4,000 Workers Must be Found by L.T.E.
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TO find more than 4,000 drivers and conductors to staff London Transport buses is the task of a joint sub-committee of management and union representatives, which met in London for the first time on Monday. They hope to find a solution to the problem of staff wastage which is currently running at the rate of 800 workers per week. Further talks took place this week and the sub-committee reports to the main negotiating committee next Friday. Discussions have been resumed on the incentive bonus scheme, proposed earlier this year by the London Transport Executive, for central road services (The Commercial Motor, January 15). Progress on this scheme was halted when the last wage settlement was made, but it is now considered that the three-point plan, which provided for bonus payments on fare receipts, quality of service and safety records, could help to attract more workers to the industry. It has been estimated that, by applying all three points of the plan, workers would receive between 9s.-£1 8s. per week extra. The initial cost of the scheme would be approximately £900,000 a year. Acute staffing difficulties also face the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. Reduced services are threatened in mid-Warwickshire and an official of the company said, last week, that there was no immediate hope of improvement.