TGWU demands full £6
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LORRY driver members of the Transport and General Workers' Union are to press for full £6 a week wage increases under the Government's pay policy. This was decided at the annual road haulage conference, this year brought forward so •that a recommendation could be used during the annual wage negotiations which start this month.
Besides urging local officials to press for full £6 settlements, the conference recommended a £5 a night subsistence allowance for overnight stops. It called on employers to pay all costs associated with obtaining an hgv driver's licence.
T 0 R Y transport spokesman Marcus Fox MP will address the British Association of Removers' autumn conference at Park Lane Hotel, London, on November 18.
Sub je cts for discussion include "Wage rates under the Government's anti-inflationary policy."