By
Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail On Sunday
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Talks: Transporters could grind to a halt
Car showrooms could be hit by a strike by delivery drivers after talks between unions and leading transporter company Stobart Automotive failed to reach agreement.
Talks are to continue this week, but a date for industrial action could be set within days if there is not a deal.
The business, which is part of the Eddie Stobart group, delivers 1.6million cars a year – more than half of all sales of new cars.
Workers claim drivers from other parts of the Stobart business are being brought in to undercut wages.
Unite national officer Adrian Jones said drivers of the 400 car transporters at Stobart Automotive had voted overwhelmingly for action ‘in order to protect their livelihoods’.
He added: ‘If a strike goes ahead it will cause major disruption to the delivery of new cars to showrooms across the country.’
A spokesman for Stobart told The Mail on Sunday that the company hoped industrial action would be averted.
A spokesman for Vauxhall cars, which is owned by General Motors, claimed that industrial action would not disrupt deliveries as it would be able to switch to its other distribution partners.
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