Bus Workers Want Shift Rates of Pay
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MEGOT1ATIONS were to be coa1 tinned this week on an application by, the Transport and General Workers' Union to the National Council for the Road Passenger Transport Industry and the National Council for the Omnibus Industry for a' shift rate of payment.for all employees whose duties are on a rotating basis.
The Union's case was first submitted to the N.J.I.C. on April 18, and the meeting was adjourned to enable the employers to consider the matter.
The National Council for the Omnibus Industry received the application on May 22, and the case was adjourned until yesterday (June 15). A promise •• was given that 'the subject would be 'considered at the earliest possible moment.
FURTHER INCREASES IN BUS COSTS
THE additional id. a gallon on 'the price of fuel, it is estimated, 'will cost Liverpool Corporation transport department a further £8,000 a year. The ...cost of operating Birkenhead Corporation buses will increase by £4,000, and of Wallasey Corporation buses by £1,080 a year.
BALLAST PIT OWNERS RAISE BASIC WAGE SCALE
BASIC wages of drivers employed by 1-)C-licence holders in the ballast and sand industry have been increased. by Id. per hour, as from the pay-day in the week ended May 27. The decision to grant this concession was -reached 'last ritonth by the National Joint Council for the Ballast and Sand Industry.
A further 'concession has been made to 'allow WOrker who ceaSes to be emplortiibefore he 'takes his annual holiday.to draw the accrued portion of holiday *pay.