Truck drivers will seek to disrupt Monday's
traffic heading into Brussels to protest competition from eastern Europe which
they say undercuts prices and lowers labor standards.
Trucks will impose a go-slow pace around Brussels during
the morning, increasing the risks of long traffic jams for most of the day.
Unions and truckers' groups say that the open borders
within the European Union are not matched by streamlined social legislation,
opening the door for many underpaid workers from eastern Europe to come disrupt
the market here.
Under the slogan "Equal wages for equal
jobs!." they call on the EU to clamp down on illegal practices with
tougher checks and make sure that east European truckers get the same pay as
those in Western Europe.
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