Further Wages Awards
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DRIVERS employed in a number of industries have benefited by negotiations initiated bythe Transport and General Workers' Union. Agreement has been reached with Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers, Ltd., to advance drivers' rates in accordance with the provisions of R.H.(42). The revised scales, which are backdated to August 18, provide for the weekly payment of £6 5s. 6d. to drivers of vehicles up to 1 ton and £7 4s. 6d. to drivers of vehicles over 15 tons in Grade 1 areas. In the Metropolitan area wages are 5s. higher.
The Union has arranged with S.P.D.. Ltd., that a revised agreement shall be adopted to increase the basic rates of transport and warehousing staffs by 3s, a week, with a further London differential of 5s. a week. Future wage variations will follow those of the Road Haulage Wages Council. The revised agreement dates back to August 11 in respect of the 3s. adjustment and to July 30 for the London differential.
An order has been issued giving effect to new scales for drivers in the retail food trade. September 19 was the operative date.
A claim for a 10 per cent. increase and better Saturday afternoon working conditions for Road Haulage Executive drivers, which was rejected, is now under consideration by the T.G.W.U.
A claim in respect of wages, overtime, subsistence allowances and night work differentials for tr ansport employees in the corn trade was submitted to the National Joint Industrial Council. The employers offered a 5s. increase, which the Union rejected. The claim has been submitted to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, CUSTOMERS GROWING MORE EXACTING OUSTOMERS' requirements for special containers and equipment are becoming increasingly stringent and the cost of providing them is a large part of the higher cost of transport to-day. This observation was made last week by Mr. A. Bibby, of Thomas Allen, Ltd., at a meeting of the London centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration.
He was discussing "Modern Trends in Traffic Handling" and the latest developments in the transport of bulk liquids in tankers.
Mr. D. H. Newton, traffic manager, Allen and Hanbury's, Ltd., stressed the importance of speedy delivery as is factor in determining where a transport contract should be placed. Competition was so severe that the operator who could give the quickest delivery was likely to secure the order.
WALLACE ARNOLD PURCHASE
THE Farsley Omnibus Co., Ltd., Stanningley, has been taken over by Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd. Ten vehicles and 35 employees are involved in the transfer_ Mr. Maurice Greenwood established the Farsley concern in 1927 when he purchased four 14-seat vehicles.