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WAGE-NEGOTIATING scene is changing. The current round will surely go down ne most revolutionary since the 1930s.
he probability of the National Coal Board conducting a pithead ballot of its kers on its wage offer and their overtime ban is certainly revolutionary. It may or f not happen but that it has been considered shows a new approach to industrial tions.
ritish Rail's plans to rid itself of the Railway Staff National Tribunal are also in the )ryonic stage. If put into practice, it will remove one more barrier between )loyees and employers.
here was a time when road transport employers had direct access to their )loyees on the vital question of wage increases. For a variety of reasons the tionship soured.
)cal shop stewards or district officers of the trade unions stepped in and there was imicable relationship. Negotiations were speedy and apparently the outcome was viably acceptable.
was only when local negotiations became a national issue that the employee ame a "member" at the wage discussions. The entire issue became remote, with )less people justifying their existence by protracted discussions.
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