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Putting the boot down
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• Twenty-four hours after coming out on unofficial strike, 60 lorry drivers employed with an Aberdeen haulage firm claimed that they have been promised support by drivers in other centres to make the strike nationwide.
The drivers are employed with Munro's Transport (Aberdeen) Ltd, and they came out over the introduction of a new bonus scheme. They claim that the scheme is a potential danger for the driver as well as others on the road.
A spokesman for the men explained that shortly before the New Year a new pay deal was negotiated on their behalf by the Scottish Commercial Motormen's Association, which reduced their working week from a guaranteed 61 hours to 55. He said that as well as an increase in their basic pay, a bonus scheme of sixpence a mile was introduced. "What this means is that if a driver can travel 300 miles in a 10-hour shift instead of 200, he gets sixpence a mile for the extra 100. It's just encouraging the men to put the boot down," he added.