Abolish Wages Council TGWU
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• The commercial services group of the Transport and General Workers Union called last week for the Road Haulage Wages Council to be wound up because they believe employers use it "to keep at a low level the wages of people in an industry which is the lifeline of the British economy". Full support is to be given to union members who challenge Wages Council rates "in an endeavour to secure adequate living standards-.
writes John Darker, in the context of an early meeting of the RHWC at which employers will propose an increase in statutory minimum wage rates to £16 for a 40-hour week for drivers of vehicles in the 1-5 ton category, with differentials for larger vehicles, subject to acceptance of 40 mph working. The employers' decision to initiate a proposal for higher wages is unprecedented in road haulage; the £16 offered comes close to the unions' claims fot £16 lOs a week minimum (at present £13 8s 6d) linked to 40 mph working schedules.