W.M.P.T.A. Membership Now 70
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MEMBERSHIP of the Wholesale Meat and Provisions Transport Association now. numbers 70. The council have given consideration to and approved an application for membership from United Carriers, Ltd. This is revealed by Mr. H. F. Minter, chairman of W.M.P.T.A., in his annual report.
• He states that an invitation was received from the Road Haulage Association to enter into discussions regarding the relationship between the two organizations. This matter had been pursued, and whilst the R.H.A. were anxious to meet the wishes of W.M.P.T.A. as far as the R.H.A. constitution permitted, it became clear that it was not possible for the R.H.A. to do so in a way in which W.M.P.T.A. would be provided with means for full expression to be given to meat carriers' views.
The W.M.P.T.A. council therefore intimated that they intended to retain their right to express their opinions in any desired quarter.
Various Ministries have been advised of the revival of W.M.P.T,A., and have been asked that the Association be n8 included with any other representative organizations for consultation in any matters affecting members' interests. In particular, the Ministry of Health had been asked to invite representatives to take part in discussions on draft hygiene regulations.
Comprehensive rates schedules for bulk and retail movements had been prepared and issued. Meetings were held with representative bodies of the meat trade, and these helped to remove misunderstandings which the trade may have had as to the Association's desire to stabilize rates, and the Association's determination that any agreed charges should he realistic in the light of present-day costs.
Negotiations over wages and working conditions of drivers and operators have reverted to being under the aegis of the Association, who had resumed the position held in these matters before 1949. As a result, the employers' sides of both the Joint Industrial Council for London Meat Carriers and the Joint Negotiating Committee for London Meat Porters now function as rands of the Association, Mr. Minter declared.