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Article: Petrol tanker drivers strike; MOTORISTS WARNED NOT TO PANIC-BUY.(News)

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Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
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June 13, 2008
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Byline: By ALASTAIR CRAIG

TYNESIDE fuel tanker drivers were picketing today in a bitter pay row.

Six workers, the legal picket line limit, were outside the Shell terminal in Jarrow at 6am.

Police watched on as the drivers began what could be a four-day strike.

The pay disputes erupted after the trade union Unite claimed workers were paid no more now than in 1992 - around pounds 32,000 per year.

Tanker driver Tommy Parish, North East union representative ...

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