Maintenance Men Get More Pay
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ONE of the last agreements to be negotiated by Mr. Fred Eastwood, who retires as chief union spokesman on the road haulage wages councils at the end of this month, was announced last week.
It gives wage rises ranging from 6s. 9d. a week to 8s. 10d. to 240,000 men and women covered by the National Joint Industrial Council for the Motor Vehicle Retail and Repairing Trade. These include workers employed in workshops, stores and garage forecourts.
The new agreement gives men petrol pump attendants a minimum for a 42hour week of £8 6s. 3d. in London and £8 2s. 9d. in the provinces. Women will get £6 14s. 9d. in London and £6 1 ls. 3d. outside.
For skilled men in the workshops the 42-hour minimum will be £10 3s. in London and £9 19s. 6d. in the provinces. Semi-skilled men will get £9 3s. 9d. in London (£9 Os. 3d. in the provinces) and unskilled men £8 8s. (£8 4s. 6d.).