Should J.I.C. Be Disbanded ?
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T'11-1E revised agreement regarding 1 wages and working conditions in the removal industry, summarized in The
Commercial Motor, last week, was pre sented to the delegates during the Thursday afternoon of the conference and the report on the matter was referred back to the executive committee, with power to act.
Owing to the limited time available, the discussion was somewhat curtailed, but opposition was expressed to the " higher-rating " clause. Another delegate suggested neither side represented the persons for whom it claims to be acting and neither had power to enforce an agreed position.
Replying to a suggestion that the Association ought not to approve the agreement, as the Joint Industrial Council was wasting its time and the agreements under the Road and Rail Traffic Act might well stand as governing the industry, the new president, Mr. T. Ormesher, expressed surprise that there should be any proposal tantamount to the abandonment of the J.I.C. They were fighting to keep the industry from being made into a mere section of the whole transport world.
It was decided that the May conference for 1937 should be held in London.