Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008
A Happy Ending
Daily Mail: Strike threat hands Shell tanker drivers inflation-busting pay deal
Shell tanker drivers last night won an inflation-busting pay rise after their four-day strike brought chaos to forecourts. The deal, which is worth at least 14 per cent over two years, will take their average salaries to nearly £42,000 a year.
Posted by yoyo1 @ 08:23 AM (847 views) Add Comment
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1. yoyo1 said...
Not quite 21%, but a step in the right direction
2. cornishman said...
I don't suppose we will ever find out who put pressure on whom to sort out this dispute.
What it will do, though, is re-awaken the desire to strike for more pay. It worked, didn't it? With a weak government, desperate to stay in power, it looks like big pay rises will materialise - despite the pleas of the Chancellor.
That means that the value of any cash savings will be reduced. Increased wages also mean that house prices may not fall as far as some may be thinking.
3. Jackas said...
I wonder how teachers, nurses, police etc will view this pay deal?
Seventies-style national strikes are a comin'....
Well done everyone involved.
4. crash n burn said...
Think I may give up Engineering and become a tanker driver. It obviously seems from the cr@p wages that this country doesn't need us anymore.
5. inbreda said...
Cornishman is right. the problem with the chancellor (one of the many problems with the chancellor) is that he looks like an imbecile. This means that when he makes pathetic bleating noises for everyone else not to have any more money, when he's asking for 23% for himself, he looks like such a massive imbecile with such stupid eye-brows and the intellect of a slug, that no-one takes him seriously.
6. bingo said...
Unbelievable!!! Who do you think will ultimately pay for this increase??? It won't be Hoyer,,, or Shell; thats right it'll be muggins again... All of a sudden it is starting to look like everyone who took on loads of debt in the last few years will make out like bandits as their debt is magically eroded by inflation and transversly the ones who actually tried to be prudent (you remember the old Brown mantra) see their savings eroded by the same inflation.
I feel gutted this morning, really tired of it all. I am ready to quit the struggle against this society and start to conform.
7. Tara747 said...
To thse who think that this will lead to big wage inflation (which I and others with decent savings would hate) - I can't see it. Companies are in a huge position of power with the economy slowing down. They will say no to big pay rises and the threat of being laid off will soon calm their staff! The fact that so many people are so indebted will be a major factor in damping the hunger for strikes. Most people simply can't afford to strike!!
IMHO wage inflation is not going to happen - public sector or private. The govt and industry can't afford it!
Thoughts?
8. waitingfor hpc said...
Guys its fuel ... and as such they drive a hard bargain. The country would have come to a standstill. The govt did give in, by putting pressure on the firms involved. I doubt any other strikes will hold such power over the country AND the taxpayer is not footing this bill out of state funds. The country CAN NOT AFFORD PAY RISES.
9. Zad said...
Ok good for them but this is more than a lot of proffesional wages, its not a good precedent.
10. I Want A House said...
crash n burn
I fully agree. They are unskilled and earning our levels? Time for me to strike...
11. Notbuyingoneyet said...
They may have more money now, just wait a little while for the redundancies or the out sourcing of the deliveries to other, cheaper European drivers.
12. malct said...
no big deal
bods with no relevant experience or skills were giving up their jobs and picking up this money on railtrack in 2003
gravy train?
13. techieman said...
Tara747 - Agreed in fact posted this the other day in response to Cyril. To shell the money is a nonsense. To the tanker drivers themselves? Well i say good luck - I wouldnt fancy driving one of them babies. To general inflationary pressures? No i cant see it either - a squeeze on margins means that the companies cant afford it re the private sector. Really its a bit like extrapolating those city boy bonuses to the whole economy. On the tanker drivers basis you could say inflation is through the roof, to the city boys cuts you would say the pressue is on the deflation side.
As for the public sector - i doubt there will be any inflation "busting" settlements leading to a wage / price spiral. I think both of them said asmuch at the Mansion House. Now relative to the MPs pay thats another issue, the headline number is probably exactly that. However i agree IF that were the increase they have negotiated themselves then they cant really expect people to stick to the numbers they want, but i think ultimately the employees are collectively (with some exceptions) in a very weak position.