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COST OF COLES PROFITS TOO HIGH
The Transport Workers Union has today urged the trucking industry to think twice
before buying fuel from Coles Express Service Stations.
This call comes after the ACCC’s new Petrol Commissioner found that Coles Express
Service Stations were setting the highest prices at a significant number of sites in the
major capital cities.
The trucking industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars on fuel and Coles Express
is one of the major retail providers.
TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon: “All motorists should think twice before they fill
up their tanks at the Coles Express Service Stations.
The ACCC found that the difference between the lowest available retail price and the
highest is usually between 15 to 20 cents per litre.
“Coles are ripping off customers and trucking families by hiking their prices”, Mr Sheldon
said.
“The situation is worse for truckers who carry Coles products as they average 27 hours
of unpaid waiting time.”
Last year 228 truckers were killed on our roads, some because of unsafe deadlines set
by retailers and not being able to safely maintain their vehicles because of extreme
costs.
“Truck drivers and the community should not be paying for Coles profit margins with
their safety.”
It is the major retailers like Coles who have the economic power to set prices within the
transport industry.
The TWU will continue to fight to hold the major retailers accountable for their actions in
the transport industry.
Media Inquiries Josh McIntosh 0408 463 199.
8 May 2008
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