Article: Tanker Drivers Threaten Strike.(drivers for Royal Dutch/Shell)(Brief Article)

Article: Tanker drivers threaten strike
The Independent - London;  July 7, 2002 ;     583 words ...Tanker drivers yesterday threatened to go on strike, adding to the grim prospect of a "summer of discontent" already threatened by 1.4 million ...

Article: 'A panic could empty our tanks' shell staff warn Devon's drivers ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 12, 2008 ;     609 words ... ... may still be queues at the pumps over the next few days as tanker drivers prepare to stage a four- day walkout over pay. The Government ... fears supplies could run out at Shell garages as up to 500 drivers threaten to stop work from Friday morning until Tuesday. Last ...

Article: Why tanker drivers should feel shame ; I would like ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 23, 2008 ;     502 words ... ... fuel crisis, Many are worth more than tanker drivers, Points of view, June 19, and his ... intensive care. In the light of the recent tanker drivers' strike, many of us have felt very ... year - pounds18,000 less than the tanker drivers feel they are worth - and we're not ...

Article: Letter: Are tanker drivers the new miners? VOICE OF ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  June 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... NORMA M COTTON-SMITH ARE the petrol tanker drivers the new miners? I ask because, as ... 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 ;     503 words ... ... 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: Petrol tanker drivers strike; MOTORISTS WARNED NOT ...
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  June 13, 2008 ;     700+ 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' voice to be heard
Belfast Telegraph;  February 4, 2004 ;     293 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 ... be in any doubt whatsoever that oil tanker drivers are saying their voice will be heard ...