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April 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Officials from the Unite union and seven distribution companies met in London under the chairmanship of the conciliation service Acas, British media reported.
Acas will oversee what it calls “substantive” talks after initial briefings on Monday with tanker drivers represented by Unite and their bosses.
The dispute over terms and conditions and health and safety has been brewing for more than a year but flared up last week when Unite announced that workers in five of the firms had voted to strike.
Unite says it wants to see minimum safety standards introduced alongside a “floor of best practice” for training, wages and pensions.
“We believe these matters can be resolved through meaningful negotiations,” general secretary Len McCluskey said.
“But to give these talks a chance of success, there must be an immediate end to mischievous briefing against the drivers”, he added.
Senior oil industry managers claimed at the weekend that if they bowed to the demands of union chiefs then fuel tanker drivers’ salaries would soar by over a quarter.
“Talk of 27 percent pay rises from nameless employers is a deliberate effort to undermine the drivers’ case when employers know full well this is not a demand,” McCluskey noted.
“Distortions like this must stop. These talks must be given the best chance of succeeding”, he said.
The return to the negotiating table is a welcome relief for the government as well as motorists, after Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude last week recommended that motorists stockpile jerry cans of petrol.
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