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2d. an Hour More for Birmingham Busmen?
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AMEETING of Birmingham Transport Committee agreed last week to apply to the National Joint Industrial Council for Approval of an extra rate of 2d. an hour for their drivers and conductors.
The proposal, which was put forward by the Transport and General Workers' Union, is designed to enable the transport department to offer a basic wage which would attract and keep staff. The department has 860 vacancies for conductors.
If approved, the extra 2d. an hour
will give employees an additional 7s. 4d. a week, with a proportionate increase in overtime pay. The 3s. a week increase at present being sought on a national level will not be affected by the proposal.
A secret ballot of the platform staff is being taken to discover whether they object to the employment of coloured workers. The result of the ballot will be considered by the transport committee, with whom the final decision rests.
MORE LEYLANDS FOR PAKISTAN
A NOTHER order, this time for nine .1"i. Super Hippo six-wheeled dump trucks similar to the 39 which are already working on the project, has been placed with Leyland Motors, Ltd. The lorries are for operation on the Lower Sind Barrage irrigation scheme in Pakistan.
Orders for 300 Leyland vehicles have been received from India and Pakistan during the past six months.
MADRAS TO MAKE OILERS
THE Indian Government wished Simpson and Co., Ltd., Madras, to make oil engines, said Mr. F. Perkins, chairman and managing director of F. Perkins, Ltd., on his arrival in the city. He added that that was why he had come to Madras. The purpose of his visit was to increase oil-engine production.