Municipal Bus Managers Deprecate Bonus Plan
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D Y a substantial majority, the mein"—, bers of Area C of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association have deprecated the decision of the National Joint Industrial Council approving Manchester's plan to pay an incentive bonus to drivers and conductors (The Commercial Motor last week).
It is.undcrstood that a majority of the members look upon the bonus plan as a method of getting round the national wages rate. They consider that the decision is in defiance of the Industrial Court's rejection of Manchester's-application to pay its bus crews 2d. an hour more than the national rate (The Commercial Motor, July 6).
Area C comprises municipal transport undertakings in Lancashire, Cheshire, North Wales and Northern Ireland.
Glasgow Transport Department is showing an interest in Manchester's scheme. "We are keeping an eye on this development," said the general manager, Mr. E, R. L. Fitzpaync.
WORK BAN OVER COLOURED LABOUR
QHEFFIELD bus workers have
decided to ban overtime and restday working following the rejection by the transport cOmmittee of a request from the Transport and General Workers' Union that no more coloured labour should be recruited.
There are at present 103 coloured workers employed by the transport department, and there are still 340 vacancies for drivers and conductors. An average of 140 persons work on rest days.
The Union claimed that coloured workers were being given preference and privilege in carrying out their duties. They also claimed the right to be consulted on the recruitment of coloured workers in the future.
NEW BUS STATION HAS COVER FOR 4,000 PEOPLE
"I DOUBT if there is a city in the United Kingdom which is providing its passengers with such complete cover while waiting for the bus," said Maj. F. S. Eastwood, chairman of the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, at the opening of Sheffield's new £75,000 bus station in Pond Street:
. The station has four platforms on a 150,000 sq. ft. site, and provides covered accommodation for 4,000 people. It can cope with 400 buses an hour.
TV' TRAFFIC CONTROL
EXPERIMENTS with television as a LA means for controlling traffic in the city centre are to be carried out by Durham City Council. It is proposed to use cameras to show vehicles waiting on Framwellgate Bridge and Elvet Bridge, two of the main approaches to the city centre. The pictures will be relayed on to a screen in a police control box in the market place, where a constable will have control of four sets of traffic signals.