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New Offer to Attract More Busmen
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FACED with a growing staff shortage, London Transport Executive this week offered their 38,000 drivers and conductors a "new deal," with promises of more money, less working time and safety bonus payments for conductors and drivers. The proposals were considered by a special delegate conference of bus workers yesterday.
The offer followed last week's reports that deadlock had been reached by the special sub-committee of L.T.E. and union representatives who had been discuSsing the problem.
The new offer included a revised bonus scheme, which initially would mean about 5s. per week extra for drivers and conductors. If accepted this payment would be made for a 12-week period, from July 18, while the revenue position is examined.
One of the main differences between the latest proposal and the original bonus scheme outlined by the L.T.E. earlier this year (The Commercial Motor, January 15) lies in the division of fare receipts. The extra revenue, anticipated as a result of the introduction of the new system, would be split 65 per cent., instead of 70, to the L.T.E. and 35 per cent., instead of 30, to the bus crews.
Drivers of one-man buses, proposed for fringe suburban areas, would receive about fl 10s. a week more and a share of the savings brought about by the use of this type of vehicle would go to other bus crews.
A cut of 22 minutes in the Sunday working times was also proposed. To meet this the L.T.E. would have to cut Sunday services by 3+ per cent., it is estimated.
A safety bonus of Is. per week for every five years' safe driving was offered to drivers. Conductors were offered extra pay for working " accident-free " buses.
A spokesman of the L.T.E. told The Commercial Motor, on Tuesday, that no official statement on the new offer would be made. It had been agreed by the Executive and the union that no statement would be made before the delegate meeting had discussed the offer, he said.