It's £130 a week ...or else!
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A BID to force the hand of [ell UK to award pay in..ases of up to 30 per cent to tanker drivers, the drivers ye decided to black all deery invoices produced with e aid of computers.
This latest move in the pay spute is seen by some ficials of the drivers' union, e Transport and General orkers Union, as a foreruntto an all-out national Ike by Shell tanker drivers. At present 18 of the 46 Shell rminals produce corniterised invoice notes, and ch of the 18 affects at least Le or two sattelite terminals. The effect of the action will to slow up delivery of Shell and petrol consignments to e extent that only handwrit invoices will be accepted the drivers.
This is a similar move to that ing made by BP drivers after e/ announced they would n overtime from February 1 wards.
A spokesman for Shell UK Id CM: "The average wage a Shell driver is about £57 a ,ek. But his average ear-igs are in fact about £100 a £100, bringing it up to £130.
"Our offer must remain strictly within the Government's pay guidelines. We are offering 10 per cent plus a 5 per cent productivity deal on top — bringing the figure to £115."
From the company's point of view, the next move is "to find someone who can handwrite invoices."
Midlands Shell tanker drivers leader Geoff Parkes told CM: "We are jumping the gun by taking this action. But the decision of my shop stewards at Shell was unanimous."
It is no secret that bluecollar workers manning the computers producing the invoices for Shell have always had a strong dislike for the introduction of the computers.