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Article: Tanker drivers held country to ransom ; I Have no sympathy with the tanker drivers' strike action, holding the country to ransom.
- Article from:
- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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I Have no sympathy with the tanker drivers' strike action,
holding the country to ransom.
At present they have been earning pounds600 per week and wanted
more than pounds700. They say they have not had a rise for years. I
say perhaps they have been overpaid for too long.
They earn more then teachers and nurses who have had to study for
years to get to where they are in their jobs. They claim theirs is a
dangerous job carrying fuel, but how many fatal accidents have they
had over the last few years?
Teachers in classrooms have been stabbed to death, assaulted and
beaten up. Nurses have been attacked in our the hospitals. Our
soldiers fighting abroad and losing their lives earn less than ...