Busmen Demand a Shorter Week A N application for a 40-hour
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working week was made on Tuesday by the Transport and General Workers' Union to the provincial companies and municipal bus operators. This followed a decision by the national committee of the busmen's section of the Union.
Demands are also to be made on the companies for pension schemes, sick pay and a national agreement on one-man buses. Companies and councils will be requested to increase the allowance to drivers of one-man buses from 15 per cent. to 50 per cent, of the basic rate. A similar demand has been made on London Transport, and was due to be discussed yesterday.
Birmingham Corporation, who are outside the national machinery for negotiating wages and conditions, are to receive from the Transport and General Workers' Union a claim for a 40-hour five-day week.