Wages Council Give Holiday Concession
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ONLY one of the four demands by the workers' side for improved conditions was conceded immediately by the Road Haulage Wages Council last week. It was that a man who works on a customary holiday should be given a day off in lieu with pay, as well as double pay for working on the holiday. This change will be incorporated in R.H.(67) and circulated to operators, and will later go to the Minister of Labour for ratification.
It was agreed in principle that night work, for which an extra 8d. an hour is paid, should begin at 7 p.m., instead of 9 .p.m., and extend until 6 a.m. This proposal is unlikely to be incorporated in R.H.(67) because further discussion is required. The position of day workers whose tours of duty start or finish between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. has to be clarified. They would not be entitled to the extra 8d. an hour.
The two other claims were categorically refused. These were for the payment of time-and-a-quarter for the first three hours after 44 hours, instead of for the first six hours. The other was to delete from R.H.(66) any reference to workers other than regular workers. This would have compelled employers to pay casual workers for a guaranteed week.