Myth: Unite's general secretary Len McCluskey has claimed the dispute is over health and safety The salary of fuel-tanker drivers will soar 27 per cent to £54,000 if employers give in to the militant Unite union. Игру Lego Racer. On the eve of talks at the conciliation service ACAS aimed at avoiding a damaging national strike, documents seen by The Mail on Sunday explode the myth that the dispute is over health and safety as claimed by Unite and its Left-wing general secretary Len McCluskey. A confidential assessment of Unite’s demands by fuel-delivery bosses concludes that drivers’ average annual earnings would leap from £42,500 to £54,000 – a rise of more than seven times the inflation rate. It reveals that meeting the union’s demands would increase employers’ costs by up to 60 per cent. Senior oil industry managers said last night they believed Mr McCluskey was trying to mount a ‘political strike’ against David Cameron. They claimed ‘Red Len’ was using Unite’s 2,000 fuel-tanker drivers as ‘shock troops’ to force a return to the national collective bargaining deals of the Seventies, which gave unions the muscle to call national walkouts via a single body. Share But sources claimed that Unite’s senior negotiator Diana Holland – who is also Labour Party treasurer – was keen to find a solution at ACAS without the union losing face and calling a strike, which many drivers believe may be short-lived. Showgirls 2 Rapidshare Library.

Bulk tanker drivers are among the lowest paid in the trucking industry. Many who are too old or too lazy to work fill these positions. Worse, the carriers are. But in general you will find less turnover at tanker companies than you do at some other types, and that tends to keep the wages in pretty good shape. Our Enhanced & Extended Online Football Coverage Download the Playbook and Preview here!

A source close to the talks said: ‘Unite believed David Cameron would panic and force the oil companies to agree to their demands. But they have found he will not back down. These tactics by Unite clearly have political motives.’ Pension costs would more than double under the Unite plan.

Efficiency would plummet due to additional ‘unproductive hours paid’. Looming crisis: The threat of a strike has caused chaos on forecourts such as this one in Brighton as motorists rush to stock up on petrol The assessment adds that the ability to cope with changes in demand from forecourts would be ‘severely hampered’ if drivers were no longer required to work flexibly.