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ACAS award for GMT

17th May 1980, Page 22
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PLATFORM STAFF employe by Greater Manchester Tran: port have received an ACAS pa award. One-man-operators haxi been awarded £5 per weel conventional drivers £4 pf week and conductors £3.88 pE week as a flat supplement. Th award was made as a lead-i payment to productivit arrangements which the Boar expects to be concluded withi 12 months.

The immediate effect o GMT costs is likely to be £2m year.

While this dward is substar tially less than the claim pr€ sented by the Union, the GM' Executive says it is deeply cor cerned at the effect that it wi have on its already extremel. serious financial situation. In th, absence of any further suppor from the rates, which appear most unlikely, the award cal only mean a higher level of fare and a more urgent re-shaping o our services, to reducing costs Other measures have been, an will continue to be, explore( towards the reduction of ou overall costs says GMT.

The company says there bound to be an effect or passengers as fares will have tc increase to a greater extent an services will have to be reduced It promises that every endeav our will be made to keep far( increases as low as possible anc at the same time every effort wil be made to minimise any ad. verse effects on the travellinc public.

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