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Turnover down 15pc

11th October 1980
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VAGE NEGOTIATIONS in North-west England will take place gainst a background of a 17 per cent drop in local operators' arrymg capacity, says the Road So far, around 50 replies to a luestionnaire have been reeived, out of some 1,000 sent ult, and these show that there as been a 12 per cent fall in the lumber of vehicles operated, an iverage reduction in turnover of 5.5 per cent, and a 17 per cent irop in total carrying capacity.

There are exceptions to the rend, as in other parts of the :ountry, with some operators idding to their fleets, and even .eporting increases in turnover.

A North-west RHA spokesman was unable to give the reason or this, and said it was certainly lot through rate-cutting on a Nide scale.

North-western operators have still to receive a wage claim, and indeed action nationally has gone into a temporary lull, with those claims submitted so far having been referred to operators for their consideration.

The signs point towards the first settlements being made early next month, when serious bargaining begins, and by which time the Transport and General Workers Union hopes that it will have concluded its deals with the main tanker operators.