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• A basic wage of £1,000 a year for o-m-o bus drivers in Edinburgh is the aim of their union leaders. This, they claim, could be achieved through a reorganization of the present transport system.
Meanwhile a demand for a "substantial" wage increase for all municipal busmen is in the pipeline, Mr. George Napier, Edinburgh busmen's officer of the TGWU, confirmed last week. Negotiations concerning bonus payments for acceptance of 0-m-a and a national productivity deal for municipal busmen have temporarily broken down.
Mr. Napier pointed out that so far as the Edinburgh municipal busmen were concerned. because they were tied very closely to the national agreement, no movement could be made until the national position was clarified and the guidelines for negotiations at local levels laid down. Still going on, however, were talks at local level between the union and management. These, said Mr. Napier, were directed at trying to evolve a system of transport beneficial to the public, the busmen and the transport dept.