stobarts drivers working on the tesco contract have given notice to strike in ireland and its not looking good for him as he lost big contracts there.ie; coke and quinn glass
Drivers conditions? Not the pay? 
irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire … 53839.html
Couldn`t happen to a nicer bloke!!
As there has, for ever and ever and ever being a rivalry/antagonism/jealousy/competition between my great(er) island and your okay(ish) island,I`d love to see,definatively which side of the Irish see hates Stobarts more,East or West? 
Have noticed over the last week that there are a bigger number of Great Bear wagons in/out of Unilever Cannock late pm/early am. Is this another contract thats going down the pan or have GB taken work from someone else? Trailers are being pulled by (mainly) plain white, newish Scanny’s,
Haa
They did read about Tucknet Hauling Company wich is in planing 
Actrosman:
Have noticed over the last week that there are a bigger number of Great Bear wagons in/out of Unilever Cannock late pm/early am. Is this another contract thats going down the pan or have GB taken work from someone else? Trailers are being pulled by (mainly) plain white, newish Scanny’s,
GB will be in there mate! They closed or are closing Unilever Preston Brook and moving all the gear there to Cannock! HTH 
dessy:
Actrosman:
Have noticed over the last week that there are a bigger number of Great Bear wagons in/out of Unilever Cannock late pm/early am. Is this another contract thats going down the pan or have GB taken work from someone else? Trailers are being pulled by (mainly) plain white, newish Scanny’s,GB will be in there mate! They closed or are closing Unilever Preston Brook and moving all the gear there to Cannock! HTH
Ah right, that explains it then! So i guess there will be more gear going in, which will mean more wagons overnighting outside on the road 
Think it was Monday night/Tuesday am, they were parked up the hill to the top, round the corner and all the way down (nose -tail) to the T-junction at the other end…thankfully i have not met anyone coming the other way, so have (so far) escaped the stand-off/long reverse…foot down, full beams!!
PS. Hows the man flu?
Still off! And my Mrs has “Manflu” now!
“Driver welfare is at the heart of our business. Two recent independent audits by the Road Safety Authority have found Stobart to be fully compliant with driver standards,” a statement for the company said.
I presume this means DVTANI have found stobart to be compliant.
There must be a spare 120 Polish lads looking for work
It’s Taliban in Ireland mate! 
Go on the boys!
dessy:
It’s Taliban in Ireland mate!
Whats Taliban?
now will you see the uk drivers coming out in support of their fellow drivers across the water, after all the uk drivers have been getting shafted quite a bit over the last six months or so. no?..didnt think so…
stobarts are asking english trampers to work in ireland next week.thats not for me sorry.
Are the Irish lads more unionised than over here?
Wheel Nut:
dessy:
It’s Taliban in Ireland mate!Whats Taliban?
The Taliban or East Europeans Malc!
zodiac:
stobarts are asking english trampers to work in ireland next week.thats not for me sorry.
That will be the lads out of Appleton Thorn then zodiac! The lads up there should tell them to “do it yerself” As they(management) know better than the drivers!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch than the planning team at AT!
tallyman:
Are the Irish lads more unionised than over here?
A smaller operation in Ireland and it’s Tesco Ireland specific so will be probably drivers from pre-Stobart getting in there!
zodiac:
stobarts are asking english trampers to work in ireland next week.thats not for me sorry.
you would need balls to cross a picket line i wouldnt cross a picket line even over there