Yorkshire Employers Stand Firm
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OPPOSITION to the introduction of ‘.../Grade 1 wages in Yorkshire and to the continuance, in the permanent settlement, of certain conditions laid down by the National Joint Conciliation Board, continues to be expressed at meetings of operators. It was voiced at a meeting of the transport section of Bradford Chamber of Trade, on Monday, at ,a meeting of the Yorkshire Stage Carriage Operators Association, in Leeds, on the same evening, and at Y.S.C.O.A. meetings in other districts this week. There can be little doubt that the employers' panel of the Yorkshire Board will receive a similar mandate from all the employers' associations in the area.
With regard to conditions of work, there is opposition, among other things, to the provision that when a driver takes a vehicle into an area where wages higher than his own operate, he shall receive the higher rate of wages. It is argued that, under this provision, the grade of wages decided for the industrial West Riding would, in fact, extend practically all over Yorkshire. At both Bradford and Leeds there was emphatic opposition to the guaranteed 48-hour week and the compulsory week's holiday with pay.
The Yorkshire interim agreement was due to expire on December 31, whilst the new wages award is not due to operate until October 1 next. The contention is being put forward in employers' circles that, in these circumstances, there is, at present, no agreement operative in Yorkshire.
The next meeting of the Yorkshire Area Board will be held on January 23 —not February. as has been stated.