Wages Council Agree to 6°10 Rise
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TH'.'Road. Haulage, Wages Council last Week decided to recommend an increase of about 8 per cent, in the wages . of road haulage workers. This is equal. to a rise of approximately, 10s. to 12s. a week, according to grade.
Subsistence allowance is to be raised by .2s. a day to 18s. The plus payment for temporary workers is to be advanced to 4d. an hour. The unions had asked for an extra £1 a week basic Wages, 8d, an hour plus ;payment for temporary workers and a substantial but unknown, in-crease in subsistence allowance.
A percentage increase preserves 'the existing difference between London, Grade 1 and Grade 2 rates. The 6 per cent, advance is based on Grade 1 wages and is to be applied to the nearest 3d. In ..1/476 some cases the rise actually recommended is either fractionally above or below 6 per cent.
-• The unions sought to justify their claim mainly on the basis of the Guiffebaud Committee's recommendations for increases in the pay of railwaymen. They also argued that many C-licence holders paid higher wages than hauliers. [Editorial comment on the award appears
on pages 121-122.] PETROL PRICES Itl. DOWN
PRICES of premium grades pf petrol I sold by the major oil companies were reduced by Id. a gallon last Saturday. The prices of standard grades remain unchanged. Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., made the first announcement.