Tanker outlook gooc but trouble ahead
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AS PROSPECTS brightened for a settlement in the tanker drivers' dispute, the picture looked bleak for hauliers, with drivers in Scotland and some areas of England due to strike from Wednesday this week.
As CM went to press, tanker drivers' shop stewards were meeting with officials of the Transport and General Workers Union at Shell, BP, Texaco and Mobil to discuss their reactions to the latest management offer.
None of the companies would reveal what the offer is. CM believes it to be in the region of 15 per cent. but there are some difficulties on productive conditions attached to the offers.
A Shell spokesman said that the company wanted the men to agree to discuss productivity by the end of February — but at all the companies meetings were still in progress.
At Esso and Mobil, the threat of overtime bans has been withdrawn and Mobil did not expect to hear of accei ance or rejection of its off until next week.
Meanwhile in Scotian drivers were due to strike frc midnight on Tuesday and th were expected to be joined drivers in Hull, Southamptc Liverpool and Tilbury, who protesting at the failure of t Road Haulage Association meet their 20 per cent p claims.
But in Scotland the effe of the strike itself will not felt until the weather becon a little milder and so employers were not expect to send lorries on to the r( this week.
Negotiations between RHA and the Transport E General Workers Union w continuing this week some officials believed thE large number of drivers f oured acceptance of the RH offer of a Eat-a-week basic.