sunday September 26, 2021 @04:18PM (#28664268)

> Polish drivers paid Polish wages were driving in the UK

There is a law specifically against that. Basically, if you drive mainly in Belgium, for example, you get paid local wage regardless of where your employer is based.

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Re:Many UK petrol stations run dry amid panic buying by mrtksn on Sunday September 26, 2021 @04:32PM (#28664406)

Maybe it's new or they are gaming the system? I remember reading this among leftist arguments for leaving the EU. They were complaining about foreign companies sending their workers to countries with higher standards when still paying the workers the low salaries.

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Re:Many UK petrol stations run dry amid panic buying by rwmj on Monday September 27, 2021 @08:58AM (#28670111)

It's the Posted Workers Directive. They've been revising it recently to make it more watertight: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=471

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