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Have Own Union THE National Busworkers' Association are launching a petition for presentation to the Minister of Transport and the Trades Union Congress as the latest move in their campaign, started in 1950, for the right of busmen to have a union of their own.
It is stated that the petition does not pursue the claims of the N.B.A. for recognition, merely indicating busmen's desire for their own union as such. The petition has been distributed in Wales, Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. Substantial support has been given by London Transport employees.
The Association came into being three years ago when 95 per cent, of the employees of • Hants and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd., seceded from the National Union of Railwaymen. The minority of N.U.R. members, however, holds the negotiating rights with the management tinder an agreement signed in 1942, whilst the N.B.A. members are stated to be denied collective representation, despite constitutional procedure.
1B.M.M.O. IN DISPUTE OVER HIGHER FARES
rlA DISPUTE has arisen between the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus, Co., Ltd., and operatormembers of the Shropshire Omnibus Association over the introduction of higher fares. The West Midland Licensing Authority recently sanctioned increased rates, but the members of the S.O.A. have declined to impose them. B.M.M.0„ therefore, had to withhold an
'advance in charges. .
It is understood that a meeting will he held at which all parties concerned can discuss the matter. The need to advance fares could, the smaller companies claim, be avoided by • reducing service frequencies.