1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216 
Oil drivers in pension talks
Page 10
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
The T&Gis pay campaign in the oil distribution sector has finally begun to bite. Guy Sheppard reports.
THE FIVE BIGGEST employers in oil distribution have agreed to negotiate with union leaders about the creation of a radical new `portable' pension scheme for tanker drivers.
TheTransport & General Workers Union claims the value of drivers' pensions in the sector has been steadily eroded over the past 20 years by oil companies contracting out their distribution.
John Roscoe, chairman of the T&G's oil trades delegates, reports that Exel, Wincanton, BR Hoyer UK and DV Suckling have all agreed to discuss the transferable pension idea.
"Our priority is to get something portable across the companies and it has got to have a value that we are experiencing in the better half of our community at this moment in time," he adds, Charles Can, marketing and communications director for Wincanton, confirms the sector's big five employers have agreed to discuss the issue with the union.
-What the outcome of that will be is far too early to say," he adds. "We think we have an excellent pension scheme in Wincanton."
The agreement follows more than 18 months of campaigning by the union to improve pay and conditions of tanker drivers. It means the T&G is no longer insisting on an across-the-board 90/0 increase in their basic pay ( CM 24 March).
Roscoe says: "The negotiators will decide what the companies can afford. They have the decision to go higher or lower. We have given them the guideline of 9% and that is based on the huge profits being made in the industry at the moment."
• The RMT union is this week (814 May) expected to advise around 100 drivers at rail-freight operator Freightliner to accept a revised pay offer. This follows last month's decision to suspend an overtime ban and a series of one-day strikes (CM 21 April).