London Bus Pay Claim Presented
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AT a two-hour meeting with London Transport Executive representatives, leaders of London's busmen last week presented their three-point claim for higher pay and better conditions. Chief spokesman for the busmen was Mr. Sam Henderson. national secretary of the passenger service group, Transport and General Workers Union. Asked after the meeting what effect he thought the Government's wages pause would have on the negotiations, Mr. Henderson replied: "They will have to try and find some way round it. This is a real crisis." Mr. Henderson said that the staff shortage was getting near to last year's worst, when there was a shortage of 15 per cent.—or between 5,000 and 6,000 men. Today it was 12.7 per cent.—or more than 4,000. But a London Transport spokesman said that there had been an improvement recently and the figure now was 3.700. Mr. Henderson said that there had been an 83 per cent, wastage of staff, involving 38,000 busmen during the past four and
a half years of London Transport's operations.
An agreed statement, issued after the meeting, said: "The negotiating committee made submissions in support of an application on behalf of their members covered by agreements that I. The rates of pay of all grades be increased;
2. Rates of pay on Saturday to be time and a half; and 3. Hours of duty on Saturday and Sundays to be cut."
London Transport will now consider the claim and give their reply later.
TAKE-OVER BID FOR TWO ABERDEEN COMPANIES THE Transport Development Group
has made a bid forthe £86.759 issued ordinary share capital of the Aberdeen Ice Co. and its subsidiary. New Standard Cold Storage (Aberdeen). Basis of the offer is one 6 per cent. second preference £1 share and one 5s. ordinary share of Transport Development, plus 30s. in cash, for each Aberdeen Ice fl ordinary.