Rail pay talks impact on road haulage
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• Rail pay talks now in progress at BR's staff training college at New Lodge, Windsor, are likely to have a considerable impact on the road haulage industry. The talks refer to the implementation of Stage 2 of the Pay and Efficiency Agreements as they relate to clerical and supervisory staffs. Parallel discussions are being held with Freightliners Ltd. and National Carriers Ltd.
The current issue to the Transport Salaried Staffs Association journal says the union has now "reached the point where it is necessary to talk in detailed and specific terms about the monetary and other benefits which should accrue to our members as a result of this latest phase of productivity bargaining".
Among the proposals being discussed, "Continental rostering--the inclusion of Saturday and Sunday as part of the standard working week instead of additional turns being worked on a voluntary basis—is likely
to be resisted by the TSSA.
Other subjects include: conformity of hours with staff supervised, spread-over turns, employment of part-time staff, frequency and methods of paying salaries, simplification of clerical procedures, rationalization of National Agreements, mobility between offices in local areas, inter-Regional advertising of vacancies, and credit in productivity bargaining for value of suggestions made by the staff.
At the Association's annual conference Mr. Percy Coldrick, general secretary, referred to Stage 3 and Stage 4 productivity discussions. "We want to go on in a process of continual discussion; we don't want to get in a position where there are distinct breaks in the talks between us and the Board. . . . When we get Stage 2, I shall be posing the question: 'Where do we go from here?'."