by Karl Dyson | Feb 22, 2013 | Tanker Strike
More than 40 tankers drivers from Grangemouth Oil Refinery have started a 3 day strike in a dispute over pensions and pay. The walkout began at 4AM this morning with drivers returning to work at 8AM Monday morning. According to Unite the drivers are protesting over...
by Karl Dyson | May 12, 2012 | Fuel Protests
The threat of a damaging fuel tanker strike was averted yesterday after drivers voted by just a 1% margin accept a peace deal. After eight days of talks with the conciliation service Acas, Unite said that just 51% of it’s members had backed proposals to end a...
by Karl Dyson | May 8, 2012 | Fuel Prices
A poll by the pressure group FairFuel UK of more than 26,000 motorists has shown a massive 89.3% felt ministers were to blame for soaring fuel prices.The survey conducted on the FairFuel website has also shown that three-quarters of motorists thought MPs were...
by Karl Dyson | Jan 14, 2011 | Fuel Protests
Britain is facing possible petrol shortages after the country’s largest union threatened to call 3,000 fuel tanker drivers out on strike. Unite, the union behind the British Airways cabin crew strike, has announced a wave of ballots across the industry in a...
