Unite: Shell tanker drivers – talks have broken down
Unite assistant general secretary Len McCluskey said today (Thursday) that talks have broken down between the union and the employers, Hoyer and Suckling:
“We are extremely disappointed that talks with Shell’s contractors Hoyer and Suckling have broken down this evening.
“Shell’s failure to intervene in this dispute means that Shell’s drivers have no alternative other than to go ahead with strike action, beginning on Friday June 13th, 2008.
“This dispute could have been resolved if Shell had advanced a fraction of the billions of pounds in profit they make every month.
“One of the world’s richest companies is prepared to play Pontius Pilate and see the British public inconvenienced rather than settle this dispute for a sum smaller than the chairman’s pay increase last year.
“Provision has been made for fire, police and the emergency services.”
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Unite will hold a press briefing at 6.30pm, Thursday June 12th 2008 at Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, Holborn WC1X 8TN
For further information contact Ciaran Naidoo on 077689 31315 or Pauline Doyle on 07976 832 861
Pauline Doyle
Head of Media & Campaigns
020 7420 8928
07976 832 861
Final draft rules for Unite
“Unite’s Joint Executive Committee has agreed rules for our new union. These rules will be submitted to a ballot of the members in the course of the summer, under procedures to be agreed by Unite’s Executive Council. They will come into force, if approved, in November, when the amicus and T&G sections will cease to exist as Unite is fully merged.”
Download a pdf of the final draft rules
Download a pdf guide on the ballot
If you want to know more about the T&G, visit us at www.tgwu.org.uk or contact our head office on 020 7611 2500.
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