Article: The upside of being a downsizer; Conspicuous consumers: But would Wayne and Coleen be happier living the simple life?

Article: Why tanker drivers should feel shame ; I would like to thank Peter Gove for his comment on the recent fuel crisis, Many are worth more than tanker drivers, Points of view, June 19, and his recognition of the hard work put in by NHS staff.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 23, 2008 ;     270 words ......fuel crisis, Many are worth more than tanker drivers, Points of view, June 19, and his recognition...intensive care. In the light of the recent tanker drivers' strike, many of us have felt very...per year - pounds18,000 less than the tanker drivers feel they are worth - and we're ...

Article: Letter: Are tanker drivers the new miners? VOICE OF THE NORTH.(Letters)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  June 19, 2008 ;     388 words ......NORMA M COTTON-SMITH ARE the petrol tanker drivers the new miners? I ask because, as a...to today's battle with the striking tanker drivers? I can only say that both my husband...combined income is not that of the tanker drivers. And, like the miners, the tanker ...

Article: Worried tanker drivers warn of new fuel crisis.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  October 27, 2002 ;     256 words ......suspension of the firefighters' action, fuel tanker drivers warned they could still stop work on...militant Tube and rail workers, the tanker drivers said they would not trust the ageing...this won't happen, but the risk of tanker drivers not moving their vehicles does make...

Article: Who are the tanker drivers trying to fool?
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  June 15, 2008 ;     258 words ......derisory' pay offers. This time it is the petrol tanker drivers'claim that is a mockery. By the standards of most...if motorists resist the urge topanic-buy. But the tanker drivers are threatening a further four-day strikenext week...dwindle to crisis point. Against the background of a ...

Article: Unite Urges Shell "Stop Sitting on Your Hands" Over Tanker Drivers' Dispute.
PR Newswire Europe;  June 10, 2008 ;     334 words ......act to avert the four day strike by tanker drivers set to begin this Friday, June 13th...staggering profits Shell rakes in. Shell tanker drivers are earning exactly the same today...a settlement. Unite says that Shell tanker drivers today earn a basic wage of just under...

Article: Tanker drivers told to play safe
Evening Standard - London;  October 18, 2000 ;     113 words ...OIL TANKER drivers will be told by their union not...represents most of the country's oil tanker drivers, said it would "not expect drivers...was in any way compromised". Most tanker drivers refused to take to the road following...

Article: Tanker drivers' voice to be heard
Belfast Telegraph;  February 4, 2004 ;     106 words ......campaign for a better deal for oil tanker drivers is rolling into Northern Ireland this...wide forum. "For too long now the tanker drivers have been taken for granted," Mr Webb...be in any doubt whatsoever that oil tanker drivers are saying their voice will be heard...

Article: Tanker Drivers Threaten Strike.(drivers for Royal Dutch/Shell)(Brief Article)
The Oil Daily;  February 20, 2001 ;     112 words ...Tanker Drivers Threaten Strike British oil tanker drivers who deliver fuel for Royal Dutch/Shell on Friday voted...The Transport and General Workers' Union said the tanker drivers voted by more than 7-1 to take strike action, though...

Article: Fed: Tanker drivers fear terrorist threat
AAP General News (Australia);  March 14, 2003 ;     142 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: Tanker drivers fear terrorist threat The Transport...Workers Union says Australia's fuel tanker drivers must be given training on dealing...terrorism attack. Mr WILLIAMS says fuel tanker drivers feel particularly vulnerable and...

Article: Letter: Tanker drivers are ordinary people; VOICE OF THE NORTH.(Letters)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  June 23, 2008 ;     286 words ......Smith MA's letter in regard to the tanker drivers' dispute (Voice of the North, June...does she know what commitments the tanker drivers have? They may be supporting elderly...ordinary people: does she not think that tanker drivers or miners are ordinary people? The...

Article: Tanker drivers held country to ransom ; I Have no sympathy with the tanker drivers' strike action, holding the country to ransom.
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  June 24, 2008 ;     222 words ...I Have no sympathy with the tanker drivers' strike action, holding the country to ransom. At present...losing their lives earn less than traffic wardens. I feel tanker drivers are just plain greedy and have no consideration for the...

Article: Tanker drivers paid pounds 500 bonus
The Sunday Telegraph London;  October 1, 2000 ;     247 words ......haulage firms have paid their petrol tanker drivers a "thank you" bonus of pounds...are an estimated 3,000 petrol tanker drivers in the UK. P&O Trans-European, which employs 600 petrol tanker drivers and works mainly for Shell, wrote...

Article: Petrol tanker drivers strike; MOTORISTS WARNED NOT TO PANIC-BUY.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  June 13, 2008 ;     500 words ...Byline: By ALASTAIR CRAIG TYNESIDE fuel tanker drivers were picketing today in a bitter pay...delivery contractors. Hundreds of fuel tanker drivers began a walkout today picketing Shell...COMMENT: PAGE 6 CAPTION(S): ACTION: Tanker drivers strike outside the refinery at the...

Article: Tanker drivers put strike off.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  October 27, 2005 ;     29 words ...A PLANNED five-day strike by BP tanker drivers, including some at Stanlow, in a dispute over pensions has been postponed after progress was made during peace talks, it was announced today