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WAGE INCREASES last yt were about half of those for t previous year, the Freight Trar port Association's driver wages service has confirmed.
The service, which is restrict to FTA members, also shor that there was a continued fall the number of hours, both ba: and worked, which drivers o served, and says that more firr are now committed to a ba: working week of under 40 how It says that there was lit overall change in overnig subsistence payments, with ti average nightly rate being £9.E although there were many vani tions from this figure.
The survey says that mc drivers were paid their basic ra when off sick, with some dedt, tion for state benefits, but the was considerable variation fro one company to another, wi some drivers receiving no ben fit and others their average ear ings.
The survey also gives data of fitters' wages and a summa of recent road haulage wag! settlements.
This winter's y round h. still to be concluded, with settl ments still outstanding in Ea! ern England and North Wales.