Category: Reports
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Strike by Unite oil tanker drivers to defend jobs hits fuel supply
123 oil tanker drivers employed by road haulage firm Wincanton began a week long strike at 5am Tuesday 24th January. Employed on the ConocoPhillips contract, they deliver fuel to Jet petrol stations. After a 83% vote for action, these Unite members are striking for job security – they want ConocoPhillips to guarantee they will abide…
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No sell-out on pensions – Fight until we win!
Name the day for the next coordinated strike in January! Today the TUC’s Public Sector Liaison Group (PSLG) met for the first time since the magnificent 30 November public sector strike. Disgracefully, Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, argued that all of the trade unions should sign up to the government’s latest ‘heads of…
