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Pressure on wage increase

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20th October 1978

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Page 6, 20th October 1978 — Pressure on wage increase

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THE GOVERNMENT'S fly per cent guidelines are no coming under threat fro Britain's 10,000 road tanke drivers.

They want a rise of 20 pe cent which will take their basic wage from £75 to £90 per week, and also want this rather than the present £58.55 figure to be used as the basis for overtime and shiff allowance calculations.

The tanker men's claim will first be tested by 2,000 Shell drivers who are due to begin their separate negotiations very shortly.

Meantime, British Oxygen was not downhearted by the rejection of its staff's 7.7 per cent offer with supplementary increases when CM spoke to the company this week.

A spokesman said nationa: negotiations were reconvening on Wednesday of this week "when the company wil! receive an official reply from the unions following Iasi Friday's delegate conference."

Short-term strikes at Road. line UK's Liverpool, Manchester, and Acton (London: depots had ended by the be. ginning of this week, according to the company.

They were over an interpretation of the recent Schedule 11 award to all Nationa Freight Corporation staff.

Roadline men want the rim backdated to November 1977 whereas the company abiding by an Advisory, Con ciliation, and Arbitration Ser vice judgment which said i should be payable from April this year.

Greater Glasgow Passenge Transport Executive mair tenance staff were sti operating an overtime ban with little effect. on bus set vices — while their claim wa being discussed.

GGPTE industrial relation director Joe Coyle concede this week that the discussion were "deadlocked" and said i was impossible for the under taking to breach the Goverr ment guidelines. A sell financing productivity deal i being discussed.