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While the reasons might not be obvious to shoppers, supermarket aisles tell the story of why dairy industry workers who drive milk tankers or wrap cheese on factory floors have mounted coordinated strike action this week. That's the main reason 1,400 workers at 13 sites across Victoria walked off the job on Wednesday and Thursday, joining milk tanker drivers for …
London CNN Business — The army started supplying service stations in the United Kingdom on Monday in an effort to end more than a week of shortages that have forced pumps to close and left motorists without fuel. The UK government said in a statement on Friday that almost 100 tanker drivers will be deployed from this week to “further …
Britain on Monday put the army on standby to help with the ongoing fuel crisis as fears over tanker driver shortages led to panic buying, leaving many of the country’s pumps dry. “Limited number of military tanker drivers to be put on a state of readiness and deployed if necessary to further stabilise fuel supply chain,” the Department for Business, …
