Oil flow cut
Christchurch oil tanker drivers stopped oil and petrol deliveries yesterday and will meet again this morning to review their action over, a driver who has questioned whether he should have to pay a special levy imposed by the Canterbury Drivers’ Union. The executive officer of the Oil Industry Union of Employers (Mr S. Marshall) said the information the companies had was that the driver had not refused to pay the levy, but had questioned it. The
other - drivers ceased work in protest. Mr Marshall said there were no deliveries yesterday or last night and there would be none on the early shift today. He had told the union that the action of the other drivers was not acceptable. It was illegal to strike without giving 14 days notice in an essential industry, and it was not a dispute between the companies and the union. Mr Marshall said he had asked the union to ensure immediate resumption of normal work.
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Press, 7 October 1980, Page 1
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