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expessing dissatisC't faction with the attitude of Sir Richard Redmayne, the independent chairman of the Road Haulage Central Wages Board, and suggesting the appointment of a new chairman, was adopted at a well-attended general meeting of members of the Federation of Yorkshire Road Transport Employers, held, in Leeds, on Saturday last. The object was to consider the situation arising from the trade unions' latest application for an increase in the pay of A and B licence holders' employees.
The meeting also adopted a resolution which expressed unqualified approval of the action of the employers' representatives (referred to elsewhere is this issue) in tendering their resignations from the Yorkshire Road Haulage Area Wages Boar,1 because of the procedure followed in connection with the unions' applica
tion. The Federation appointed its president, Mr. Robert Barr, and its secretary, Mr. Harry Clark, to represent the members with power to act, in connection with any movement which may take place following these resignations.
The resolution referring to Sir Richard Redmayne said it was unfortunate that the chairman of the old National Joint Conciliation Board should have been appointed chairman of the statutory Road Haulage Central Wages Board which had succeeded it, and declared that this course had proved to be unsatisfactory. " The action taken by the chairman," continued the resolution, " in referring certain matters to the Emergency Consmittee by reason of alleged urgency, instead of a reference to the full Board, was undesirable and unfortunate, as such consideration by the Emergency Committee precluded other Board members from comment and argument on the merits of the situation."
During consideration of the wages position, extracts from the leading article on the subject in last week's issue of The Commercial Motor were read, as affording independent support of the contention that there should be no short-circuiting of the procedure which the Road Haulage Wages Act prescribes for alteration of the wages scales.
During discussion, the question was raised as to whether the wages of drivers of motor vehicles carrying sand and gravel should not be on a lower basis than drivers' wages generally, in view of the fact that rates for this traffic are lower than the general average. It was suggested that Yorkshire operators doing this class of work should get together, with a view to putting forward joint representations on the matter.