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10-13-2010, 03:10 PM
Two bus drivers have been suspended - for being too fat.
According to union bosses, the men were sent home and told that if they don't lose half a stone over the next four weeks they face having their pay docked.
And colleagues at Blackpool bus depot said the drivers were warned that if they fail to shed the weight they could go without pay for up to a year.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/13/article-1320219-0B9A2CFC000005DC-547_468x399.jpg 'This is the latest in a series of cavalier actions taken by Blackpool Transport.
'The role of a tram or bus driver is naturally a sedentary role, and there must be better ways of managing issues such as this - and it is not for your boss to tell you you have to lose weight.'
Blackpool Council is the only shareholder in Blackpool Transport, and a council board sits regularly to discuss matters relating to the transport company. The next meeting is due ton Friday.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320219/Two-bus-drivers-suspended-fat-told-lose-weight-lose-pay.html#ixzz12GdpOD3v
According to union bosses, the men were sent home and told that if they don't lose half a stone over the next four weeks they face having their pay docked.
And colleagues at Blackpool bus depot said the drivers were warned that if they fail to shed the weight they could go without pay for up to a year.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/13/article-1320219-0B9A2CFC000005DC-547_468x399.jpg 'This is the latest in a series of cavalier actions taken by Blackpool Transport.
'The role of a tram or bus driver is naturally a sedentary role, and there must be better ways of managing issues such as this - and it is not for your boss to tell you you have to lose weight.'
Blackpool Council is the only shareholder in Blackpool Transport, and a council board sits regularly to discuss matters relating to the transport company. The next meeting is due ton Friday.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320219/Two-bus-drivers-suspended-fat-told-lose-weight-lose-pay.html#ixzz12GdpOD3v