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Do you really believe that tanker drivers earn £36000 a year, I don't Perhaps some one driving illegally doing double shifts might otherwise I reckon £18,000 will be more on the mark.Also do you think that tanker drivers really want to be tanker drivers, I bet they would rather be flying jet fighters. Even at the pay rate quoted.
The increase is a little much to expect, most people are lucky to get more than 4% per year. But i think the point is they hav'nt had a rise in line with the average for a few years. It is quite dangerous job really, driving round all day with a massive tank full of petrol behind you, and coping with the general public driving abilities...Although a Jet fighter pilot is not a cushy job if there's a war going on, the rest of the time i bet its amazing... Also i assume they get accommodation costs subsidised or even paid for.
The £36,000 will be for doing in the region of 65-70 hours per week or it could be for a four day rolling week which takes in weekends. Oil companies and other industries that operated their own in house transport got rid of it because it became expensive and also gave the companies loads of hassel with dealing with the powers that be like the Ministry of Transport 'VOSA' and just the general operation of running lorries, they put the transport out to tender to haulage companies. Now the haulage companies take on the work and in some cases the drivers are transferred over to the transport operator under 'TUPE' rules, in some cases the drivers are made redundant and have to apply for their jobs with the new operator and inmost cases on a completely different contract of employment which I can assure you will be in the new operators favour, you might see the tankers in Shell livery but they are not Shell vehicles but belong to the transport company. The new operator when they take on the work which is normally over a five year contract so consequently the pay rises are related to this figure each year or it might be every two years, the tanker drivers complaint is that they are falling behind with their annual pay rise so the complaint is not with Shell but with the transport company, I have been in this exact situation and I'm in total agreement with the tanker drivers and I hope no one crosses their picket lines or scabs, this post is not from a socialist or Labour supporter. ;)
The £36,000 will be for doing in the region of 65-70 hours per week or it could be for a four day rolling week which takes in weekends.
Kimbobill, does that working directive cover all workers? the reason im asking is it says can only work 10 hours a night did i read that correctly?