Manchester Area Wage Agreement
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TNCREASED wages for a large 1 number of drivers within a radius of 10 miles from the centre of Manchester will come about as a result of a settlement reached, last Friday, between employers (represented by the C.M.U.A. Manchester Area) and the employees (represented by the Transport and General Workers Union and the United Road Transport Workers Association).
" The agreement provides for Grade 1 wages and governs an area of 10 miles, • taking St. Ann's Square, Manchester, as the centre," said a statement issued after the meeting. " The agreement accepts the higher-ratedarea clause, the guaranteed week and
holiday clauses, and generally agrees the whole of the working conditions laid down by the National Joint Con ciliation Board. Negotiations have been somewhat protracted, but it is agreed that, whilst there have been certain difficulties, the work has been conducted in the most amicable manner, and the decisions have all
• been unanithously agreed." ' Particular attention, it is understood, ysill be paid to the enforcement of the higher-rated clause in connection with vehicles running into this district. This enforcement is to apply esp-ecially to Yorkshire, as many lower-rated vehicles come from that area.