B.R.S. Strike Loses Strength
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THE"wildcat" strike of British Road Services' .drivers and bank staff, sparked off by disagreement over the new 30-m.p.h: speed limit agreement, was steadily losing strength this week.
Although more than 3,000 men were at first affected by strikes throughout the country, on Wednesday the strikers' only stronghold was in London. There, some 1,400 men were still out, the figure having been boosted by 50 from the Grays depot, which became idle on Monday. Another 200 men employed in London by B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., were still out on Wednesday.
The only other pockets of trouble were at Thornaby-on-Tees, where 125 men were involved, Norwich, with 102 men idle. and Chelmsford, where 20 men were out.
A spokesman of B.R.S. told The Commercial Motor that the men who had returned to work had accepted the terms and conditions of the . new agreement. Frequent meetings had been held between the management and union officials. The men had been offefed no added incentive to return to work.
At the week-end, Mr. F. Eastwood, national secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, said that they would do everything possible to secure bonus schemes to compensate workers, other than drivers, for the extra pressure of work brought about by the new agreement.
NEW SERVICE CENTRE DREMISES in Horton Street, Halifax,
have been taken over by Park Motors (Halifax), Ltd., to establish a repair and service centre for commercial vehicles. The company will erect a new single-storey building in Portland Place, Halifax, to make an additional showroom.