Ross Sheil, Staff ReporterTREVOR HEAVEN, president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), is optimistic that a resolution will soon be reached in its dispute with Esso over the company's pricing strategy, following a meeting between the parties on Friday.
The meeting, which was convened by Labour Minister Horace Dalley, and Commerce Minister Phillip Paulwell,
resulted in the JGRA calling off its planned lockdown of petrol stations in protest over the long-running pricing dispute with marketing company Esso.
ANOTHER MEETING
"I think it (the meeting) went very well from our perspective," Mr. Heaven told The Sunday Gleaner, adding that another meeting would be held this week. The possibility of strike action, he said, had been put on hold providing Esso ends its
current strategy, which it claims to have already done. The JGRA, however, contends it
has not.
Tension between both groups came to a head last November, resulting in the naming of a board of enquiry by Minister Dalley. But the board has not made much progress, allegedly, because Esso has been slow to supply information requested by the Karl Wright-chaired body.
