GOODS TRANSPORT Ulster Carters Accept U.S.-style Pay Charter A THREE-YEAR pay
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contract which will give more than 1,000 Belfast transport workers wage increases of around 64 per cent now and 3-1 per cent in each of the next two years, has been accepted by a general meeting of carters in Transport House, Belfast.
The agreement, which is between the Belfast and North of Ireland Carriers' Association and the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union, is the first example in the United Kingdom of a long-term American-type contract in the transport industry.
It is safeguarded from sharp fluctuations in the cost of living by a clause which will permit either the employers or the union to seek a revision should the Government index of retail prices rise or fall by five points and remain so for a period of three months.
The initial increase, which will amount to 13s. a week for all categories of workers in the trade, will be back-dated to include the pay week starting April 29.
Next year's increase will be 7s. a week and in 1965 there will be a similar rise.
It is understood that eventually another 1,500 indirectly employed by the industry will benefit from the increases.
Scottish Ferry ANEW company, Ullapool-Stornoway Ferries Ltd„ has been formed to operate a vehicle ferry service on a round-the-year basis between Ullapool and Stornoway, a distance of about 50 miles. It is hoped to begin the service this summer, with a vessel of some 600 tons, capable of carrying about 50 vehicles and 400 passengers.
Ullapool Pier trustees are giving their backing to the project, which will enable goods brought by road from Garve to be transported straight to Lewis without being unloaded.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Preston By-pass Strengthened: The hard shoulders on the Preston By-pass--Britain's first motorway—are to be paved and strengthened to bring them up to present-day motorway standards. This will involve closing sections of the northbound lane during the next three months.
Glasgow Parking Ban: Car parking in the centre of Glasgow is to be banned and severe restrictions are to to be placed on vehicles loading and unloading in the main streets. A number of main streets are Ea become one way as part of a new scheme which may come into effect by the end of the year. Amey Group Profits: Directors of The Amey Group Ltd. announce a 1962 consolidated profit (after all charges and tax) of £178,259, compared with the 1961 figure of
100,499.
Medway Motorway: The Minister of Transport will open the first 13 miles of the 26-mile Medway motorway, including the Medway Bridge, on May 29, in time for Whitsun. The length to be opened runs from the junction with A2 at Strood, across the Medway Bridge, thence through the Nashenden Valley and past Bridgewood and Bredhurst to the interchange with A249 at Stockbury.