I When road haulage trade union leaders let representatives of
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BRS managements on lednesday of last week the meeting connued until 1 a.m. on Thursday morning, 'rites John Darker. Substantial progress wards a new pay structure involving faster theduling and more inter-changeability of mctions was achieved, I understand.
It is believed that BRS offered a lOs icrease on current basic rates to take effect .om this week as a sweetener for the final greement.
No details of the managements pay proposals in relation to the new gradings were given at the meeting: these, it is believed, will be made available before the next meeting of the parties in two or three weeks' time. One prominent union man present told CM he was reasonably confident a new agreement would be reached if the management came forward with a realistic offer. Certainly, the atmosphere of the marathon meeting, with the traditional beer and sausage rolls, was not unfriendly in the small hours of April 4.