Higher Pay for Bus Wilde-collar Staff
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INCREASES in salary varying from 1 2s. 6d. to ifis. a week have been granted by individual bus companies to all clerical, supervisory and .administrative .staffs. They cover, companies in the _ Tilling and B.Erf. groups and take effect between October 25 and November 10.
Lancashire United Transport, Ltd. have granted a 4 per cent. increase from November 3 The new. terms were negotiated by the National and Local Government Officers' Association, Transport and • Geheral
Workers' Union and National Union of Railwaymen. As reported in The Com mercial Motor on November 7, they claimed an increase of 7s, 6d. a week for all adult clerical staff, with larger amounts for higher grades.
An official report on discussions between the three unions and Sir Brian Robertson; chairman of the British
Transport Commission, for the establishment of negotiating machinery for clerical and supervisory staffs of B.T.C.
bus companies (The Commercial Motor, November 28) was considered by
N.A.L.G.O.'s service conditions subcommittee last Saturday. The discussions are stated to have been 'fairly satisfactory."
Service conditions for inspectors, foremen and certain others employed in municipal transport undertakings are being reviewed by N.A.L.G.O.'s transport advisory committee.
LOW-FRAME TRADERS UP TO 5 TONS
A S originally forecast, when the I-1 Thames Trader range was introduced in May, 1957, a subsidiary range of lowframe models of 1 to 5-ton capacity is to be put into production at the beginning of next month. These new chassis are available only with four-cylindered engines—either oil or petrol—and other than the frame, which is cranked over the rear axle, and springs, the chassis specifications are similar to those of the normal Traders.
The new chassis have been introduced to eater for the needs of operators who require maximum body space and a low floor line With wheel-arches.. Specially designed springs lower the frame heights by some `9 in. compared with the standard chassis.
Prices range from £750, including pur,chase tax, for the 1i-ton chassis with petrol engine, to £1,113, including purchase tax, for the 5-ton oiler.