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036 Devon offer plus extra for drawbar drivers

27th February 1982
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VON AND CORNWALL drivers are being advised to accept a :rease in basic pay, giving top-weight drivers an £86 rate for 40

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rhe package also gives £5 :ra on other grades, 50p inlase in subsistence to £9.75, increase i n Continental bsistence from £17.31 to 3.25, and increased Saturday artime pay with double-time rting at 12 noon.

rhere also is provision in the al for a higher rate for mbar trailer vehicles to be ne gotiated at company level.

An £86 rate has been agreed in Sheffield, with £5 extra on all adult hgv grades, and 6.17 per cent on all other grades. Subsistence rises by 50p to £10. The deal is backdated to January 1.

North Wales drivers have rejected a 7.56 per cent increase in their top-weight basic, from £79 to £85, with subsistence increased from £9 to £9.75. The employers have said that this is their final offer.

By Monday, when balloting was due to close, an overwhelming number of Scottish drivers had accepted the £89 basic rate negotiated by the Transport and General Workers Union and Road Haulage Association.