Municipal Bus Pay Offer Rejected
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From our Industrial Correspondent
Buspay talks on behalf of 70,000 men and women employed in municipal undertakings in the provinces unexpectedly failed to reach agreement this week. After all their talks the National Joint Industrial Council for the Road Passenger Transport industry decided to adjourn to another meeting next Friday (May 18).
It is understood that the employers offered a pay increase of 6s. a week. This is the same as the increase accepted by 100,000 company busmen whose parallel claim was settled last month.
But, surprisingly, the union negotiators headed by Mr. Sam Henderson, National Passenger Group secretary of the T.G.W.U., rejected this. There were, it is understood, two main reasons for their refusal to accept the offer. One was the settlement reached since the company busmen agreement for a rise of 7s. a week for 450,000 manual workers employed by local authorities. The argument was that since these were the same employers the busmen should get the same amount, The other reason was that the unions wanted to get further concessions on "fringe " benefits— particularly higher holiday pay.
One problem that caused some difficulty during the earlier negotiations —the question of one-man buses— appears to have been settled.
B.R.S. SALARY INCREASES QALARY increases have been agreed ki for supervisory and clerical employees of British Road Services; the new scales, which on average are about 3 per cent. higher, apply to those earning up to 11,070 a year, including junior managers. The increases are effective from April 2 this year.
WIDESPREAD WAITING
RESTRICTIONS IN LONDON AREA QEVENTY local authorities in and around London have been asked by the Minister of Transport to conduct pilot schemes investigating the benefits of waiting restrictions near important road junctions. Each council involved is being asked to select six junctions in its area and submit proposals to the Minister for waiting restrictions there, possibly coupled with loading bans. It is intended that these should be experimental initially.
END OF LONDON TROLLEYBUS SERVICES
TROLLEYBUS operation in London came to and end last Tuesday wit the replacement of the remaining routin the southwest suburbs. Trolleybu No. I was brought from the Museum o British Transport to carry a party o guests over the route on which it firs entered service on May 16, 1931. Th last trolleybus completed its final journe to Falwell Depot in the early hours o Wednesday and Routemaster buses too over the morning services.