T.G.W.U. to Claim Higher Pay
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u161-1ER pay for drivers and others I 'engaged in the road haulage industry is to be claimed by the Transport and General Workers' Union. The general executive council of T.G.W.U. made this decision last week. No specific amount is proposed.
This demand is expected to affect 200,000 men, including 70,000 employed by the Road Haulage Executive.
Two hundred men, claiming to represent 46,000 drivers in London and the south-east, met at Bethnal Green on Sunday and decided to press for an early meeting of the National Stall. Council on a claim for an increase of £1 per week.
Mr. Arthur Deakin. general secretary of the Union, stated that the meeting was unofficial and had no authority to determine policy. This meeting also protested against the Union's decision to inquire into the recent unofficial strike of meat drivers at Smithfield market and against the suspension of two members of the Union's executive.