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Bus Pay: Unions to Make New Approach

17th February 1961
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But wise counsel prevailed and no threats are being issued at this time. Instead, it was decided to make new approaches to the employers and to give them 'what one union leader called "a last chance."

The National Joint Industrial Council which deals with 70,000 Municipal busmen is calling another meeting of the Wages Committee next Thursday. At this Meeting new pressure will be brought by the union representatives to get a settlement.

"No Precipitate Action"

The National Council for the Omnibus Industry whieh deals with 100,000 men and women in privately owned and B.T.C. undertakings are to have a further meeting with the employers, but if no satisfactory, negotiation comes from such a meeting the union representatives are instructed to ask the Minister of Labour, Mr. John Hare, to intervene.

In the meantime, the unions have circularized their members "not to take any precipitate action and to restrain themselves until the negotiating procedure has been exhausted."

Another issue mentioned at Tuesday's meeting was the plan for a committee of investigation into provincial busmen's pay and conditions. The unions had written to both sets of employers' organizations asking them to join them in a request to the Minister of Labour to set up such an inquiry. The meeting was told that both groups of employers had rejected the proposal.

TWO VEHICLES SUSPENDED

1%/rUIRS TRANSPORT, LTD., of Cupar, the haulage concern that was acquired by Transport (Bristol), Ltd., in July last year, have had two of their vehicles suspended for two months as the result of an inquiry in Cupar last Friday when it was stated that vehicles had been operated outside their normal user.

A director of Transport (Bristol), Ltd., said that other vehicles in the fleet had operated regularly within the permitted 25-mile radius although they were authorized to do long-distance work, The position could have been regularized by making the appropriate variations of the licences.

An application by Muirs Transport for two vehicles on A licence for maintenance replacement was refused.


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