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... and London De adlock Continues
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THE deadlock between the London Transport Board and its busmen— centring around the-ban on overtime and rest-day working—continues, and there has been no progress on the men's pay and holidays claim.
A two-day meeting of the Central Bus Committee last week had been expected to consider London Transport's request to lift the overtime ban and to call another delegate conference to make a decision. But instead they merely discussed the response to the ban.
It was reported to them that the ban was not only 100 per cent effective in the 71 central London garages where it applied, but that practically all the 29 Green Line country garages, which were not covered had also decided to join in.
Meanwhile, Mr. Dudley Smith, Tory M.P. for Brentford and Chiswick, has compiled a dossier bf complaints about the London bus services and he intends to present it to the Minister of Transport. He claims that the only way of getting a good bus service in London is by a complete overhaul, streamlining operations, modernizing management approach, introducing economies and giving more pay to a slightly smaller operating staff.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Midland Red Awards : At this year's presentation of long-service awards to Midland Red employees, three qualified for the 50-year award, 24 had 40 years' service and 39 received 25-year awards. Included in the 40-year award recipients was the company's traffic manager, Mr. Richard Brandon, and the deputy traffic manager, Mr. Raymond K. Cope. Also presented with a 40-year award was Mr. E. Boot, a conductor from Leicester, who 40 years ago had trained the traffic manager to be a conductor. Making the awards, Mr. John Spencer Wills, company chairman, said that 1,792 employees had now qualified for 25-year awards, 276 for 40-year awards and 14 for 50-year awards.