Fuel driver strike called off

AROUND 800 service stations are still affected by fuel shortages this morning – though the tanker drivers' strike has now been lifted and normal service is slowly being resumed.

Oliver Rowland
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Affected sites had reached 1,000 yesterday, but tanker drivers have now gone back to work after the CGT Transports union called off the strike that started a week ago.

However it could take several days before all the service stations are supplied with fuel again.

The union decided to end the strike after a meeting at the Transport Ministry at which a new calendar of discussions on pay and working conditions was agreed.

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