Union slates manufacturing monopoly
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AMONG controversial motions down for dis
cussion at the biennial conference of the Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union opening on March 15 is one from Glasgow branch criticising the standard of modern commercial vehicles.
The branch "believes this arises from the monopoly condition of the manufacturing industry, and demands that legislation be introduced raising both standards and safety requirements".
The same branch "calls for the recognition of the transport driver's job as a skilled profession rather than as unskilled labour" and demands legislation requiring road haulage workers to undergo a set period of training before starting to earn their living at the wheel.
The executive committee "demands the nationalization of long-distance road haulage, and an integrated transport system that will include rail, canal, air and coastal services, along with a complete reappraisal of the issuing of C licences".
Other motions call for one union for all transport workers, increased subsistence payments, a week's winter holiday for road haulage workers, personal life insurance for workers taken out by employers and protests against the continued imposition of tolls on the Forth and Tay bridges.