Although what ever you do,don't pick up a copy of the Express this morning as it regails us with what might happen here with photos of empty supermarket shelves on the continent.
The strike commenced at 6.00 am this morning and although contigency plans are in place,the Company beleives that up to 1000 of its stations will run dry.
The dispute has by all accounts been going on for six months when the union acting for the drivers UNITE claimed that their wages had not altered since 1992 despite working longer hours.The Company claims that is not the case and that wages were at £36,000 a year compared to £32,000 in 1992 and that the offer would increase this to £39,000.
Unite's web site put out the following press release.
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.
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