for a general âdriversâ wage increase yes! for just one sector of an industry that is dying on its arse, no chance
If Iâm unhappy with my works terms and conditions I speak to my boss. If we donât reach a compromise itâs up to me to look for something else.
Iâm lucky in having worked for firms where you can speak to the management directly though.
Mind you for who are the biggest divas in truck driving I canât decide if itâs petrol tanker drivers or music tour drivers.
del949:
oh I think you can Spanky, you seem to believe a lot of other rubbish
such as?
Me, They are not overpaid, it is those on general haulage who are underpaid,well done to them for fighting for their rights
del949:
I guess that you admire the germans then CF.incidentally I see that the sales of jerry cans have soared but is JERRYcan a offensive term?
Looks like the govât called this one right, tell people to stock pile petrol, and hey presto, record sales of gogas and containers, probably funnels and syphon tubes will also sell like hot cakes
I wonder if its worth emptying my beer barrells in the garage to store diesel.On a seperate issue, considering changing my trusty disco this weekend, does anyone have any info on Mitsubishi ASXâs? good or bad? the info on tâinternet is a bit sparse
Zb union tactics del if you ask me.I would have told the zbâs in government that the strike ballot had gone against any strike action.Then Iâd have announced an indefinite strike starting a week after April 1âst on Sunday. 
By ze vay itâs only ze German vages zat Iâve always admired about ze zbâs. 
fuse:
Me, They are not overpaid, it is those on general haulage who are underpaid,well done to them for fighting for their rights
Fight for your rights itâs OK, holding a whole country with innocent people to ransome for your own gain is very wrong.
these peole are not much better than Idi Amin, Ghana Pirates, or any other dictator!
Would you agree if the Milkman kidnapped your wife and kids to get his bill paid??
Fight them without getting anybody involved, for example work only 8 hours a day, and donât do overtime.
This will mean that you are all more relaxed and the unions get more people employed, that is what they want or should wnatâŚisnâtâ â ?
its like asking nurses to go on strike to increase just the doctors salary. what do you think they would say
Following this through to itâs logical conclusion if the tanker drivers strike for a week or more weâll all be grounded with dry tanks anyway.
No need for anyone to do a sickie.
kr79:
If Iâm unhappy with my works terms and conditions I speak to my boss. If we donât reach a compromise itâs up to me to look for something else.
Iâm lucky in having worked for firms where you can speak to the management directly though.
I think youâd have grown up in much harder times than you could ever dream of if everyone had thought like you since the 1920âs and the economy would probably have been bankrupt by 1970. 
Did the tanker drivers come out in 2000. did they fâŚk
Personally. Reading these threads itâs amazing how many people have forgotten or have never even bothered to read the history about how Unions improved wages and conditions of the majority of workers in this country and elsewhere.
Some of you should be ashamed and forced to read our industrial relations and social history. If you are unwilling. Stop bleating about something you know nothing about.
BTW if the Tanker drivers get what they want it will have a beneficial effect on you own wages and conditions without you having to even lift a finger to help.
Some on here donât deserve that.
mikey-t:
its like asking nurses to go on strike to increase just the doctors salary. what do you think they would say
I donât think that the âdoctorsâ in this case have said that they want an âincreaseâ in salary or that the ânursesâ canât join them to defend their âexistingâ terms and conditionsâ if they want to.Although having said that most of the nurses with any sense have already zbâd off to Canada or Australia.
Nope, and if I was an out of work driver, or an agency driver, Iâd happily cross the picket line as well. Thanks to these idiots, the pumps in Chelmsford are running dry, and when I start my working week on Saturday Iâll have to get up an hour earlier and cycle to work, meaning Iâll have to go to bed earlier and get home later. So while theyâre fighting for more money for unsociable hours, in a very unsociable industry, theyâve â â â â â â my already unsocial life up even more.
As coffee said, â â â â 'em
listen, no one gives a flying fâŚwhen a depot is closed or work moved ect ect, so dont come the old ransom stuff, we have had all sorts of silly rule heaped on us that have cost money and give no improvement, I thuought it was free collective bargaining bla bla bla
@c-kay
Ah! Diddums.
Dear God, not a hope in hell (sic) of the industry ever getting a proper drivers only union, this lot of chumps canât see any further than yesterdays copy of the SunâŚhas it changed political allegiance this week by the way?
I fully support their actions, would i have sick day?.
NO, because for one thing i do not take the â â â â out of my employer regardless of how bad they have been (would have brought me down to their level in some cases) so have never in my working life failed to go to work unless an authorised holiday etcâŚsecondly and most importantly that is not how a professionally organised dispute is run, the tanker drivers and especially their union would not want others to do this, it would be counter productive and give much needed propaganda to the bought and paid for media.
In the unlikely event of coming upon one their picket lines, i will take great pleasure in having a friendly chat with the lads and then turn around, i will not cross one of their lines.
Pumps running dry?..ask Cameron why, the tanker drivers are working flat out to keep up with demand thanks to the Cameron trying to cause a panic resulting in the brainwashed and generally stupid public blaming the worlds issues on the tanker ladsâŚit worked, incredibleâŚas a bonues the tanker lads are milking the overtime so theyâll be able to afford to stop out longer, well done dave.
Solly:
@c-kay
Ah! Diddums.
Oh sorry, I thought these strikes were to improve road safety and to ease off the unsociable hours they have to work? Why should I have to be awake for more hours in the day, possibly making me tired and unsafe on the roads and ruining my social life even more than its already â â â â â â ?
Itâs a ridiculous argument, but itâs no more ridiculous than these planned strikes
darren1000:
Who would be perpared to do a mass sick day to support the tanker drivers?
Not a chance! I donât get paid sick money and they earn more than me. Stop whinging ffs an army bomb disposal expert, firefighters etc get less than tanker drivers.