From the BBC - 18/6/08

Fuel drivers offered 14% pay rise

The strike by 640 tanker drivers disrupted fuel supplies across the UK

Tanker drivers delivering fuel for Shell have been offered a 14% pay increase over two years after their four-day strike hit UK fuel supplies.

The increase will be worth 9% in the first year and 5% in the second, taking average annual earnings to £41,750.

Drivers and union officials rejected an earlier offer of about £36,000. The union representing the drivers, Unite, has urged them to accept the new offer.

The strike affected petrol stations and oil depots across the UK this week.

It was called after drivers and union representatives failed to agree terms with two haulage firms, Hoyer UK and Suckling Transport, which are contracted to Anglo-Dutch oil firm Shell.

The drivers had threatened to hold a second round of strikes starting on Friday had an agreement not been reached.