Bus Operators to Pay 3s. Increase
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THE employers' side of the National Council for the Omnibus Industry are recommending their members to pay a further increase of 3s. per week to their employees from the first full pay period after March 5. This decision was taken by a -meeting of the employers' side which on Tuesday considered the recommendations of the court of inquiry.
In a statement issued after the meeting, the employers said: "Discussions are proceeding between the two sides of the National Council in regard to that section of the court of inquiry report which deals with the constitutional issue between the trade union and employers sides of the Council."
BUS PROFITS flAni. UP liEFTWEEN 1951-52 and 1952-53, the LP net receipts of bus operators with more than five vehicles, excluding London Transport, rose from £8.3m. to £9.7m. Local authorities turned a debit balance of £479,000 into a profit of £221,000. Net receipts of company operators rose from £8.8m. to £9.4m.
Increases in receipts and expenditure almost corresponded. Total revenue rose from £159.3m. in 1951-52 to £174.8m. in .1952-53, whilst expenditure advanced from £150.9m. to £165.1m.
These figures are contained in "Public Road Passenger Transport Statistics" (Stationery Office, Is. 3d.).
R.H.A. MEET B.T.C. VESTERDAY, representatives of the 1 Road Haulage Association met the British Transport Commission to discuss the disposal of British Road Services. They recommended that if three or more tenders for a unit were received, the highest should he accepted.
They also stressed that although the number of bids was satisfactory, the Association were dissatisfied with the number of acceptances.
US. TRAFFIC STUDY
"THE International Road Federation i and the Organization for European Economic Co-operation have arranged for a party of 32 European officials to visit various cities in the U.S.A. from April 9 June 2, to study trafficengineering problems. The British members will be Mr., G. Hole, assistant secretary, Ministry of Transport, Mr. J. Duff, electrical engineer, Ministry of Transport, and Mr. G. Charlesworth, principal scientific officer, Road Research Laboratory.
WORK FOR COLOURED MEN
A MEETING of Birmingham Trans/-1 port Committee on Tuesday agreed to accept coloured workers as drivers and conductors. A dispute arose recently when it was proposed that bus workers should ballot on whether they would be prepared to work with coloured men.