More Pa.) Claims from Bus Workers ?
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AHINT of more claims for higher wages during the next year was given by Cur. S. I. Dyson, chairman of the transport committee, when he told Sheffield City Council last week that the recent pay rise to drivers and conductors would 'cost them £113,000 a year. As 1 result, the transport department expects a deficit of more than £50,000 by March next year.
Cllr. Dyson, stating that the depaitment was understaffed by 460 perscms, hoped that now that wages were " quite reasonable," employees would be attracted.
The cost of the recent wage increase for drivers'and conductors, estimated to cost Edinburgh Transport Department £106,000 a year. could not he met out of existing estimates, stated Cllr. R. McLaughlin, chairman of the transport committee, last week.
Walsall Transport. Department's wages bill will probably rise by £20,000 a year.
Liverpool Corporation's prospects of earning a £20,000 surplus this year have disappeared because of the wage rise. This will cost £173,000 in a full year. Increased National Health contributions will add £15,000 to expenditure. " We shall have to discuss the question of raising fares," Aid. W. G. Gregson, chairman of the transport committee, has stated, "but my opinion is that they are as high as they can go."
The annual cost of the wage rise to Manchester will be £190,000, to Derby £27,000, and to Southend £11,000.
Manchester Transport Department lost £10,000 in revenue as a result of the one-day strike held recently at three depots.
TO HOLD B.T.C. SHARES
Tw0 companies, Transport Nominees, Ltd., and Britravel Nominees, Ltd., each with a capital of £100, have been formed by the British Transport Commission to hold shares in various undertakings. They have been set up to comply with the Companies Act.