Tanker Drivers OUT!

[Agem]

They going to try to use Troops but its a Hit & Miss affair. April 4th they say, not sure if its all out or odd day strike.
Mike

[Laurel Green]

If they vote to strike, would suggest it will be over the Easter weekend.

[v64paul]

Stanlow drivers have not recieved ballot papers yet, so can't see it happening this week. On top of which, the main haulier has reached a five year deal with it's drivers. They appear to be doing rather well...
Can't help thinking this news has been manipulated to start a little panic buying, volumes of fuel leaving the terminal seem to be down. I help maintain the fleet, it has been downsized considerably compared to 10 years ago. From the horses mouth, it's the supermarket's drivers who are'nt on such a good deal finacially. The dispute is about everyone getting the same deal, on the face of it fair enough; or so i thought til i heard how much they earn and for what.
The winners will be the oil companies (again)...

[furrywoolyhatuk]

Iv just seen a clip on the news from the nineties strike. In the background on a bp forecourt unleaded was 81.9p!

[FlossyThePig]

Panic buying has started. I wanted to get some juice for the lawnmower on the way home from work but the queue was stupid so I went home.

When I was at college juice was 35p a gallon (I am old)

Edited by FlossyThePig on Tuesday 27th March 20:18

[Krikkit]

All the local stations have put their prices up 3-4p in the past week to exploit the fears about this strike and panic-buying. Good job I can come on public transport.

[mat777]

2 things - firstly, if they do strike then in a way it will be good - Len Scargill Mcklusky and Red Ed Millipede will be able to watch theur last vestiges of public support and sympathy come crashing down around their ears and in future nobody will take them seriously.


Secondly.... over the easter weekend there happens to be a 1000 Land rover convoy going on in Leicestershire to raise a large sum of money for the charity Help The Heroes. A tanker strike may well scupper this as people coming form the length and breadth of the country will not have enough fuel to make the trip.
I therefore wonder how the news headlines would look if it got out that militant communists had effectively prevented a charity close to many peoples hearts getting many thousands of pounds?

[ashleyqprw12]

I also had to leave 2 petrol garages due to being no fuel! wasn't pleased eventually after queing behind 4 cars to get to a pump at tesco it filled up half a tank and they had ran out aswell... total nightmare, p.s wasn't panic buying had been a long day down to 3miles to empty when i finally got fuel

I also presume it would be the easter weekend they strike

[stuwalsh]

FlossyThePig said:

When I was at college juice was 35p a gallon (I am old)

Edited by FlossyThePig on Tuesday 27th March 20:18

When I was 18 I could borrow my dad's Vauxhall Victor 2000, (the FD coke bottle shape), and go to Southport from our home in Liverpool on a Saturday night providing I put £1.00 petrol in the tank!

[Laurel Green]

When I was sixteen petrol was 4shillings and 9pence (about 24p in today's money) per gallon.

PETROL PRICES 1896 TO PRESENT (average price per gallon per year + tax content)


http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol...

[Blue62]

mat777 said:

2 things - firstly, if they do strike then in a way it will be good - Len Scargill Mcklusky and Red Ed Millipede will be able to watch theur last vestiges of public support and sympathy come crashing down around their ears and in future nobody will take them seriously.


Secondly.... over the easter weekend there happens to be a 1000 Land rover convoy going on in Leicestershire to raise a large sum of money for the charity Help The Heroes. A tanker strike may well scupper this as people coming form the length and breadth of the country will not have enough fuel to make the trip.
I therefore wonder how the news headlines would look if it got out that militant communists had effectively prevented a charity close to many peoples hearts getting many thousands of pounds?

I think it's a rather broader subject than you suggest. It might be an idea to pick up a newspaper to get a little more perspective on what is a fairly complex and undoubtedly important isssue.

[MSPV12]

Yeah, because the Newspapers always tell us exactly what the true facts are. Always, 100%.

Frankly I am struggling to see what on earth a Tanker Driver has to complain about??? What are these terrible 'conditions'? <insert clown face dufuss smiley>

[MSPV12]

Again, does anyone know what these terrible 'conditions' are that the drivers don't like?