Lorry drivers are becoming ill because of a “shameful” lack of toilet facilities they can use during work, according to research. The trade union Unite said a survey of 1,700 lorry drivers found most said they often could not find a toilet while they were travelling on UK roads.
Three out of four respondents said they had needed to urgently use a toilet in the past year but none were available. One in 10 said a lack of access to toilets had resulted in them developing a medical condition.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “These figures are shameful. They demonstrate that not only are lorry drivers routinely denied access to decent clean toilets but problems are getting worse. Toilet dignity is a fundamental union demand – no worker should be routinely denied access to a clean toilet. Unite has a zero-tolerance approach to any employer denying workers toilet dignity.”
