New deal for Bristol busmen
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• A new consolidated pay award for the driving and conducting staffs of the Bristol Group of Companies will take effect from September 14. It has been agreed by the National Council for the Omnibus Industry and has been approved by the Department of Employment and Productivity.
Drivers and conductors will be paid a basic rate for a 40-hour week. A country service driver outside Bristol, but including Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Stroud, Swindon,Cheltenham and Gloucester, will earn a minimum of £17 on crew duties and from £19 us to £20 8s on one-man work according to the nature of the services covered. For conductors and conductresses the rate will be £16.
The rates in the Bristol area are: crews, drivers £17 10s: conductors /conductresses £16 10s; o-m-o, driver £21 on City routes.