Busmen OK wage package
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LONDON busmen have agreed to a 20 per cent pay award and a reduction in their working week from 40 hours to 39 hours.
A number of measures to increase the efficiency of bus operations are incorporated in the package.
These include: (a) practical steps to reduce gaps in the services caused by traffic disruption and the nonavailability of vehicles or staff; (b) use of radio equipment to improve methods of control; (c) more flexibility cash when and where bus tickets are sold; (d) interchangeability of buses to be used in passenger service when the specified type of vehicle is not available.
TRANSPORT MINISTER Norman Fowler has turned down the idea of reducing vehicle exise duty to help the operators of small buses in rural areas. Operators of small buses already paid a relatively low rate of vehicle excise duty, he said.