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:o-op pay deal welcomed
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round 800 Co-op drivers are ng offered a 4.5% pay rise s the promise of a fundamenreview of their working 11S.
The Transport & General ricers Union says the deal is example of what employers v need to do to reverse worsng driver shortages.
Ron Webb, TGWU national id transport secretary, says: e most important thing for to come out of these discusIs with was a firm and quivocal commitment to ablish a working group that uld look at the cornw's requirements in junction with the rking Time Directive.' He says many drivers 1 likely to leave the id transport industry .9 SS their employers prepared to rethink ir pay and conditions :he same way as the .0p.
The drivers, who iver food for Co-op isidiary ACC, are ied at nine depots which have varying rates of pay. A Scottish Class 1 driver currently earns £6.02 an hour for a guaranteed 44-hour week, of which the last five hours are paid at time-and-a-half.
Co-op spokesman Phil Edwards says the joint employer/trade union working party will look at rates of pay and working practices but the main focus will be or the implications of the WTD.
• The Transport & General Workers Union is to press for more than 2,500 oil tanker drivers to be paid during their meal breaks. Ron Webb, TGWU national secretary for road transport, says the claim would be worth around four hours pay a week. "It is a high cost element without question," he says.
Although the issue still needs further scrutiny by union officials, Webb adds: "It will be an item on the claim— there's no doubt about that."
The union's total claim is for an hourly rate of £12 and members have indicated they would be prepared to vote for strike action over the issue.