Oil tanker drivers to strike

Last Modified: 12 Jun 2008
By: Lindsay Taylor

The four day petrol tanker drivers' strike will start tomorrow, despite more money being offered.

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Hundreds of oil tanker drivers will go on strike tomorrow - after talks between employers and union leaders broke down tonight. A tenth of Britain's filling stations could be hit by the four day walkout over pay.

The government has urged motorists not to panic buy but, Channel 4 News has learned - petrol sales have soared by a third over the last 48 hours.

Earlier Gordon Brown refused to rule out the possibility that the army could be called in to stop the pumps running dry.

Planned pickets

The list of oil terminals where pickets are expected to strike are:

Stanlow, Cheshire
Grangemouth
Coryton
Luton
Kingsbury, Warwickshire
Jarrow, Tyneside
Killingholme
Hythe
Avonmouth
Plymouth
Pembroke
Cardiff
Inverness
Aberdeen