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No Break in Deadlock Over Busmen's Pay

19th July 1957, Page 30
19th July 1957
Page 30
Page 30, 19th July 1957 — No Break in Deadlock Over Busmen's Pay
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Keywords : Arbitration, Labor

A FTER further meetings at the Ministi y of Labour this week, there "was no break in the deadlock over the pay dispute involving 100,000 provincial bus employees. The employers, who have offered 3s. in reply to the £1 claim, stood by their demand that the matter should go to arbitration. Union leaders again rejected this proposal, calling for a definite offer instead of more talks.

Shortly before The Commercial Motor closed for press on Wednesday, Mr. Frank Coyle, national secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union passenger group, stated: "From the Union point of view I am afraid there is now no hope of avoiding a strike."

Representatives of the six Unions involved had a 90-minute meeting with Sir Wilfred Neden, Chief Industrial Commissioner, at the Ministry on Monday. He asked whether they would now agree to arbitration, but met with a stolid refusal. Later he talked with the employers' spokesmen and was told that there could be no improvement on the 3s. offer without arbitration.

Immediately afterwards, Sir Wilfred reported the facts to the Minister of Labour, Mr. lain Macleod, who on Tuesday referred the dispute to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal.

In preparation for the stoppage, scheduled for midnight tonight, a national decision was takenby the Unions to avoid misunderstandings over long-distance tours which will be in progress when the deadline is reached. It was agreed that any tour or excursion starting before midnight should be completed according to schedule, and pickets would be authorized to permit tour coaches to refuel.

A Saturday without transport will be no novelty in South Wales, where crews at five major depots have staged token strikes for the past three Saturdays. They were protesting against the employers' decision to pay the rejected 3s. increase.

In the Barrow-in-Furness area of Lancashire a dispute over the employment of nine non-Unionists by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., was settled in time to avoid a stoppage last Saturday. Crews at Dalston and Ulverston depots struck the previous Saturdays, but agreed to accept the nine workers if they would pay into Union funds without actually becoming members. A settlement was reached on these lines.

LEYLAND OUTPUT UP DRODUCTION of vehicles and com

plete chassis by Leyland Motors, Ltd., has increased this year for both home and export markets, c.ompared with the equivalent period for last year. The total of vehicles produced for home users this year is nearly 20 per cent. higher than last year, and just over 15 per cent. higher for export.

Output of complete chassis increased during the first six months of this year by 17 per cent. over the corresponding period last year, which was itself 13'per cent, higher than in the first six months of 1955.


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