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HGV DRIVERS AND UNITE the union are calling for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to investigate the lack of toilet facilities for visiting drivers at the Heathrow Airport sites of Dnata and Swissport.
Their complaints centre on the Dnata Village, Dnata Virgin and Dnata Southpoint sites, and Swissport's cargo handling areas at Shoreham Road West and Horton Road. None of the five depots provide dedicated toilets for visiting drivers on site.
Driver access to staff toilets at the sites is refused on the grounds of security, with drivers directed to walk 20 minutes to toilets on Shoreham Road.
One driver told CM that this was unacceptable. He said: "No office worker would be put through that. There is plenty of room on these sites to build proper facilities for drivers that wouldn't require them to enter the secure areas."
"It is disgusting. These are multimillion pound companies that...