Polish Company Truck Drivers Continue Strike In Western Germany

DARMSTADT, GERMANY - APRIL 14: East European truck drivers from a Polish forwarding companie stand at the trucks at a rest area on the A5 highway on April 14, 2023 near Darmstadt, Germany. More than 60 truck drivers, most of them from Georgia and Uzbekistan, have been holding out at the rest area for several weeks to demand wages they claim they are owed by Polish businessman Lukasz Mazur, who owns the freight companies that employ the drivers. The strike received nationwide attention on Good Friday, when black-clad men of a Polish company called Rutkowski Patrol arrived with an armoured car and attempted to seize the trucks violently. German police intervened, and since then the truck drivers have received support from local labour unions and politicians, who say the case highlights the broader problem of labour exploitation within the European trucking sector. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)