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Glasgow plans to leave Federation
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and introduce o-m-o double-deckers
• At the same time as Glasgow Corporation Transport introduces its first regular o-m-o bus service and announces plans for the extension of such operations, the transport committee has recommended that the Corporation should withdraw from the Federation of Municipal Passenger Transport Employers as from the end of March. This latter move follows agreements reached locally, including one in November 1967 to pay bus crews time and a half for work on Saturday afternoons and evenings, which are out of line with Federation policy.
Coming after the withdrawal of Reading, Birmingham, Coventry and Manchester, this is a further blow to the Employers Federation. The Glasgow committee agreed at a recent meeting to recommend that the Corporation withdraw its membership; to note that o-m-o would be considered by the establishment committee; and that the chairman of the Federation should not be received (an offer suggesting discussions before any final action was taken having been received from the Federation).
The first regular bus service to go on to o-m-o Ithere have been experiments in the past} is the route to Pollock, which changed over on Sunday. This route will employ 13 Leyland Panther single-deckers initially which, allowing for a spare vehicle, will tie-up all 14 single-deckers in the Glasgow fleet. However, it is intended to employ o-m-o double-deckers as well: these will comprise 36 Leyland AtIanteens from an outstanding order which are being fitted with central exits and forwardascending staircases, together with buses adapted by the Corporation which will retain a front entrance /exit.
The first of the new Atlartteans has already been delivered and all should be in service within six months. It is intended to add about 12 o-m-o double-deckers each month, with a target of 100 in service on several routes by the end of the year. Drivers of the new buses were promised an additional 25 per cent over the basic rate for operating them as o-m-o under an agreement reached with the Corporation some time ago.
However, this is 21 per cent above the figure recommended by the Prices and Incomes Board, and a 22; per cent bonus will be paid meanwhile. Meetings have already been made with officials of the Department of Employment and Productivity, and as soon as agreement is reached the remaining 2 per cent will be paid, backdated to February 2.