Diesel dispute
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A tanker drivers' dispute may hit fuel
supplies. Guy Sheppard reports.
A CRUNCH MEETING of union officials to be held this week will decide whether to ballot oil tanker drivers on industrial action that could lead to widespread fuel shortages.
It will be the second meeting of Transport & General Workers Union branch officials this month after employers rejected drivers' demands for across-the-board improvements to pay and conditions (CM 10 February).
But Ron Webb, the T&G's national secretary for road transport, says the union wants to examine the full implications of any action before making a decision.
-We simply want to make sure that we are absolutely correct in the way that we're moving forward and moving forward is what we will be doing," he promises.
The union wants final-salary pensions and minimum rates of pay to become standard throughout the sector.
When it began campaigning for these improvements 18 months ago, the then T&G generalsecretary Sir Bill Morris warned of serious disruption to oil supplies unless the drivers' demands were met. The union represents about 3,500 oil tanker drivers.