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29th January 2004
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PRESSURE FOR BETTER pensions among oil tanker drivers is set to intensify following a landmark agreement with the three contractors who deliver fuel for Shell. The 500 drivers employed by Hoyer UK, JW Sucking and Stiller Transport have voted by a majority of four to one to accept a deal guaranteeing final-salary pensions.

Ron Webb. national secretary for road transport in the Transport & General Workers Union. says: -We not only want to mirror what has been achieved at Shell with other employers in the industry but will be looking for further improvements in years to come." Only 140 of the dri employed by the Shell coni tors are currently on final-sa schemes. The rest arc mostl: money-purchase schemes w are dependent on stock ma performance (CMS January), The agreement, which incli a4.5°/ increase in basic hour() of £12/hour, is the first succem campaign launched last aut to win a better deal for dri throughout the sector.

On Tuesday (27 January), Dromey, the T&G's deputy eral secretary, was due to adc drivers at Grangemouth, 5 land.in the latest in a series of meetings to back the campaie

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