• In the North-West two further wage settlements have now
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been reached. Birkenhead JIC has agreed an increase of £5 a week on basic rates across the board, with an overnight subsistence increase of 75p and an improvement of £1 per day on sickness benefit.
The North and Mid-Wales JIC has settled for an increase of 25.75 a week on guaranteed pay (this works out to £4.97 on basic rates), taking the rate for a 32-tonner up to £109.72 for a 40-hour week. In addition 50p a night is added to overnight subsistence with £1 per day on sickness benefit.
In Merseyside, where the assenting hauliers group no longer exists, the drivers have rejected a £5.50 wage increase offered to the Transport and General Workers' Union by half a dozen of the larger operators. The shop stewards have been advised to negotiate with individual companies.