גבי בן הרוש יו"ר מועצת המובילים:כ-30% מהנהגים מסוכנים שאנו מעסיקים אותם בלית ברירה.הייתי מוותר עליהם

Gabi Ben Harosh, Chairman of the Transporters' Council: Nearly 30% of drivers are dangerous and we have no choice but to employ them The Special Committee for Foreign Workers, headed by MK Hava Eti Atiya, discussed today (Monday) the bringing in of foreign workers to work as drivers in heavy vehicles. The committee's chairwoman, MK Hava Eti Atiya, asked representatives of the Ministries of Health and Transportation to update the committee on the dispute between the ministries, a dispute that prevents approximately 23,000 people from obtaining a heavy vehicle driver's license, due to a long wait for medical examinations by the Medical Institute for Road Safety and the Ministry of Transportation's supplier, who terminated the contract with the ministry. The Director of the Licensing Division at the Ministry of Transportation, Yossi Nizri, said, "I am happy to announce that the outline was signed and the franchisee started working a week ago, and that the new franchisee began processing applications from drivers for a heavy vehicle license." The Tsabar company won the tender, the company is obliged to check 1,000 drivers every month. Nizri claimed that there is a shortage of 10,000 drivers in public transport and 10,000 drivers in heavy vehicles. Nizri added that the shortage of drivers has existed for over a decade, and that the shortage does not depend on the Ministry of Transport. Nizri said honestly, I do not want my son to be a truck driver, I prefer him to be a doctor or a lawyer. Drivers who are hired drop out very quickly. According to him, in the first stage we asked to import 2,500 drivers. Anat Aviram from the Ministry of Transport said, she supported bringing in drivers, according to her, I do not see a difference between a supermarket worker and a driver. Moshe Yifrach, Deputy Director of Employers at the Employment Service, said, We continue to receive requests for heavy loads. This year we received about 700 applications for heavy vehicle drivers, we filled 80 positions. Eviatar Hanan from the Histadrut said, there is an interest in bringing in foreign workers not only because of the shortage but also due to savings in employment costs. The foreign drivers will work long hours and at low prices, which will cause Israeli drivers to leave the industry. Elisha Ifrach from the Union of Chambers of Commerce responded to the Histadrut's claim and said, Israelis do not want to work as drivers. We are desperate for drivers, if there are Israeli drivers, bring them in. Ronit Perl from the Concrete Manufacturers Association also claimed that the Israeli driver does not want to work 12 hours on a congested road. Gil Lidgi, chairman of the Consumer and Construction Products Association, said, "We offer drivers a higher salary than manufacturing workers, and yet they are not interested in moving to work as drivers." According to him, "I can absorb 100 concrete truck drivers right now. A driver earns 22,000 NIS net. Bring in drivers, trucks are standing still. There will be no metro because there are no drivers." Veronica Rosenberg, CEO of the Association of Cleaning Companies in Israel, noted that the cleaning industry also lacks garbage drivers. Gabi Bo Harosh, chairman of the Transporters' Council, said that nearly 30% of the drivers are dangerous and that we employ them without choice. I would give them up. This harms road safety, and that they are involved in fatal accidents. Meanwhile, the committee also discussed today the allocation of a quota of foreign workers to work as drivers in public transportation. The committee's chairman, MK Hava Eti Atiya, said that public transportation companies pay fines of approximately 200 million NIS each year due to a shortage of approximately 5,000 drivers, for service that is not provided, trips that are not made, drivers who do not stop at stations, and more. On the other hand, the drivers' workers' committees and the unions oppose bringing in foreign workers as bus drivers in public transportation and claimed that improving the drivers' wages, working conditions, and personal safety would cause more Israeli drivers to come to work in the profession. Gabi Navon from the Ministry of Transportation said, We work On a plan that will benefit drivers. Drivers will take various courses, including a dispatcher course in the Public Transportation Department, transportation planning, safety officers, and a driving instructor. In order to give drivers an incentive to stay working. Navon also said, we are looking into employing discharged soldiers and defining the profession as a preferred job. Shashi Sade of the National Federation of Labor said, we believe that foreign workers will not be a solution to the shortage of drivers. We need a retention plan for drivers. The drivers will also come and train them, and in the end they will run away from the employer. We think that we need to exhaust all the issues we have been working on in recent years. We are in th...