BP drivers settle
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MANAGEMENT this week ised the "commendably ma3" attitude of its 1,100 oil ker drivers who voted for a :ond time in favour of epting the company's 8.1 per I wage increase.
he basic pay for a grade one ter will rise from £105 to 3.50 for a 40 hour week, and ters now have a potential for ning over £225 a week, when ft allowances, overtime, and 1 productivity payments are en into acoount.
k company spokesman said t the drivers, whose increase es effect from November 23, I earn an average of £217 a ek, instead of £204 as at preit.
lut the threat of a national ker driver strike still hinges
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he results of a ballot of Shell rs due to be announced on esday this week. Senior ds at Esso and Texaco ue to meet on Thursday ay.
ese three cases, the -Is have said that they 1-eturn either to meaningotiations, or for the Advi, ,onciliation, and Arbitra,1 s2rvice to be brought in to ttle ne question of whether or A tie companies' 8.1 per cent ft--,are fair.