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IKER drivers are to contheir fight for a 30 per pay rise which could lead fuel shortage if the men de to go ahead with their atened overtime ban from -uary 1.
le men have already cted an offer from BP ch conformed to the ernment's 10 per cent pay lelines and the overtime by the 2,000 men will te into effect if the offer is improved.
at this week a hopeful BP cesman told CM that there ; still scope for further s. "Procedures are not yet austed," he said, but he ned that the company was nd to keep to the Governit pay guidelines.
nd Transport and General rkers' Union road transt organiser Jack Ashwell warned that unless men at other oil companies are a red more money they ;ht well follow suit and ban rtime.
1 Shell the Government's aitration, Conciliation and visory Service has already ?,n called in and a Shell ikesman told CM that the ripany has asked the De-tment of Employment for rification of the guidelines. kt Texaco a lull cieiega iference of shop stewards is ! to take place next week to cuss the situation but a npany spokesman added Lt Texaco would be gotiating within the vernment guidelines.
3ut she hoped that when the v issue was settled the corny would be able to go into ill and meaningful discusns on productivity".
the drivers are asking for es of around 30 per cent ich would give them a basic ge of £90 a week and put ..tir gross wages including ertime to almost £130.
lE 1978 date for the Salon de Manutention (see CM lendar) has now been anunced and is December 5-13. ie organisers are French ade Exhibitions, 196•Sloane -eet, London, SW1; tel: 015 3234.