Tankfreight faces new contract row
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111 Tankfreight is locked into a new row about transferring drivers following the loss of an Esso distribution contract Co United Transport Tankers.
But it has settled its differences with Wincanton by agreeing a joint fund for redundancy pay to the 48 drivers who were not offered jobs by Wincanton when it won the five-year/75m Texaco contract from Tankfreight.
Both companies are prepared to let an industrial tribunal decide if the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations apply — these would force Wincanton to offer ex-Tankfreight drivers redundancy pay, or continuous employment.
Tankfreight has offered United Transport Tankers a similar solution, so that the 35 drivers working on the London-based Esso Industrial Fuels contract can have redundancy pay.
LI Tankfreight has won a new Esso contract from Wincanton — distributing bitumen from Esso's Southampton refinery.